Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
050 CXUS51 KAKQ 020115 CLMRIC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 915 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE RICHMOND VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 05/28/1941 LOW 31 05/09/1956 HIGHEST 91 05/02 92 -1 87 05/08 05/08 LOWEST 51 05/11 42 9 42 05/03 05/12 05/13 05/05 AVG. MAXIMUM 79.9 77.8 2.1 75.5 AVG. MINIMUM 60.2 55.7 4.5 54.1 MEAN 70.1 66.7 3.4 64.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 2.5 0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.35 2018 MINIMUM 0.45 1936 TOTALS 6.89 4.00 2.89 4.47 DAILY AVG. 0.22 0.13 0.09 0.14 DAYS >= .01 14 11.1 2.9 9 DAYS >= .10 9 7.1 1.9 7 DAYS >= .50 5 2.8 2.2 1 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.0 2.0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.89 05/05 TO 05/06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 MM TOTALS 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.7 8.8 -8.1 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 17 SINCE 7/1 3015 3730 -715 MM COOLING TOTAL 184 126 58 68 SINCE 1/1 247 168 79 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/240 DATE 05/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/240 DATE 05/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.65 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$