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May Cooler than Norm

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Monday, June 01, 2009 11:48 AM

Prince George, B.C.- May 2009 was a cold one as it struggled to  fit into what should have been Spring.  Environment Canada Meteorologist, Jim Steele, says cooler temps seemed to be much more prevalent than the typical days of Spring although he notes there were some  warm ones.
Here is his monthly report:
 
The low point seems to occur between the 11th and the 20th with a very cool wet period. Conditions moderated during the last week with temperature climbing above the 20 degree mark on several days. The warmest day was on the 29th with a 26 degree afternoon reading.
The precipitation part of things seemed to be more common than not with 17 days during the month seeing measureable amounts.  The real wet period, between the 11th and the 19th brought copious amounts with 50.4 mm rain and melted snow. The 2 days that stand out, the 11th with 16.4 mm of rain and then the 19th with 6.7 cm of wet snow combined with 12.6 mm of rain producing a daily total of 19.3 mm. 
 
On the brighter side, the last week was relatively dry with but still not without the odd sprinkle.
 
In the end, the month was a cool and wet one. A new month, June, one hopes for a turn around to more summer like conditions. We can always hope !!
 
Temperatures
  • Average daily high of 15.5 was below the normal of 16.5 degrees C.
  • Average daily low of 2.5 was below the normal of 3.2 degrees C. 
  • Mean temperature of 9.0 was below the normal 9.9 degrees C.
  • Warmest Day on the 29th  with a maximum temperature of 25.5 degrees
·        Coldest day on the 1st  with an overnight minimum of -3.4 degrees
 
Precipitation
·        Total precipitation of 62.8 mm was above the normal of 50.9 mm.  
·        Total Snowfall of 6.9 cm was above the normal of 1.4 cm
·        Total rainfall of 55.9 mm was above the normal of 49.5 mm
·        Measurable precipitation on 17 days above the normal of 13 days
·        Greatest snowfall one day 6.7 cm on the 19th   
·        Greatest rainfall one day 16.4 mm on the 11th    
 
Daily Records 
 
  • No New temperature records established
  • 6.7 cm snowfall on the 19th broke the pervious daily record of 1.0 cm set in 2007. This was also the greatest snowfall for one day beyond the 5th May.   May record one day snowfall was set on May 5th 1968 at 9.4 cm.
 
Notes
  • Total precipitation of the year to date is 247.9 mm, above  the normal of 199.8 mm
 
Records for May
Mean temperature       Extreme Daily temps
Mildest    14.3 1998     Max     36.0    29th    1983
Coolest   6.9   1955     Min       -8.3     1st     1954
 
Precipitation
Driest         4.6 mm  1972  Wettest day   24.9 mm 13th   1984
Wettest      105.7 mm  1960 Snowiest day 9.4 cm    5th    1968
Most Snow  13.7 cm   1964
 
South Central Interior
 
 
Mean Temp
Degrees C
Total Precip. mm
Maximum Degrees C
Minimum Degrees C
Quesnel
9.7
40.0
28.2
-4.3
Williams Lake
8.7
42.6
25.9
-2.5
Blue River
9.0
57.8
27.5
-5.8
Kamloops
14.9
28.8
33.3
1.8
 
 

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Comments

I know Norm is a cool guy, but May ... well, she's got to be the coolest babe I've ever met.
Oh man, I can't believe I'm the only one that finds that pretty funny. Nice to have some humor in the day. Thanks for that Gus. Made me laugh anyways. Love this weather too!!!!
Some one gonna mention our cooler May to the polar bears who are suffering? Maybe make them feel better.
I'll burn some styrofoam.
I like the styrofoam thing! Polar bears don't suffer--the seals suffer.