Geos Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 It was more mild today after the cold front passed then it was before it did! High of 69° today. 0.16" of rain. You can see the trees are green, but not the lush green of summer yet. Some farm fields have been plowed up already - not this one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 It was more mild today after the cold front passed then it was before it did! High of 69° today. 0.16" of rain. You can see the trees are green, but not the lush green of summer yet. Some farm fields have been plowed up already - not this one yet. 20150511_181609.jpg very nice pic Geos. 34 and light snow this morning. I see a bit on the windshield of my car and spotty areas on the grass. Only suppose to be 38 today. Could totally pass for an early November day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 tonight could be interesting... central and east Wisconsin look to get blitzed with some frost...La crosse is gun shy...thinking we have enough clouds/wind around ... i planted tomatoes, zinnias, and a bunch of other stuff...really don't feel like covering everything. Zinnias will melt if they get hit with frost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I got patchy frost in my grid for tonight - low 37°. Getting a few isolated breaks in the clouds, but mainly cloudy and windy so far today. Looks like back to the marine air mass for the next two days, but near 70° on Friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Quite a stretch to start out May at DTW...It all came crashing down today. The high was 65F at midnight and has been hovering in the low 50's all day with a stiff breeze gusting above 30 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Hey DLLs - I put my tomatoes out too (I started them too early and my plants were getting too big to manage inside). I'm not really looking forward to trying to cover them but we have patchy frost in the grid down here too. However, expected low is 36 so I'm wondering if I will take the risk and just roll with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Quite a stretch to start out May at DTW... I didn't realize you guys over in Michigan have been so warm. Your avg May high temp has me beat by 6 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I didn't realize you guys over in Michigan have been so warm. Your avg May high temp has me beat by 6 degrees.And the anomalies in Ohio are even more impressive. It's definitely been a record breaking start to May here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 light off and on snow showers all day long in the higher elevation around my house. Went down to the shore today. This is just west of Big Bay looking nw towards the Keweenaw. High at my house was 37. Should be a lot nicer tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Beautiful coastline picture! Definitely a big difference in temperatures across the state of Michigan. Made it to 54° so far.... sun starting to come out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 And the anomalies in Ohio are even more impressive. It's definitely been a record breaking start to May here. image.jpg That is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Hot start to May in Ohio indeed. But there's been hotter starts to the month. Highest May 1-11 mean average temperature rankings for a few Ohio cities. Akron 1) 71.3˚ in 1895 2) 69.7˚ in 1930 3) 68.6˚ in 2015 4) 68.3˚ in 1965 5) 66.9˚ in 1896 Cincinnati 1) 73.7˚ in 1872 2) 73.5˚ in 1895 3) 71.7˚ in 1896 4) 71.3˚ in 1930 5) 70.1˚ in 1959 7) 69.0˚ in 2015 Cleveland 1) 69.8˚ in 1930 2) 68.8˚ in 1895 3) 67.0˚ in 1936 4) 66.6˚ in 1965 5) 66.5˚ in 2015 Columbus 1) 72.8˚ in 1895 2) 72.0˚ in 1930 3) 70.7˚ in 1965 4) 70.3˚ in 1896 5) 68.9˚ in 2015 Dayton 1) 73.4˚ in 1895 2) 71.5˚ in 1930 3) 70.8˚ in 1965 4) 70.5˚ in 2015 5) 70.4˚ in 1896 Toledo 1) 69.2˚ in 1896 2) 69.0˚ in 1930 3) 68.7˚ in 1895 4) 67.8˚ in 1880 5) 67.3˚ in 1936 9) 65.4˚ in 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Spent the day in SD/WY yesterday. Visited the Bandlands, Mt. Rushmore, the Black Hills and Crazy Horse. Missed out on Jewel Cave unfortunately as they closed fairly early. Today through the weekend we're in Colorado. Today we visited Garden of the Gods, Cheyenne Canyon and Helen Hunt Falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I hope you are enjoying yourself Joe. It sounds like you are hitting a lot of the major attractions. Be sure to post if you snag some severe. Nice stats Tim. Still pretty impressive as it is the warmest start for all of those reporting sites in at least 50 years (85 for Akron). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Hey DLLs - I put my tomatoes out too (I started them too early and my plants were getting too big to manage inside). I'm not really looking forward to trying to cover them but we have patchy frost in the grid down here too. However, expected low is 36 so I'm wondering if I will take the risk and just roll with it. La Crosse shows 39F now..they actually bumped it up a degree... i think somewhere like Sparta and central WI will be ground zero... I'm leaving everything...warm back up by Fri/Sat....then rain Sun and back into the dumpster next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I think the craziest stat for Ohio is Lake Erie water temps. 60 degree water temps in early May is ridiculous, usually it isn't until June that we start getting above that. It's even more of a shock considering how cold this winter was Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I think the craziest stat for Ohio is Lake Erie water temps. 60 degree water temps in early May is ridiculous, usually it isn't until June that we start getting above that. It's even more of a shock considering how cold this winter was Sent from my iPhone Dang, that is impressive. Also, 62 on one end and 38 on the other...you can tell were the shallow part is. No wonder a SE breeze off of Erie had such little effect on us here in Detroit, usually this time of the year that brings some massive lake breeze that ruins everything on what would be a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Frost advisory expanded to include everyone in SE Wisc. now. 45° and dropping here. Was just looking at Lake Michigan temps - they are in the 40s still. Clouds and gusty winds have not helped warm the surface waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polar Vortex 2014 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Wow KPHD... May 1-11, 2015: Average high 84.5; July 2014: Average high 78.8... First eleven days of May nearly six degrees warmer than last July... Also average high for July: 83.4, so May 1-11, 2015 was 1.1 higher than normal July monthly mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Low this morning was 27. It was very icy out early. Northern lights were beautiful around 4 am today. Lots of pinks and greens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Low this morning was 27. It was very icy out early. Northern lights were beautiful around 4 am today. Lots of pinks and greens. This is the only time of the year I wouldn't want to live there. Cold-cool days suck during May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 This is the only time of the year I wouldn't want to live there. Cold-cool days suck during May. eh, 45-50 isn't so bad if you're moving around. There's way more bonuses than negatives. I discover something new here everyday. It feels more like southern Canada here than MI. Out for a walk this morning I saw a freaking Moose.... haha yesterday was damn cold tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 27° that's pretty chilly for May! Bottomed out around 34° at UGN. There was scattered frost around the area. Back to the onshore flow today. So far it's sunny out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I hope you are enjoying yourself Joe. It sounds like you are hitting a lot of the major attractions. Be sure to post if you snag some severe. Nice stats Tim. Still pretty impressive as it is the warmest start for all of those reporting sites in at least 50 years (85 for Akron). Thanks, most definitely am.Had a thunderstorm move through off the mountains last evening that produced small hail. Today we're headed up to Pikes Peak, where it's snowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Over the last 10 days all of MN has received at least 1" of rain, with many spots in the 2-3" range. Another good soaking tomorrow and more over the weekend. Should be interesting to see the updated drought stats tomorrow. In the meantime, 62F and bright blue skies. Nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Anyone see the northern lights in Illinois last night? By the way, this is a superior mirage of downtown Chicago, as seen from Michigan. Probably one of the coolest optical effects. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/earth/the-perfectly-scientific-explanation-for-why-chicago-appeared-upside-down-in-michigan/?hootPostID=1595cc648e106f6d1bc119fe0a438ffb&utm_content=buffer58f65&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 All of GRR's CWA is under a Frost Advisory for tonight.The horror... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxhstn74 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Change in Upper Air Pattern Mid-May Liable to Bring More Contrasting Temperatures and... http://weatherhistorian.blogspot.com/2015/05/change-in-upper-air-pattern-mid-may.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 All of GRR's CWA is under a Frost Advisory for tonight. The horror... Most of DTX now too (outside of the UHI)... The worst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Most of DTX now too (outside of the UHI)... The worst Just saw that...all counties but Wayne and Monroe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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