Monthly Summary: May 2013

May continued the long winter. Ice on Lake Minnewaska was still present on May 15. May was unusually cold and cloudy.

 

All data refer to the time since June 7, 2007, as measured by the UMM weather station. Averages refer to data taken by the Morris Co-op and the USDA Soils Lab.

May-13

10-year average

50-year average

90-year average

Temperature

Monthly Mean:

55.8

oF

57.4

oF

56.6

oF

56.4

oF

13.2

oC

14.1

oC

13.7

oC

13.5

oC

Monthly max:

90.9

oF

90.4

oF

88.5

oF

88.2

oF

32.7

oC

32.5

oC

31.4

oC

31.2

oC

Monthly min:

25.6

oF

32.0

oF

31.0

oF

29.4

oF

-3.6

oC

0.0

oC

-0.6

oC

-1.5

oC

Liquid precipitation

Total:

2.78

in

3.02

in

2.80

in

2.84

in

70.6

mm

76.7

mm

71.1

mm

72.1

mm

Wind gust

max:

46

mph

21

m/s

Solar Radiation:

total month

140.3

kWh/m2

average daily

4.7

kWh/m2

SB, 6/24/13