May, 1998 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Rochester, 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 75 49 62 11 3 7027 -899 0 0 0 0 0 0.10 M M 7.0 24 320 2 58 45 52 0 13 7040 -899 0 0 0 0.20 0.20 0.20 M M 11.2 21 20 3 70 46 58 6 7 7047 -905 0 0 0 0 0.20 0.30 M M 9.3 21 20 4 77 45 61 8 4 7051 -913 0 0 0 0.01 0.21 0.40 M M 14.9 33 180 5 74 48 61 8 4 7055 -921 0 0 0 0 0.21 0.50 M M 6.4 22 270 6 76 47 62 9 3 7058 -930 0 0 0 0 0.21 0.61 M M 8.0 21 110 7 60 53 57 3 8 7066 -933 0 0 0 1.37 1.58 0.72 M M 11.0 29 20 8 67 50 59 5 6 7072 -938 0 0 0 0.04 1.62 0.83 M M 9.3 16 40 9 68 50 59 4 6 7078 -943 0 0 -1 0.02 1.64 0.94 M M 7.7 21 110 10 71 49 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 11 76 53 65 10 0 7083 -960 0 0 -3 0 1.64 1.16 M M 11.0 24 150 12 74 50 62 7 3 7086 -968 0 0 -4 0.08 1.72 1.27 M M 18.1 36 130 13 75 44 60 4 5 7091 -973 0 0 -5 0 1.72 1.38 M M 9.2 18 150 14 90 57 74 18 0 7091 -983 9 9 3 0 1.72 1.49 M M 20.3 40 160 15 83 59 71 15 0 7091 -993 6 15 8 0.40 2.12 1.60 M M 19.0 64 210 16 76 55 66 9 0 7091-1002 1 16 8 0 2.12 1.71 M M 20.4 41 260 17 89 52 71 14 0 7091-1011 6 22 13 0 2.12 1.82 M M 17.9 41 210 18 91 62 M M M M M M M M 0.23 M M M M M M M 19 82 60 71 13 0 7091-1027 6 40 29 0 2.35 2.04 M M 9.2 22 20 20 71 56 64 6 1 7092-1034 0 40 28 0 2.35 2.15 M M 9.3 22 20 21 72 53 63 5 2 7094-1040 0 40 27 T 2.35 2.26 M M 7.5 20 20 22 61 50 56 -3 9 7103-1038 0 40 26 0 2.35 2.37 M M 13.7 26 80 23 66 46 56 -3 9 7112-1036 0 40 25 0.29 2.64 2.48 M M 12.4 39 80 24 60 50 55 -5 10 7122-1032 0 40 24 0.43 3.07 2.59 M M 8.6 20 80 25 70 46 58 -2 7 7129-1031 0 40 23 0.01 3.08 2.70 M M 3.9 13 80 26 74 50 62 2 3 7132-1034 0 40 22 0 3.08 2.81 M M 6.2 18 170 27 80 56 68 7 0 7132-1040 3 43 23 0 3.08 2.92 M M 11.7 24 190 28 90 66 78 17 0 7132-1046 13 56 34 T 3.08 3.04 M M 13.7 36 200 29 79 61 70 9 0 7132-1052 5 61 37 0 3.08 3.16 M M 9.1 23 340 30 83 59 71 9 0 7132-1057 6 67 41 0.30 3.38 3.28 M M 13.7 55 310 Monthly Summary for May TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 63.2 OR 6.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 74.3 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 52.1 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 91 ON DAY 18 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 44 ON DAY 13 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 116 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 67 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -166 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 39 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 7140 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 67 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -1054 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 39 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 3.39 OR 0.01 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 11.65 OR 2.22 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.41 INCHES ON DAY(S) 7-8 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 42.2 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 13 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 7 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 3 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ HIGHEST 30.12 INCHES ON DAY 20 LOWEST 29.39 INCHES ON DAY 31 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 11.5 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 45 MPH FROM 310 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 64 FROM 210 DEGREES REMARKS... FOR MORE MAY CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR ROCHESTER...CONSULT THE LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT. END...