yotaman Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Woohooo, it is finally raining here. Our first appreciable rainfall since the 12th. Hopefully it will continue thru the rest of the day. Picked up .51" from that storm and it looks like there are more forming behind it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 A strange liquid substance falling from the sky. Not sure what it portends. 1.43" so far after only having 0.89" the other 30 days in May. Even got some hail at the beginning of the downpour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 On account of a historic late May heat wave that set new monthly record high temperatures in numerous locations in the Southeast, a number of cities recorded their warmest May on record. Cities setting record high average temperatures for May included: Atlanta: 76.4° (old record: 74.8°, 1996 and 2018) Charleston, SC: 78.2° (old record: 77.1°, 1953) Elizabeth City: 74.6° (old record: 74.0°, 1944) Fayetteville: 76.7° (old record: 75.8°, 2018) Gainesville: 80.7° (old record: 80.1°, 1899) Norfolk: 73.7° (old record: 73.6°, 1880 and 2018) Savannah: 79.2° (old record: 78.4°, 1953) Wilmington, NC: 76.4° (old record: 75.9°, 1953) Numerous cities in the Southeast also saw an exceptional number days with 100° or above high temperatures in May: Augusta: 2019: 5 days; 1874-2018: 2 days Charleston, SC: 2019: 4 days; 1938-2018: 0 days Fayetteville: 2019: 4 days; 1910-2018: 6 days Florence: 2019: 5 days; 1948-2018: 6 days Macon: 2019: 2 days; 1892-2018: 0 days Savannah: 2019: 4 days; 1874-2018: 5 days Wilmington, NC: 2019: 2 days; 1874-2018: 0 days Select cities tied or broke their May record high temperature: Augusta: 101°, May 26, 28-29-New Record Charleston, SC: 101°, May 28-29-New Record Columbia: 101°, May 28-Tied May Record Fayetteville: 102°, May 30-Tied May Record Macon: 100°, May 26, 28-New Record Myrtle Beach: 99°, May 29-New Record Savannah: 102°, May 26-New Record Wilmington, NC: 101°, May 29-New Record Such warmth has typically been followed by a warmer than normal June in the Southeast from South Carolina southward, especially across parts of Georgia and Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said: On account of a historic late May heat wave that set new monthly record high temperatures in numerous locations in the Southeast, a number of cities recorded their warmest May on record. Cities setting record high average temperatures for May included: Atlanta: 76.4° (old record: 74.8°, 1996 and 2018) Charleston, SC: 78.2° (old record: 77.1°, 1953) Elizabeth City: 74.6° (old record: 74.0°, 1944) Fayetteville: 76.7° (old record: 75.8°, 2018) Gainesville: 80.7° (old record: 80.1°, 1899) Norfolk: 73.7° (old record: 73.6°, 1880 and 2018) Savannah: 79.2° (old record: 78.4°, 1953) Wilmington, NC: 76.4° (old record: 75.9°, 1953) Numerous cities in the Southeast also saw an exceptional number days with 100° or above high temperatures in May: Augusta: 2019: 5 days; 1874-2018: 2 days Charleston, SC: 2019: 4 days; 1938-2018: 0 days Fayetteville: 2019: 4 days; 1910-2018: 6 days Florence: 2019: 5 days; 1948-2018: 6 days Macon: 2019: 2 days; 1892-2018: 0 days Savannah: 2019: 4 days; 1874-2018: 5 days Wilmington, NC: 2019: 2 days; 1874-2018: 0 days Select cities tied or broke their May record high temperature: Augusta: 101°, May 26, 28-29-New Record Charleston, SC: 101°, May 28-29-New Record Columbia: 101°, May 28-Tied May Record Fayetteville: 102°, May 30-Tied May Record Macon: 100°, May 26, 28-New Record Myrtle Beach: 99°, May 29-New Record Savannah: 102°, May 26-New Record Wilmington, NC: 101°, May 29-New Record Such warmth has typically been followed by a warmer than normal June in the Southeast from South Carolina southward, especially across parts of Georgia and Florida. You know, I honestly don't remember last May being that warm, but it was the old record holder in Atlanta Fayetteville and Norfolk, so a broad swath of the south Atlantic. So Don, is the correlation not that strong for NC northward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 19 minutes ago, cbmclean said: You know, I honestly don't remember last May being that warm, but it was the old record holder in Atlanta Fayetteville and Norfolk, so a broad swath of the south Atlantic. So Don, is the correlation not that strong for NC northward? Yes. There’s more variability from NC northward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceagewhereartthou Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 CAE had 5 days of 100 or higher with a 99 wedged in between. Ouch. While GSP did not see the brunt of it, it was plenty hot there too. 7 straight days with highs b/w 94-96; that's probably the hottest week I can ever remember for May, unless the one in the mid 90s was close. Even AVL reached 90-91 four days with three more either 88 or 89. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 0.32” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Iceagewhereartthou said: CAE had 5 days of 100 or higher with a 99 wedged in between. Ouch. While GSP did not see the brunt of it, it was plenty hot there too. 7 straight days with highs b/w 94-96; that's probably the hottest week I can ever remember for May, unless the one in the mid 90s was close. Even AVL reached 90-91 four days with three more either 88 or 89. That's a new record for CAE, beating the previous record of 3 days of 100+ in 1953. And the second most number of 90+ days on record for AVL. Greensboro's 7 days of 90+ fell three days short of the record, as did Raleigh's 8 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 2.02" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 10 hours ago, Iceagewhereartthou said: CAE had 5 days of 100 or higher with a 99 wedged in between. Ouch. While GSP did not see the brunt of it, it was plenty hot there too. 7 straight days with highs b/w 94-96; that's probably the hottest week I can ever remember for May, unless the one in the mid 90s was close. Even AVL reached 90-91 four days with three more either 88 or 89. I haven't looked at the data, but it seems that Columbia is just about the hottest place in the Carolinas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Finished up with 2.11" yesterday. Just what the Dr. ordered. 3.00" for the month. Shows the pluses and minuses of statistics. I don't remember being last May being particularly warm, but the numbers say it was. On the other hand, in future years someone would look back at my 3.00" in May and say "Must not have been that dry". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Only .23" yesterday. Places just south of me did three times better. But I still got something, hoping today provides a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 1.21" total yesterday. 1.93" for the month. 18 straight days with no rain. Hope to get more today. Currently 79/69. Heat wave is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Using CoCoRaHS guidelines - May total - 1.77" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 Thunderstorm in progress. .65" so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 Ended up with .70" yesterday. Currently sunny and 85/68. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Saw a NWS blog post about historically warm May 2019. Record warmest at KFAY, second warmest at GSO. Third at RDU. But what struck me was that until this may, the number one warmest May for all three central NC climate stations was... 2018!. 2018 is still the record holder for GSO and RDU. I don't have a single memory about May 2018 being warm but it was somehow warmer than this month's oven at RDU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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