Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
000 CXUS51 KLWX 011854 CLMBWI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 254 PM EDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE BALTIMORE MD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/30/2011 05/30/1991 05/19/1962 LOW 32 05/11/1966 HIGHEST 85 05/12 90 -5 96 LOWEST 40 05/04 39 1 39 AVG. MAXIMUM 74.9 75.5 -0.6 76.6 AVG. MINIMUM 50.6 53.3 -2.7 56.5 MEAN 62.8 64.4 -1.6 66.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 2.1 -2.1 5 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 8.71 1989 MINIMUM 0.37 1986 TOTALS 0.55 3.85 -3.30 5.39 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.12 -0.10 0.17 DAYS >= .01 8 11.9 -3.9 15 DAYS >= .10 2 7.0 -5.0 10 DAYS >= .50 0 2.7 -2.7 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.33 04/30 TO 04/30 1.86 STORM TOTAL 0.30 1.25 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 1963 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.2 19.3 -19.1 MM DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 100 109 -9 75 SINCE 7/1 3654 4475 -821 MM COOLING TOTAL 37 90 -53 131 SINCE 1/1 89 111 -22 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/230 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 33/240 33/340 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.55 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && MAY 2023 WAS TIED WITH 1957 FOR THE THIRD DRIEST MAY ON RECORD. ONLY MAY OF 1986 AND 1964 HAD LESS PRECIPITATION THAN MAY OF 2023. THE REGION WAS ON THE SUBSIDENT SIDE OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT KEPT THE REGION ON THE COOL AND DRY SIDE FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE MONTH. $$