Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
Issued by NWS Raleigh/Durham, NC
792 CXUS52 KRAH 011308 CLMRDU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 903 AM EDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE RALEIGH NC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 05/31/1953 LOW 29 05/02/1963 HIGHEST 93 05/26 87 LOWEST 51 05/13 43 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.4 80.0 3.4 77.0 AVG. MINIMUM 62.5 57.7 4.8 56.6 MEAN 72.9 68.8 4.1 66.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.90 1901 TOTALS 4.23 3.38 0.85 1.74 DAYS >= .01 14 DAYS >= .10 10 DAYS >= .50 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.40 05/14 TO 05/14 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 47 -47 49 SINCE 7/1 2394 3150 -756 2438 COOLING TOTAL 255 166 89 110 SINCE 1/1 356 234 122 219 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 21/140 DATE 05/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 30/100 DATE 05/14 30/220 05/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.64 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && A RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 69 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH NC ON MAY 8TH. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 68 SET IN 1930. A RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS TIED AT RALEIGH NC ON MAY 2ND. THIS TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 92 SET IN 2010. $$