May 2006 Climate Summary for the Twin Cities
With the July-like heat for the last week of the month, May 2006 finished warmer normal in the Twin Cities. The spotty rains missed the airport especially during the second half of the month. May 2006 finished drier than normal.
Listed below is a summary of May from the National Weather Service in Chanhassen.
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
208 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006
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...THE TWIN CITIES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2006...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2006
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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MONTHLY REPORT MAY 2006 MSP AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 71.2 70.1 1.1 WARMER 29W
AVERAGE MIN 52.6 48.6 4.0 WARMER 10W
MONTH MEAN 61.9 59.4 2.5 WARMER 19W
DAILY MAX 97 MAY-28-2006
DAILY MIN 39 MAY-22-2006
RECORD HIGHS 1
RECORD LOWS 0
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 187 222 -35 WARMER 28W
TOTAL SEASON 6592 7832 -1240 WARMER 2W
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 99 41 58 WARMER 6W
TOTAL ANNUAL 100 45 55 WARMER 8W
PCP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 1.66 3.24 -1.58 DRIER 18D
ANNUAL TOTAL 10.67 9.24 1.43 WETTER 30W
DAILY MAX 0.46 MAY-01-2006
RECORD PCP 0
SNW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 0.0 0.1 -0.1 DRIER 1D
SEASON TOTAL 44.4 55.9 -11.5 DRIER 57D
DAILY MAX 0.0 MAY-01-2006
MAX DEPTH 0 MAY-01-2006
RECORD SNW 0
MONTHLY EXTREMESFOR COMPARISON
EXTREME MAY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
WARMEST MAX 80.9 1934 10.8 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MAX 55.4 1907 -14.7 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST MIN 56.5 1934 7.9 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MIN 38.3 1907 -10.3 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST MEAN 68.7 1934 9.3 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MEAN 46.9 1907 -12.5 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST HDD 76 1977 -146 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST HDD 553 1907 331 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST CDD 204 1934 163 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST CDD 0 1983 -41 COLDEST 1C
WETTEST PCP 10.33 1906 7.09 WETTEST 1W
DRIEST PCP 0.21 1934 -3.03 DRIEST 1D
SNOWIESTSNW 3.0 1934 2.9 WETTEST 1W
DRIEST SNW 0.0 2006 -0.1 DRIEST 1D
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH AVERAGE 10.1 10.8 -0.7
DAILY PEAK 37 N MAY-11-2006
DAILY FAST 30 NW MAY-17-2006
SUNSHINEMINUTES PERCENT ANNUAL HOURS PERCENT
GAINED 69 17 396 6.6 96
LOST 0 0 0 0 0
WEATHER
TYPE COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 9
2=FOG DENSE 1
3=THUNDER 4
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 0
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 11
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP COUNT
MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=50 31 31 0 NORMAL
>=60 25 26 -1 COOLER
>=70 18 16 2 WARMER
>=80 9 5 4 WARMER
>=90 2 1 1 WARMER
TEMP COUNT
MINIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 0 1 -1 WARMER
<= 20 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 50 18 14 4 WARMER
PCP COUNT
ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 8 5 3 WETTER
>= 0.01 9 12 -3 DRIER
>= 0.10 5 9 -4 DRIER
>= 0.25 3 5 -2 DRIER
>= 0.50 0 3 -3 DRIER
>= 1.00 0 1 -1 DRIER
SNW COUNT
ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 0.1 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 1.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 1.5 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 2.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 3.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
NEW DAILRECORDS LISTING PREVIOUS
NEW DAILSET/TIE AMOUNT DATE / YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
HI-MIN NEW-> 67 MAY-24-2006 OLD-> 64 1944 1928
HI-MIN NEW-> 75 MAY-28-2006 OLD-> 70 1969
HI-MIN NEW-> 74 MAY-29-2006 OLD-> 69 1988 1934 1895
MAX NEW-> 94 MAY-29-2006 OLD-> 91 1988 1934
3-MONTH DATA
MAM 2006 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MAM-06 MAX 58.5 55.9 2.6 WARMER 11W
MAM-06 MIN 40.8 36.1 4.7 WARMER 2W
MAM-06 MEAN 49.7 46.0 3.7 WARMER 7W
MAM-06 HDD 1488 1816 -328 WARMER 7W
MAM-06 CDD 100 45 55 WARMER 8W
MAM-06 PCP 9.64 7.41 2.23 WETTER 23W
MAM-06 SNW 20.4 13.6 6.8 SNOWIER 37D
3-MONTH EXTREMESFOR COMPARISON
EXTREME MAM EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
WARMEST MAX 63.1 1987 7.2 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MAX 47.1 1907 -8.8 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST MIN 42.1 1977 6.0 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MIN 29.8 1907 -6.3 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST MEAN 52.5 1977 6.5 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MEAN 38.5 1907 -7.5 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST HDD 1285 1977 -531 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST HDD 2421 1907 605 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST CDD 220 1934 175 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST CDD 0 1983 -45 COLDEST 1C
WETTEST PCP 16.13 1965 8.72 WETTEST 1W
DRIEST PCP 1.70 1891 -5.71 DRIEST 1D
SNOWIESTSNW 42.6 1951 29.0 SNOWIEST 1W
DRIEST SNW 0.4 1895 -13.2 DRIEST 1D
ANNUAL DATA
JAN-MAY 2006 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-MAY-06 MAX 47.7 43.6 4.1 WARMER 3W
JAN-MAY-06 MIN 31.3 24.9 6.4 WARMER 2W
JAN-MAY-06 MEAN 39.5 34.3 5.2 WARMER 3W
JAN-MAY-06 HDD-ANN 3864 4705 -841 WARMER 2W
JUL-MAY-06 HDD-SEA 6592 7832 -1240 WARMER 2W
JAN-MAY-06 CDD 100 45 55 WARMER 8W
JAN-MAY-06 PCP 10.67 9.24 1.43 WETTER 30W
JAN-MAY-06 SNW-ANN 24.8 35.3 -10.5 DRIER 44D
JUL-MAY-06 SNW-SEA 44.4 55.9 -11.5 DRIER 57D
ANNUAL EXTREMESFOR COMPARISON
JAN-MAY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
MAX JAN-MAY 51.9 1987 8.3 WARMEST 1W
MAX JAN-MAY 35.5 1936 -8.1 COLDEST 1C
MIN JAN-MAY 31.5 1931 6.6 WARMEST 1W
MIN JAN-MAY 17.8 1917 -7.1 COLDEST 1C
MEAN JAN-MAY 41.7 1987 7.4 WARMEST 1W
MEAN JAN-MAY 27.3 1917 -7.0 COLDEST 1C
HDD JAN-MAY 3569 1987 -1136 WARMEST 1W
HDD JAN-MAY 5717 1936 1012 COLDEST 1C
HDD JUL-MAY 6580 2000 -1252 WARMEST 1W
HDD JUL-MAY 9041 1904 1209 COLDEST 1C
CDD JAN-MAY 226 1934 181 WARMEST 1W
CDD JAN-MAY 0 1983 -45 COLDEST 1C
PCP JAN-MAY 18.19 1965 8.95 WETTEST 1W
PCP JAN-MAY 3.31 1934 -5.93 DRIEST 1D
SNW JAN-MAY 69.5 1982 63.1 WETTEST 1W
SNW JAN-MAY 8.3 1931 -27.0 DRIEST 1D
SNW JUL-MAY 98.4 1984 42.5 SNOWIEST 1W
SNW JUL-MAY 14.2 1931 -41.7 DRIEST 1D
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