Monthly Summary: May 2015

 

Prolonged warmth through the end of April and the beginning of May allowed fruit tree blossoms to succeed. Notable storm on the 18th, with rain yields of up to 6 inches reported in the area. Wide-spread field flooding occurred and interfered with field preparation in several areas.

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-15

10-year average

50-year average

90-year average

Temperature

Monthly Mean:

56.6

oF

58.0

oF

56.5

oF

56.5

oF

13.7

oC

14.4

oC

13.6

oC

13.6

oC

Monthly max:

86.1

oF

91.6

oF

88.5

oF

88.3

oF

30.1

oC

33.1

oC

31.4

oC

31.3

oC

Monthly min:

31.8

oF

33.0

oF

30.8

oF

29.6

oF

-0.1

oC

0.5

oC

-0.7

oC

-1.4

oC

Liquid precipitation

Total:

6.64

in

3.06

in

2.88

in

2.92

in

168.7

mm

77.8

mm

73.3

mm

74.2

mm

Wind gust

max:

48

mph

 

21

m/s

Solar Radiation:

total month

158.3

kWh/m2

average daily

5.3

kWh/m2

 

 

 

 

SB, 8/17/15