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CLMCON

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
520 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013

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...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2013 /SINCE 1869 FOR TEMPERATURE/

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              98   05/22/1911
 LOW               21   05/03/1966
                        05/10/1947
HIGHEST            94   05/31        89       5       88  05/26
LOWEST             29   05/15        28       1       31  05/12
                        05/05
AVG. MAXIMUM     71.0              68.9     2.1     70.9
AVG. MINIMUM     42.4              42.6    -0.2     48.2
MEAN             56.7              55.8     0.9     59.6
DAYS MAX >= 90      1               0.6     0.4        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      7               3.5     3.5        1
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        11.09   2006
 MINIMUM         0.32   1899
TOTALS           4.07              3.66    0.41     4.76
DAILY AVG.       0.13              0.12    0.01     0.15
DAYS >= .01        14              12.4     1.6       13
DAYS >= .10         9               7.1     1.9        9
DAYS >= .50         3               2.4     0.6        5
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.7    -0.7        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.42   05/21 TO 05/22

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            5.0   1945
TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        83.4              61.4    22.0     48.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0
DAYS >= TRACE       0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   05/31 TO 05/31

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     271               303     -32      187
 SINCE 7/1       6773              7150    -377     5928
COOLING TOTAL      21                16       5       28
 SINCE 1/1         21                18       3       37
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    28/300    DATE  05/16
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    38/330    DATE  05/26

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 5
RAIN                      6     LIGHT RAIN                14
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     FOG                       20
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     6     HAZE                       0

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

CONCORD NEW HAMPSHIRE HAD DRY MILD WEATHER TO START THE MONTH THEN
HEADED INTO A RAINY PERIOD FOR MOST OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH
ONLY TO END THE MONTH WITH RECORD BREAKING HEAT.

THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH HAD NO RAIN. THIS FOLLOWED THE LAST FOUR
DAYS OF APRIL WITH NO RAIN. THE DRY PERIOD ENDED ON THE 8TH WHEN
CONCORD STARTED A PERIOD OF RAIN ON FOUR OUT OF FIVE DAYS. STILL THE
RAINFALL ONLY TOTALED .57 INCHES DURING THIS PERIOD. THE NEXT SIX
DAYS SAW RAIN ON JUST ONE DAY BEFORE CONCORD WENT INTO A PERIOD OF
RAIN ON EIGHT STRAIGHT DAYS. DURING THIS STRETCH CONCORD PICKED UP
MOST OF THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL ... 3.21 INCHES.

THE END OF THE MONTH DRIED OUT AS TEMPERATURES SOARED INTO THE 90S ON
THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH. JUST SIX DAYS EARLIER, ON THE 25TH, THE
HIGH IN CONCORD WAS JUST 48 DEGREES. THE 94 DEGREE HIGH ON MAY 31ST
SET A RECORD FOR THE DATE...TOPPING THE OLD MARK OF 93 DEGREES SET
IN 1937 AND 1987. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER IN MAY STILL STANDS
AT 98 DEGREES SET ON MAY 22, 1911.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME CONCORD HAS HIT 90 DEGREES THIS YEAR. IN
FACT, THE LAST TIME CONCORD TOPPED 90 DEGREES WAS 9 MONTHS AND 26
DAYS AGO WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 92 DEGREES ON AUGUST 5, 2012.

LOOKING AT THE OTHER END OF THE TEMPERATURE SPECTRUM...THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE IN MAY WAS 29 DEGREES ON THE 5TH AND ON THE 15TH. FOR
THE MONTH CONCORD HAD SEVEN DAYS IN MAY WITH LOWS OF 32 OR COLDER.
THE LAST DATE OF 32 DEGREES WAS ON THE 27TH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THIS MAY WAS 56.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.9
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIED THREE OTHER YEARS AS THE 55TH WARMEST
IN THE PAST 145 YEARS. THE WARMEST MAY WAS 64.4 DEGREES IN 1880 AND
THE COLDEST WAS 47.6 DEGREES IN 1917.

CONCORD MEASURED JUST OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN MAY. THE 4.07
INCHES WAS 0.41 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND WAS THE 39TH WETTEST MAY IN
146 YEARS. THE MOST RAINFALL IN ANY ONE DAY WAS 0.83 INCHES ON THE
21ST FOLLOWED BY 0.77 INCHES ON THE 25TH.

CONCORD HAD NO SNOW IN MAY. THIS WAS THE 116TH TIME IN THE PAST 146
YEARS WITH NO SNOW IN MAY. THE SNOWIEST MAY ON RECORD WAS IN 1945
WITH 5.0 INCHES.

$$

SJC