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CXUS53 KOAX 011523
CLMOMA

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NEBRASKA
1015 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

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...THE OMAHA EPPLEY, NEBRASKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           101   05/14
LOWEST             32   05/12
                        05/03
AVG. MAXIMUM     72.2              73.8    -1.6
AVG. MINIMUM     51.8              50.9     0.9
MEAN             62.0              62.3    -0.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      1
DAYS MAX <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 32      2
DAYS MIN <= 0       0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        11.29   1883
 MINIMUM         0.55   1989
TOTALS           5.74              4.76    0.98
DAILY AVG.       0.19
DAYS >= .01        13
DAYS >= .10         9
DAYS >= .50         5
DAYS >= 1.00        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.21   05/01 TO 05/02

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            2.0   1945
TOTALS            3.1R              0.0
SINCE 7/1        35.7
DAYS >= 1.0         2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         2R  05/02
 24 HR TOTAL      3.1R  05/01 TO 05/02

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     177               148      29
 SINCE 7/1       6134              6150     -16
COOLING TOTAL      89                66      23
 SINCE 1/1         96                82      14
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    43/330    DATE  05/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/320    DATE  05/27

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              9     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                4     RAIN                       6
LIGHT RAIN               14     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                3     SLEET                      1
FOG                      16     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      6

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
>  INDICATES GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO.
<  INDICATES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO.


&&
...MAY WAS WETTER AND COOLER THAN NORMAL IN OMAHA...

FROM RECORD BREAKING COLD TO RECORD BREAKING HEAT MAY HAS BEEN QUITE
THE MONTH. THE MONTH BEGAN COLD, TEMPERATURES WERE 11 TO 19 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL FOR THE FIRST WEEK. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT WE
ALSO HAS RECORD LATE SEASON SNOWFALL ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA. THIS
COLD SNAP DIDN`T LAST LONG. BY THE END OF THE SECOND WEEK WE HIT 101
DEGREES, WHICH BROKE A NEAR 100 YEAR OLD RECORD. AFTER THE HEAT WAS
OVER THE RAINS BEGAN, WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF MUCH NEEDED RAIN
FALLING. THIS ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL MEANS WE`VE NOW HAD TWO STRAIGHT
MONTHS OF ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN OMAHA.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 62.0 DEGREES WAS 0.3 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL AND THE 65TH COLDEST FOR THE 143 YEARS OF RECORD AT OMAHA.
THE TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION OF 5.74 INCHES WAS 0.98 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 28TH WETTEST ON RECORD.  THE TOTAL MONTHLY
SNOWFALL 3.1 INCHES WHICH IS A NEW MONTHLY RECORD.

DAILY RECORDS SET IN MAY 2013:
DATE        RECORD         READING PREVIOUS RECORD
MAY 1       SNOWFALL        1.9       0.2 (1911)
MAY 2       SNOWFALL        1.2       0.0
MAY 4       SNOWFALL          T         T (2003)
MAY 12      LO TEMP          32        33 (1878)
MAY 14      HI TEMP         101        96 (1915)

MONTHLY RECORDS SET IN MAY 2013:
RECORD      READING   PREVIOUS RECORD
SNOWFALL      3.1         2.0 (1945)


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PEARSON/KLEMM/BRAND