Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
000 CXUS53 KDTX 020916 RRA CLMFNT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 516 AM EDT FRI JUN 02 2023 ................................... ...THE FLINT MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1921 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 93 05/28/2012 05/31/1988 05/31/1934 LOW 22 05/10/1966 HIGHEST 89 05/30 MM MM LOWEST 32 05/26 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 71.4 68.9 2.5 AVG. MINIMUM 42.8 46.0 -3.2 MEAN 57.1 57.4 -0.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.3 -0.3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 1.4 -0.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.19 2004 MINIMUM 0.34 1988 TOTALS 1.08 3.68 -2.60 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.12 -0.09 DAYS >= .01 7 12.1 -5.1 DAYS >= .10 4 7.5 -3.5 DAYS >= .50 0 2.2 -2.2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.40 05/19 TO 05/19 STORM TOTAL 0.40 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 12.0 1923 TOTALS T 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV T 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 46.5 52.1 -5.6 LIQUID 7/1 4.65 DAYS >= TRACE 2 0.0 2.0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM STORM TOTAL 0.0 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 255 268 -13 SINCE 7/1 5944 6792 -848 COOLING TOTAL 17 34 -17 SINCE 1/1 29 37 -8 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/17 (2013) LATEST 05/28 (2008) EARLIEST 10/03 (2022) LATEST 05/26 (2023) .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/290 DATE 05/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/290 DATE 05/02 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.25 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 5 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. $$ ================================================================ SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2023 MAY 2023 MONTHLY STATISTICS AND RANKINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------- PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 0.92" 3.72" -2.80" 5TH DRIEST FLINT AREA 1.08" 3.68" -2.60" 11TH DRIEST SAGINAW AREA 0.80" 3.41" -2.61" 3RD DRIEST PRECIPITATION SINCE JANUARY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 13.95" 13.72" +0.23" 46TH WETTEST FLINT AREA 12.73" 12.45" +0.28" 34TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 11.87" 12.31" -0.44" 40TH WETTEST *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF MAY 31, 2023) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 59.7 60.3 -0.6 55TH WARMEST FLINT AREA 57.1 57.4 -0.3 48TH COOLEST SAGINAW AREA 57.4 58.2 -0.8 51ST WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 71.7 70.3 +1.4 33RD WARMEST FLINT AREA 71.4 68.9 +2.5 32ND WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 69.8 68.6 +1.2 40TH WARMEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 47.6 50.2 -2.6 58TH COOLEST FLINT AREA 42.8 46.0 -3.2 19TH COOLEST SAGINAW AREA 45.0 47.7 -2.7 47TH COOLEST DETROIT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO NOVEMBER 1874 (~149 YEARS) FLINT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1921 (~103 YEARS) SAGINAW AREA HAS CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1912 (~112 YEARS)