Grand Island and Hastings: Slightly below normal May for both temperatures and rainfall
Hastings: Least-snowy cold season since 2006-07 comes to an end
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...May 2015 AND Spring (March-May) Summary For GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT...
...MAY TEMPERATURES
NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING MAY 2015
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 69.4 DEGREES (3.3 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 48.8 DEGREES (0.8 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 59.1 DEGREES (2.1 BELOW NORMAL)
WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 90 DEGREES ON THE 3RD
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 46 DEGREES ON THE 19TH
COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 35 DEGREES ON THE 12TH
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 60 DEGREES ON THE 28TH
WARMEST 2-DAY STRETCH BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 88.0 DEGREES FROM THE 2ND-3RD
COLDEST 2-DAY STRETCH BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 48.5 DEGREES FROM THE 19TH-20TH
WARMEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 75.9 DEGREES FROM THE 25TH-31ST
WARMEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 64.4 DEGREES FROM THE 1ST-7TH
COLDEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 59.0 DEGREES FROM THE 18TH-24TH
COLDEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 51.6 DEGREES FROM THE 18TH-24TH
COLDEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 43.3 DEGREES FROM THE 17TH-23RD
...MAY PRECIPITATION/SNOWFALL
NO DAILY PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET DURING MAY 2015
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 3.69 INCHES (0.72 BELOW NORMAL)
TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL: 0.0 INCHES (MATCHES NORMAL)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 18
HIGHEST CALENDAR DAY PRECIPITATION: 0.86 INCHES ON THE 4TH
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:
MONTH PRECIP. DEPARTURE
JUN 2014 9.65 +5.35
JUL 2014 2.19 -1.21
AUG 2014 5.87 +2.75
SEP 2014 3.03 +0.80
OCT 2014 1.28 -0.58
NOV 2014 0.29 -0.88
DEC 2014 0.76 +0.13
JAN 2015 0.47 -0.06
FEB 2015 0.70 +0.02
MAR 2015 0.16 -1.64
APR 2015 2.14 -0.39
MAY 2015 3.69 -0.72
12-MTH TOTAL 30.23 +3.57
...OTHER MAY WEATHER ELEMENTS
HIGHEST WIND GUST: 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON BOTH THE
17TH (AT 717 PM CDT) AND THE 28TH (AT 1056 PM CDT).
HIGH SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: (INCHES/MERCURY) 30.42 ON THE 19TH
LOW SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (INCHES/MERCURY): 29.57 ON THE 17TH
...MAY 2015 NARRATIVE FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL AIRPORT
ALTHOUGH THE MONTH AS A WHOLE AVERAGED SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN BOTH
THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DEPARTMENT...NEITHER CATEGORY
BREACHED THE TOP-20 COOLEST OR DRIEST BASED ON 120 YEARS OF RECORDS
DATING BACK TO 1896.
LIKELY THE MOST NOTABLE "WEATHER NEWS" OF THE MONTH WAS THE
UNUSUALLY COLD TWO-DAY STRETCH THAT OCCURRED FROM THE 19TH-20TH:
- WITH DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES OF (46,51) AND LOW TEMPERATURES OF
(39,40)...THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 19-20 AT CENTRAL
NEBRASKA REGIONAL AIRPORT IN GRAND ISLAND WAS ONLY 44.0 DEGREES.
THIS ACTUALLY RANKED AS THE 4TH-COLDEST STRETCH ON RECORD OF TWO
CONSECUTIVE DAYS THIS LATE INTO THE SPRING. HERE ARE THE TOP-5
COLDEST (BASED ON AVERAGE TEMPERATURE):
1) 36.8 DEGREES...MAY 19-20, 1915 (PART OF A 3-DAY COLD STRETCH)
2) 41.3 DEGREES...MAY 20-21, 1915 (PART OF A 3-DAY COLD STRETCH)
3) 43.0 DEGREES...MAY 28-29, 1947
4) 44.0 DEGREES...MAY 19-20, 2015 (JUST OCCURRED)
5) 44.5 DEGREES...MAY 21-22, 1963
- ON THE MORNING OF THURSDAY MAY 21...THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT CENTRAL
NEBRASKA REGIONAL AIRPORT IN GRAND ISLAND BOTTOMED OUT AT 36
DEGREES. ALTHOUGH THIS STAYED THREE DEGREES ABOVE THE RECORD LOW FOR
THE DATE (33 SET IN 1963 AND 1931)...THIS STILL MARKED THE COLDEST
LOW TEMPERATURE THIS LATE INTO THE SPRING IN 23 YEARS...SINCE A LOW
OF 36 ON MAY 26, 1992.
THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS OF THE MONTH AT CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL
AIRPORT WERE ONLY 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST...OCCURRING DURING THE
EVENING HOURS ON BOTH THE 17TH AND 28TH.
...METEOROLOGICAL-SPRING 2015 SEASONAL RECAP COVERING MARCH-MAY
- AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 51.7 DEGREES (1.3 ABOVE NORMAL)
- SPRING PRECIPITATION: 5.99 INCHES (2.75 BELOW NORMAL)
- SPRING SNOWFALL: 1.4 INCHES (5.5 BELOW NORMAL)
FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL SPRING SEASON OF MARCH...APRIL AND MAY AS A
WHOLE...IT WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL AND NOTICEABLY DRIER THAN
NORMAL. PRECIPITATION-WISE...GRAND ISLAND ONLY RECEIVED 69 PERCENT
OF NORMAL SPRING PRECIPITATION...WITH THE MAIN CULPRIT BEING A VERY
DRY MARCH THAT ONLY TALLIED 0.16 INCHES. OUT OF 120 YEARS ON
RECORD...THIS SPRING TIED WITH SPRING 1924 FOR THE 39TH-DRIEST ON
RECORD.
SNOWFALL-WISE...THE ONLY SNOW OF THE SPRING SEASON CONSISTED OF A
FEW MINOR EVENTS ON MARCH 3RD-4TH AND APRIL 9TH...COMBINING FOR A
SPRING TOTAL OF JUST 1.4 INCHES. AS A RESULT...THE TOTAL SEASONAL
SNOWFALL FOR THE 2014-2015 SEASON ENDED UP AS 24.3 INCHES (4.7
INCHES BELOW NORMAL).
...May 2015 AND Spring (March-May) Summary For HASTINGS AIRPORT...
(NOTE: TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT HASTINGS ARE BASED ON NWS COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER REPORTS (HASTINGS 4N) BETWEEN 1907 AND JUNE 1996...WITH
RECORDS SINCE JULY 1996 FROM THE AUTOMATED SENSOR AT HASTINGS
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. PRECIPITATION RECORDS AT HASTINGS ARE BASED ON
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS (HASTINGS 4N) BETWEEN 1895 AND
MARCH 1998...WITH RECORDS SINCE APRIL 1998 FROM THE AUTOMATED
AIRPORT SENSOR.)
...MAY TEMPERATURES
1 DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD SET DURING MAY 2015:
- MAY 3: RECORD HIGH OF 91 DEGREES (PREVIOUS 89 IN 1959)
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 69.3 DEGREES (2.7 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 50.0 DEGREES (0.6 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 59.6 DEGREES (1.7 BELOW NORMAL)
WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 91 DEGREES ON THE 3RD
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 47 DEGREES ON THE 19TH
COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 36 DEGREES ON THE 12TH
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 60 DEGREES ON THE 2ND AND 28TH
WARMEST 2-DAY STRETCH BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 88.5 DEGREES FROM THE 2ND-3RD
COLDEST 2-DAY STRETCH BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 49.0 DEGREES FROM THE 19TH-20TH
WARMEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 76.3 DEGREES FROM THE 1ST-7TH
WARMEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 65.9 DEGREES FROM THE 1ST-7TH
COLDEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 58.7 DEGREES FROM THE 18TH-24TH
COLDEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 52.0 DEGREES FROM THE 18TH-24TH
COLDEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 44.6 DEGREES FROM THE 17TH-23RD
7TH-13TH
...MAY PRECIPITATION/SNOWFALL
NO DAILY PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET DURING MAY 2015
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 3.86 INCHES (0.71 BELOW NORMAL)
TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL: 0.0 INCHES (MATCHES NORMAL)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 18
HIGHEST CALENDAR DAY PRECIPITATION: 0.78 INCHES ON THE 6TH
HIGHEST 2-DAY PRECIPITATION TOTAL: 1.05 INCHES ON THE 16TH-17TH
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:
MONTH PRECIP. DEPARTURE
JUN 2014 8.69 +4.89
JUL 2014 1.48 - 2.26
AUG 2014 7.79 +4.49
SEP 2014 1.78 -0.78
OCT 2014 1.76 -0.23
NOV 2014 0.23 -1.06
DEC 2014 0.54 -0.07
JAN 2015 0.77 +0.36
FEB 2015 0.34 -0.15
MAR 2015 0.20 -1.59
APR 2015 3.55 +0.99
MAY 2015 3.86 -0.71
12-MTH TOTAL 30.99 +3.88
...OTHER MAY WEATHER ELEMENTS
HIGHEST WIND GUST: 41 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 17TH
(OCCURRED AT 655 PM CDT)
HIGH SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: (INCHES/MERCURY) 30.38 ON THE 19TH
LOW SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (INCHES/MERCURY): 29.55 ON THE 16TH
..MAY 2015 NARRATIVE FOR HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
ALTHOUGH THE MONTH AS A WHOLE AVERAGED SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN BOTH
THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DEPARTMENT...NEITHER CATEGORY
BREACHED THE TOP-20 COOLEST OR DRIEST BASED ON 119 YEARS OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDS AND 107 YEARS OF TEMPERATURE RECORDS.
LIKELY THE MOST NOTABLE "WEATHER NEWS" OF THE MONTH WAS THE
UNUSUALLY COLD TWO-DAY STRETCH THAT OCCURRED FROM THE 19TH-20TH:
- WITH DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES OF (47,51) AND LOW TEMPERATURES OF
(40,40)...THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 19-20 AT HASTINGS
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WAS A CHILLY 44.5 DEGREES. THIS ACTUALLY RANKED AS
THE 3RD-COLDEST STRETCH ON RECORD OF TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS THIS LATE
INTO THE SPRING. HERE ARE THE TOP-5 COLDEST (BASED ON AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE):
1) 41.3 DEGREES...MAY 19-20, 1915 (PART OF A 3-DAY COLD STRETCH)
2) 43.5 DEGREES...MAY 28-29, 1915
3) 44.5 DEGREES...MAY 19-20, 2015 (JUST OCCURRED)
4) 45.5 DEGREES...MAY 26-27, 1992
5) 46.0 DEGREES...MAY 20-21, 1931
(NOTE: UNFORTUNATELY HASTINGS HAD MISSING DATA FOR MAY 28, 1947
AND THUS THE LATE-MAY 1947 COLD SNAP COULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE
RANKINGS)
- ON THE MORNING OF THURSDAY MAY 21...THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT
HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BOTTOMED OUT AT 37 DEGREES. ALTHOUGH THIS
STAYED THREE DEGREES ABOVE THE RECORD LOW FOR THE DATE (34 SET IN
1931)...THIS STILL MARKED THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE THIS LATE INTO
THE SPRING IN 47 YEARS...SINCE A LOW OF 35 ON MAY 21, 1968.
THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS OF THE MONTH AT HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
WAS ONLY 41 MPH FROM THE WEST...WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY
EVENING OF THE 17TH.
..METEOROLOGICAL-SPRING 2015 SEASONAL RECAP COVERING MARCH-MAY
- AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 52.4 DEGREES (1.8 ABOVE NORMAL)
- SPRING PRECIPITATION: 7.61 INCHES (1.31 BELOW NORMAL)
- SPRING SNOWFALL: 0.8 INCHES (5.6 BELOW NORMAL)
FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL SPRING SEASON OF MARCH...APRIL AND MAY AS A
WHOLE...IT WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL AND SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN
NORMAL. PRECIPITATION-WISE...HASTINGS RECEIVED 86 PERCENT OF NORMAL
SPRING PRECIPITATION...WITH THE MAIN CULPRIT TOWARD THE DRIER SPRING
BEING A VERY DRY MARCH THAT ONLY TALLIED 0.20 INCHES.
SNOWFALL-WISE...THE ONLY MEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF THE SPRING SEASON
CONSISTED OF A MINOR EVENT ON MARCH 3RD-4TH THAT TOTALED MERELY 0.8
INCHES. AS A RESULT...THE TOTAL SEASONAL SNOWFALL FOR THE 2014-2015
SEASON ENDED UP AS 17.0 INCHES...A NOTABLE 11.8 INCHES BELOW THE 30-
YEAR NORMAL. THIS RESULTED IN THE LEAST-SNOWY WINTER IN EIGHT
YEARS...SINCE THE 2006-07 SEASON ONLY TOTALED 15.6 INCHES.
...May 2015 AND Spring (March-May) Summary For KEARNEY AIRPORT...
(NOTE: ALL DATA PRESENTED HERE IS FROM THE OFFICIAL NWS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER LOCATED AT KEARNEY REGIONAL AIRPORT. AS A
RESULT...IT MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE UNOFFICIAL AUTOMATED
AIRPORT OBSERVATIONS (AWOS) PRESENTED IN ROUTINE DAILY AND MONTHLY
CLIMATE PRODUCTS. ALL TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DATA REPORTED BY
THE OFFICIAL COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IS BASED ON A 24-HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT
7 AM...AND THUS DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO A MIDNIGHT-TO-MIDNIGHT
CALENDAR DAY PERIOD.)
....MAY TEMPERATURES
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 69.1 DEGREES (2.4 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 47.1 DEGREES (0.5 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 58.1 DEGREES (1.4 BELOW NORMAL)
WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 89 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 4TH
(ACTUALLY OCCURRED ON THE 3RD)
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 44 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 20TH
(ACTUALLY OCCURRED ON THE 19TH)
COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 33 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 12TH
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 60 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 16TH
...MAY PRECIPITATION/SNOWFALL
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 2.85 INCHES (1.33 BELOW NORMAL)
TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL: 0.0 INCHES (MATCHES NORMAL)
NUMBER OF 24-HOUR PERIODS
WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 15
HIGHEST 24-HOUR
RAINFALL ENDING AROUND 7 AM: 0.82 INCHES REPORTED ON THE 10TH
HIGHEST 48-HOUR
RAINFALL ENDING AROUND 7 AM: 0.87 INCHES FROM THE 9TH-10TH
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:
MONTH PRECIP. DEPARTURE
JUN 2014 8.53 +4.60
JUL 2014 0.17 -3.11
AUG 2014 7.60 +4.52
SEP 2014 2.40 +0.33
OCT 2014 0.99 -1.05
NOV 2014 0.06 -0.96
DEC 2014 0.69 +0.12
JAN 2015 0.05 -0.44
FEB 2015 0.49 -0.06
MAR 2015 0.07 -1.72
APR 2015 3.14 +0.91
MAY 2015 2.85 -1.33
12-MTH TOTAL 27.04 +1.81
...HIGH WINDS
ALTHOUGH NOT NECESSARILY THE TRUE PEAK GUST OF THE MONTH...THE
HIGHEST KNOWN WIND GUST WAS 43 MPH FROM THE NORTH ON THE 29TH.
(PLEASE NOTE THIS WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE TRUE PEAK GUST OF THE
MONTH...AS THIS AUTOMATED SYSTEM ONLY TRANSMITS ROUTINE WIND
OBSERVATIONS EVERY 20 MINUTES).
..METEOROLOGICAL-SPRING 2015 SEASONAL RECAP COVERING MARCH-MAY
- AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 50.2 DEGREES (1.6 ABOVE NORMAL)
- SPRING PRECIPITATION: 6.06 INCHES (2.14 BELOW NORMAL)
- SPRING SNOWFALL: 0.5 INCHES (5.9 BELOW NORMAL)
- TOTAL 2014-15 SEASON SNOW: 12.6 INCHES (10.8 BELOW NORMAL)
...May 2015 AND Spring (March-May) Summary For ORD AIRPORT...
...MAY TEMPERATURES
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 67.8 DEGREES (3.9 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 45.9 DEGREES (0.9 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 56.9 DEGREES (2.4 BELOW NORMAL)
WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 85 DEGREES ON THE 2ND, 3RD
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 44 DEGREES ON THE 19TH
COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 28 DEGREES ON THE 12TH
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 59 DEGREES ON THE 16TH
...MAY PRECIPITATION/SNOWFALL
(NOTE: ALL SNOWFALL/SNOW DEPTH DATA IS FROM THE NWS COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER IN ORD...WHO REPORTS 24-HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 8 AM.
IN ADDITION...IN MANY CASES MELTED SNOW-LIQUID EQUIVALENT
PRECIPITATION IS ALSO DERIVED FROM THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER...GIVEN
THAT THE AUTOMATED PRECIPITATION GAUGE AT THE AIRPORT IS NOT
DESIGNED TO ACCURATELY MELT SNOW IN MOST SITUATIONS)
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 2.98 INCHES (0.83 BELOW NORMAL)
TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL: 0.0 INCHES (MATCHES NORMAL)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 17
HIGHEST DAILY PRECIPITATION (CALENDAR DAY): 0.59 INCHES ON THE 17TH
HIGHEST 2-DAY PRECIPITATION TOTAL: 0.62 INCHES 16TH-17TH
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL FOR THE YEAR 2014:
MONTH PRECIP. DEPARTURE
JUN 2014 8.08 +3.96
JUL 2014 2.07 -0.90
AUG 2014 5.27 +2.11
SEP 2014 1.68 - 0.76
OCT 2014 1.14 -0.79
NOV 2014 0.06 -1.01
DEC 2014 1.58 +0.99
JAN 2015 0.17 -0.20
FEB 2015 0.57 +0.13
MAR 2015 0.03 -1.42
APR 2015 2.71 +0.12
MAY 2015 2.98 -0.83
12-MTH TOTAL 26.34 +1.40
...OTHER MAY WEATHER ELEMENTS
HIGHEST WIND GUST: 42 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 13TH
(OCCURRED AT 142 PM CDT)
HIGHEST SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: 30.41 ON THE 19TH
LOWEST SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: 29.53 ON THE 16TH
..METEOROLOGICAL-SPRING 2015 SEASONAL RECAP COVERING MARCH-MAY
- AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 49.7 DEGREES (1.1 ABOVE NORMAL)
- SPRING PRECIPITATION: 5.72 INCHES (2.13 BELOW NORMAL)
- SPRING SNOWFALL: 1.0 INCHES (7.4 BELOW NORMAL)
- TOTAL 2014-15 SEASON SNOW: 25.6 INCHES (9.4 BELOW NORMAL)
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