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May 2012 General Discussion


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This.

I would take evening Summer T-Storm rain over the pending forecast any day. Just not a fan of this rain.

Which is it, you want storms or you want sunshine over this rain. I mean you keep changing your tune every hour it seems.

I am reserved in the fact that we are going to be getting a good soaking rain at night tonight.

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As much as I may not "be a fan" of stratiform rains like today... I'd more than willingly take one of these once or twice a month to keep the drought away. The localized nature of convection doesn't really do the trick...

I mean obviously severe storms are more fun than this but wishing for bone dry conditions over occasional boring rain is silly.

Thank you, at least we have one other person who realizes this is perfectly fine vs having a drought.

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So officially, May 2012 will tie with 1896 for the 3rd warmest on record with an average of 65.3*F.

Spring 2012 will also crush Spring 2010 by 2 degrees for the warmest Spring on record, with an average of 55.1*F (also the first 55*F+ Spring average Detroit has ever had).

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Why the drought worries when SEMI is only -.11 for the month of May and only - 1.00 inch for the year.

Only -.11? What numbers you looking at? 1.53 for the month at KDTW which is over 1.80 below normal for the month. Average as of this morning was 3.38

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Got 0.42" of rain today at my place. Not enough but I'll take it. I live in a bit of a low spot, and, combined with the heavy clay soils, it takes a long time before it starts to look droughty around here.

At the Purdue Agronomy Farm in West Lafayette this spring was the warmest (avg. temp. of 58.2 degrees) on record and sixth driest (5.79").

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Chicago...

May 2012 will end up as the 6th warmest May on record for Chicago, finishing with an average temp of 65.6

If not for the cool temps today May '12 likely would have finished 3rd warmest on record.

1. 69.3 - 1977

2. 67.1 - 1962

3. 66.0 - 1964

4. 65.9 - 1911

5. 65.8 - 1959

6. 65.6 - 2012

6. 65.6 - 1991

8. 65.5 - 1896

9. 65.2 - 1934

10. 65.0 - 1880

Spring 2012 will end up as the warmest spring on record for Chicago, finishing with an average temp of 56.6

1. 56.6 - 2012

2. 56.2 - 1977

3. 53.9 - 1921

4. 52.7 - 2010

4. 52.7 - 1955

4. 52.7 - 1991

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May 2012 stats for Indianapolis (rankings based off records going back to 1871).

Average temperature: 68.8º (tied for 5th warmest on record)

Average max temperature: 79.6º (6th warmest on record)

Average min temperature: 58.0º (12th warmest on record)

Precipitation: 2.70" (42nd driest on record)

Max temps

60's...2 days

70's...14 days

80's...12 days

90's...3 days

Highest max: 92º on 5/28

Lowest max: 67º on 5/9

Min temps

40's...3 days

50's...15 days

60's...9 days

70's...4 days

Lowest min: 42º on 5/10

Highest min: 73º on 5/25

Precipitation

Days with a trace or more: 9

Days with 0.01" or more: 7

Days with 0.50" or more: 1

Days with 1.00" or more: 1

Greatest 24 hour amount: 1.48" on 5/1

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Rockford broke their record low max temperature yesterday with a high of 52º (old record of 54º set back in 1903). That of course in stark contrast to just a few days ago when they broke their record max temperature on the 27th with a high of 99º (old record of 92º set back in 1978). I have to assume that hasn't happened too many times in their recorded history.

To boot, they were within one degree of each other with respect to departure relative to normal, +24 versus -25. And if you add them up and divide by two, you get what is essentially "normal" for this time of year. Heh.

May 27th: 99º (normal max temperature of 75º)

May 31st: 52º (normal max temperature of 77º)

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Rockford broke their record low max temperature yesterday with a high of 52º (old record of 54º set back in 1903). That of course in stark contrast to just a few days ago when they broke their record max temperature on the 27th with a high of 99º (old record of 92º set back in 1978). I have to assume that hasn't happened too many times in their recorded history.

To boot, they were within one degree of each other with respect to departure relative to normal, +24 versus -25. And if you add them up and divide by two, you get what is essentially "normal" for this time of year. Heh.

May 27th: 99º (normal max temperature of 75º)

May 31st: 52º (normal max temperature of 77º)

^_^ Ah, the joy of statistics.

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Rockford broke their record low max temperature yesterday with a high of 52º (old record of 54º set back in 1903). That of course in stark contrast to just a few days ago when they broke their record max temperature on the 27th with a high of 99º (old record of 92º set back in 1978). I have to assume that hasn't happened too many times in their recorded history.

To boot, they were within one degree of each other with respect to departure relative to normal, +24 versus -25. And if you add them up and divide by two, you get what is essentially "normal" for this time of year. Heh.

May 27th: 99º (normal max temperature of 75º)

May 31st: 52º (normal max temperature of 77º)

Man that is an awesome set of statistics.

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                  Monthly Climatological Summary for May 2012

Name: KWISAUKV3   City: Saukville   State: WI
Elevation: 800 ft  Lat: N 43° 22' 04"   Lon: W 087° 56' 50"

                 Temperature (°F), Rain (in), Wind Speed (mph)

                                     Heat  Cool        Avg
   Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
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1  51.3  56.8   5:26p  44.5   6:14a  13.7   0.0  0.00   2.1  12.0   8:59a    SE
2  64.4  82.4   5:41p  48.7   3:44a   5.4   4.8  0.63   2.9  21.0   1:45p   WSW
3  67.8  79.8   1:44p  57.8   5:43a   1.2   4.0  0.48   1.7  15.0   2:21p   SSW
4  54.0  64.6   3:39a  48.4  12:24p  10.9   0.0  0.12   4.0  17.0   5:29a    NE
5  51.6  56.3   2:15p  48.4   3:50a  13.4   0.0  0.09   1.8  10.0   9:14a   ENE
6  51.1  56.0   4:40p  49.0   7:18a  13.7   0.0  0.57   1.4  16.0   1:50p   ESE
7  54.6  65.3   6:55p  48.1   5:19a  10.4   0.0  0.00   1.2   9.0   2:03p    NW
8  58.8  67.1   5:02p  49.9  11:59p   6.2   0.1  0.00   3.0  17.0   3:41p   WNW
9  50.8  57.9   3:00p  44.3  11:56p  13.9   0.0  0.13   1.1  11.0  10:00a   ENE
10  52.1  63.0  11:05a  35.7   5:39a  12.7   0.0  0.00   1.6  13.0   4:27p   SSE
11  65.6  79.1   4:23p  50.5   3:29a   4.3   4.9  0.00   2.8  18.0   2:13p   SSW
12  59.9  69.3  12:11a  51.5  11:24p   5.3   0.2  0.00   2.7  16.0   9:51a   NNE
13  58.2  70.1   1:35p  43.5   5:45a   7.8   1.0  0.00   1.0   8.0  10:25a    SE
14  64.0  81.0   4:36p  46.3  12:39a   5.7   4.7  0.00   1.9  15.0   9:57a     W
15  69.1  86.1   2:48p  48.2  11:59p   3.4   7.4  0.00   3.5  22.0  10:05a   WNW
16  52.1  62.1  11:28a  40.2   5:48a  12.9   0.0  0.00   1.7  16.0   1:03a     E
17  52.1  63.0   3:55p  38.1   5:24a  12.9   0.0  0.00   1.6  15.0   3:32p   SSE
18  63.2  78.6  11:15a  47.1   4:16a   4.8   3.0  0.00   2.7  18.0   2:59p   SSE
19  68.3  80.8   9:57a  50.8   5:44a   3.5   6.8  0.00   2.4  16.0   4:04p   SSE
20  70.7  84.5   5:06p  56.6   5:38a   1.7   7.4  0.03   2.6  19.0   6:10p     S
21  58.9  68.0   1:47p  47.5  11:48p   6.3   0.2  0.00   2.5  24.0   9:14a     N
22  55.9  68.2  12:49p  42.2   5:29a   9.5   0.4  0.00   0.8   8.0  11:47a   ESE
23  58.3  68.8  10:48a  42.4   4:35a   7.4   0.7  0.00   2.3  13.0   1:23p   SSE
24  66.3  82.2  11:54p  50.5   5:14a   3.2   4.4  0.00   4.1  25.0   3:30p   SSE
25  67.0  82.2  12:00a  59.0   5:56a   1.6   3.6  0.09   2.5  19.0   2:41a     W
26  61.9  71.3   2:47p  57.4   8:13a   3.8   0.8  0.32   1.0  17.0  10:28a   ESE
27  66.2  76.9   3:51p  56.6   4:46a   1.6   2.8  0.00   2.1  15.0   2:32a    SE
28  77.8  89.3   1:41p  64.3  12:23a   0.0  12.8  0.38   2.8  33.0   6:57p    SW
29  67.5  76.3   1:29p  55.2  11:59p   1.5   4.0  0.00   3.9  27.0   3:03p   WNW
30  53.6  62.8  12:30p  46.0   9:20p  11.4   0.0  0.00   1.7  13.0   1:02p     N
31  48.6  51.3   4:22p  45.7   5:27a  16.4   0.0  0.07   1.8  14.0   6:28p   NNE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   60.1  89.3    28    35.7    10   226.5  74.0  2.91   2.2  33.0    28       S

Max >=  90.0:  0
Max <=  32.0:  0
Min <=  32.0:  0
Min <=   0.0:  0
Max Rain: 0.63 on day 2
Days of Rain: 11 (> 0.01 in)  7 (> 0.10 in)  0 (> 1.00 in)
Heat Base: 65.0  Cool Base: 65.0  Method: Integration

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