May, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN National Weather Service |-Temperature-|--------Degree Days---------|-Precipitation-|-Snowfall-|----Wind----| (degrees F) (base 65 degrees F) (inches) (inches) (mph, deg) Heating Cooling Max Min Avg Dep HDD Seas Dep CDD Seas Dep Tot Tot Norm Tot Tot Avg Pk Dir from for for for for for Spd Gust at Norm Seas Seas Mon Mon Seas Pk Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 61 28 45 -8 20 8158 450 0 0 0 0 0 0.09 M M 5.3 M M 2 52 45 49 -4 16 8174 454 0 0 0 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.0 73.6 8.1 M M 3 62 40 51 -3 14 8188 456 0 0 -1 0 0.19 0.27 0.0 73.6 13.8 M M 4 69 30 50 -5 15 8203 460 0 0 -2 0 0.19 0.37 0.0 73.6 9.3 M M 5 67 46 57 2 8 8211 457 0 0 -3 0.01 0.20 0.47 0.0 73.6 17.3 M M 6 70 33 52 M 13 8224 M 0 0 M 0 0.20 M 0.0 73.6 M M M 7 58 50 54 -1 11 8235 459 0 0 -5 0.32 0.52 0.67 0.0 73.6 12.5 M M 8 56 43 50 -6 15 8250 464 0 0 -6 0.21 0.73 0.77 M M 16.5 M M 9 63 41 52 M 13 8263 M 0 0 M 0 0.73 M 0.0 73.6 M M M 10 75 32 54 M 11 8274 M 0 0 M 0 0.73 M 0.0 73.6 M M M 11 63 44 54 M 11 8285 M 0 0 M 0 0.73 M 0.0 73.6 M M M 12 53 36 45 -12 20 8305 481 0 0 -10 0 0.73 1.17 M M 14.0 M M 13 50 31 41 -16 24 8329 496 0 0 -11 0.11 0.84 1.28 M M 6.0 M M 14 51 36 44 -14 21 8350 509 0 0 -12 0.06 0.90 1.39 M M 13.0 M M 15 53 33 43 -15 22 8372 523 0 0 -13 T 0.90 1.50 T 73.6 10.0 M M 16 78 37 58 -1 7 8379 523 0 0 -14 0.02 0.92 1.61 0 73.6 11.4 M M 17 73 43 58 -1 7 8386 523 0 0 -15 0.05 0.97 1.72 0 73.6 6.4 M M 18 76 53 65 6 0 8386 516 0 0 -16 0.12 1.09 1.83 0 73.6 13.1 M M 19 56 41 49 -11 16 8402 525 0 0 -18 0.04 1.13 1.94 0 73.6 13.5 M M 20 59 37 48 -12 17 8419 535 0 0 -20 0 1.13 2.05 0 73.6 10.5 M M 21 66 33 50 -10 15 8434 543 0 0 -22 0 1.13 2.16 0 73.6 4.4 M M 22 74 47 61 0 4 8438 541 0 0 -24 0 1.13 2.28 0 73.6 11.9 M M 23 77 55 66 5 0 8438 535 1 1 -25 0.03 1.16 2.40 0.0 73.6 10.8 M M 24 66 55 61 0 4 8442 533 0 1 -27 0.33 1.49 2.52 0.0 73.6 11.0 M M 25 65 50 58 M 7 8449 M 0 1 M 0 1.49 M 0.0 73.6 M M M 26 67 45 56 -6 9 8458 539 0 1 -31 0 1.49 2.76 0.0 73.6 14.5 M M 27 69 45 57 -5 8 8466 542 0 1 -33 0 1.49 2.88 0.0 73.6 12.1 M M 28 61 54 58 -5 7 8473 545 0 1 -35 T 1.49 3.00 0.0 73.6 11.5 M M 29 55 47 51 -12 14 8487 555 0 1 -37 0.21 1.70 3.13 0.0 73.6 7.7 M M 30 77 48 63 0 2 8489 553 0 1 -39 T 1.70 3.26 M M 4.1 M M 31 83 46 65 1 0 8489 549 0 1 -42 0 1.70 3.39 M M 4.0 M M Monthly Summary for May ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 53.4 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -5.1 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE MONTHLY MAX.... 64.6 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 4 AVERAGE MONTHLY MIN.... 42.1 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 83 ON MAY 31 LOWEST DAILY.... 28 ON MAY 1 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 351 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +107 -42 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 8489 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +549 -42 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.70 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 13 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-1.69 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 7 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 5.90 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-3.68 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.50 INCHES ON MAY 7-8 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... TRACE TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 73.6 INCHES GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... TRACE ON MAY 15 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.40 INCHES ON MAY 21 LOWEST....29.47 INCHES ON MAY 18 REMARKS...FOR THE FOURTH MONTH IN A ROW...THE TWIN CITIES HAVE BEEN DRIER THAN NORMAL...IT WAS ALSO ONCE AGAIN A VERY COOL MONTH. A NEW RECORD LOW OF 33 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 21ST.