Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
000 CXUS53 KDTX 020916 CLMDTW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 516 AM EDT FRI JUN 02 2023 ................................... ...THE DETROIT MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 05/28/2012 05/31/1895 07/08/1936 LOW 12 05/18/2022 HIGHEST 86 05/29 MM MM 05/30 05/31 LOWEST 37 05/01 MM MM 05/02 05/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 71.7 70.3 1.4 AVG. MINIMUM 47.6 50.2 -2.6 MEAN 59.7 60.3 -0.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.5 -0.5 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.3 -0.3 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.46 2004 MINIMUM 0.43 1920 TOTALS 0.92 3.72 -2.80 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.12 -0.09 DAYS >= .01 7 12.9 -5.9 DAYS >= .10 2 7.7 -5.7 DAYS >= .50 1 2.4 -1.4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.59 05/19 TO 05/20 STORM TOTAL 0.58 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 6.0 1923 TOTALS T 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV T 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 37.1 45.0 -7.9 LIQUID 7/1 3.71 DAYS >= TRACE 2 0.1 1.9 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 194 198 -4 SINCE 7/1 5383 6040 -657 COOLING TOTAL 36 50 -14 SINCE 1/1 49 55 -6 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/22 (1974) LATEST 05/29 (1966) EARLIEST 11/13 (2022) LATEST 04/26 (2023) .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/280 DATE 05/01 25/270 05/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/300 DATE 05/02 35/350 05/03 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.67 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 15 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 55 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ --------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA FOR NWS WHITE LAKE - MAY 2023 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MAXIMUM.........71.4 MONTHLY TOTAL..........1.12 AVERAGE MINIMUM.........41.5 GREATEST DAILY TOTAL...0.47 MONTHLY AVERAGE.........56.5 ON THE 19TH 2023 TOTAL............14.02 ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... MONTHLY TOTAL............272 ...SNOWFALL DATA... 2022-2023 SEASON TOTAL..6175 MONTHLY TOTAL.............T 2022-2023 SEASON TOTAL.44.7 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... MONTHLY TOTAL.............16 2023 TOTAL................27 ================================================================ 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)