May, 1998 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 79 44 62 9 3 6705-1003 0 0 0 0.04 0.04 0.09 0 45.0 5.6 M M 2 60 43 52 -1 13 6718-1002 0 0 0 0.45 0.49 0.18 0 45.0 5.0 M M 3 72 42 57 3 8 6726-1006 0 0 -1 0 0.49 0.27 0 45.0 5.6 M M 4 82 48 65 10 0 6726-1017 0 0 -2 T 0.49 0.37 M M 11.4 M M 5 72 42 57 2 8 6734-1020 0 0 -3 0 0.49 0.47 M M 5.5 M M 6 79 44 62 7 3 6737-1028 0 0 -4 0 0.49 0.57 M M 5.7 M M 7 65 49 57 2 8 6745-1031 0 0 -5 1.18 1.67 0.67 M M 8.1 M M 8 64 49 57 1 8 6753-1033 0 0 -6 0.26 1.93 0.77 M M 8.5 M M 9 73 50 62 6 3 6756-1040 0 0 -7 T 1.93 0.87 M M 7.1 M M 10 74 48 61 5 4 6760-1046 0 0 -8 0 1.93 0.97 M M 5.2 M M 11 78 57 68 11 0 6760-1055 3 3 -6 0.03 1.96 1.07 M M 11.5 M M 12 73 52 63 6 2 6762-1062 0 3 -7 T 1.96 1.17 M M 15.3 M M 13 76 40 58 1 7 6769-1064 0 3 -8 0 1.96 1.28 M M 7.3 M M 14 92 63 78 20 0 6769-1072 13 16 4 0 1.96 1.39 M M 17.5 M M 15 84 58 71 13 0 6769-1080 6 22 9 0.77 2.73 1.50 M M 13.4 M M 16 75 53 64 5 1 6770-1086 0 22 8 0.02 2.75 1.61 M M 16.0 M M 17 86 51 69 10 0 6770-1093 4 26 11 T 2.75 1.72 M M 11.7 M M 18 89 67 78 19 0 6770-1100 13 39 23 0.18 2.93 1.83 M M 12.0 34 330 19 81 57 69 9 0 6770-1107 4 43 25 0 2.93 1.94 M M 7.9 M M 20 76 58 67 7 0 6770-1114 2 45 25 0 2.93 2.05 M M 7.2 M M 21 74 50 62 2 3 6770-1121 0 45 23 0 2.93 2.16 M M 8.1 M M 22 68 52 60 -1 5 6775-1122 0 45 21 0 2.93 2.28 M M 12.6 M M 23 72 52 62 1 3 6778-1125 0 45 19 0 2.93 2.40 M M 12.5 M M 24 60 52 56 -5 9 6787-1122 0 45 17 0.31 3.24 2.52 M M 7.8 M M 25 74 43 59 -3 6 6793-1121 0 45 15 T 3.24 2.64 M M 4.9 M M 26 78 51 65 3 0 6793-1126 0 45 13 0 3.24 2.76 M M 6.5 M M 27 82 51 67 5 0 6793-1131 2 47 13 0.03 3.27 2.88 M M 9.0 M M 28 88 63 76 13 0 6793-1135 11 58 22 0.06 3.33 3.00 M M 9.7 M M 29 79 55 67 4 0 6793-1139 2 60 22 0 3.33 3.13 M M 8.4 M M 30 77 56 67 4 0 6793-1143 2 62 22 1.07 4.40 3.26 M M 11.5 M M 31 63 46 55 -9 10 6803-1137 0 62 19 0 4.40 3.39 M M 11.1 M M Monthly Summary for May ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 63.4 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +4.9 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 1 AVERAGE DAILY MAX..... 75.6 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 AVERAGE DAILY MIN..... 51.2 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 92 ON MAY 14 LOWEST DAILY.... 40 ON MAY 13 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 104 62 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -140 19 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 6803 62 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -1137 19 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 4.40 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 12 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 1.01 ABOVE 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 7 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR......12.96 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 3 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 3.38 ABOVE 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 2 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 1.32 INCHES ON MAY 7-8 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 45.0 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.13 INCHES ON MAY 20 LOWEST....29.36 INCHES ON MAY 15 REMARKS... MAY 1998 WAS 8TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THAT MAKES SIX MONTHS IN A ROW WITH ABOVE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURES IN THE TWIN CITIES.