MAY 2002
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2002 TEMP. TEMP. TEMP. TEMP. TEMP. TEMP. MEAN SOIL SKY SKY PRECIP MAX.1HR MAX.5M FROZ. SNOW ON START END 2002 START END WIND MAX. MAX. MAX.RH. MIN.RH. MAX. MIN. AVE. BAR. BAR.& MAP FEAT. HP.LP FRONT FRONT FRONT 2002
MAY MAX. MAX. MIN. MIN. RANGE MEAN CHANGE TEMP. AM PM MELTED PRECIP. PRECIP. PRECIP. GROUND TIME TIME MAY TIME TIME DOT AVE SUNRISE SUNSET SUNRISE SUNSET BAR. BAR. BAR. CHANGE PREC. FEAT. LOC# TRACK DIRCT. INTEN. PASS. MAY REMARKS FOR THE MONTH
May-01 73 17:36 48 06:27 25 60.5 3.0 58 0 0 May-01 6 14 13 89 28 29.93 29.83 29.88 0.04 9 OH WEST May-01
May-02 82 14:24 56 03:21 26 69.0 8.5 59 2 2 1.00 0.65 0.32 0140 0215 May-02 0440 0615 5 10 17 100 63 29.84 29.46 29.65 -0.23 29.86 11 NW AVE. 2400 May-02 AT 0452 AWOKEN BY THUNDERSTORM -- VERY HEAVY RAIN 815-830 , RATE 6.40 INCHES PER HR., 0.65 IN ONE HOUR, 0.62 IN 15 MINS., 0.32 IN 5 MINS.
May-03 68 00:01 49 23:59 19 58.5 -10.5 59 0 1 May-03 51 12 28 86 25 30.21 29.63 29.92 0.27 9 IN EAST May-03
May-04 64 14:25 41 06:18 23 52.5 -6.0 59 0 2 0.14 0.08 0.02 1730 2015 May-04 4 5 12 78 33 30.38 30.27 30.33 0.40 30.28 8 NCC EAST May-04
May-05 72 17:33 47 05:02 25 59.5 7.0 59 0 0 May-05 3 9 11 98 34 30.34 30.24 30.29 -0.04 9R PA-WV EAST May-05
May-06 74 14:30 51 06:27 23 62.5 3.0 60 0 2 May-06 6 2 10 99 50 30.36 30.14 30.25 -0.04 9 VAC SOUTH May-06
May-07 74 12:06 58 06:24 16 66.0 3.5 61 2 2 0.03 0.02 0.01 0005 0230 May-07 1 4 14 96 66 30.13 29.94 30.04 -0.22 30.12 9, 11 NCC SE NORTH AVE. May-07 SUNNY EARLY AM THEN CLOUDY THE REST OF THE DAY.
May-08 79 14:33 60 23:59 19 69.5 3.5 61 0 2 0.02 0.02 0.01 2300 2315 May-08 5 8 13 99 46 30.17 30.01 30.09 0.06 11, 9 QU ESE NORTH AVE. 0600 May-08
May-09 65 22:14 59 07:05 6 62.0 -7.5 63 2 1 0.03 May-09 1 12 11 100 83 30.09 29.92 30.01 -0.09 29.95 21, 11 SOUTH AVE. 1915 May-09 WARM FRONT DIDN'T PASS OUR LOCATION BUT AN AVERAGE COLD FRONT PASSED AT 1915 WITH A THUNDERSHOWER THEN A LIGHT PM FOG
May-10 78 16:18 61 06:38 17 69.5 7.5 63 0 0 May-10 19 11 20 100 26 30.31 29.95 30.13 0.12 9 MO NE May-10 FOG STILL AFTER 0001 BUT CLEAR IN THE AM FOLLOWD BY AFTERNOON CIRRUS CLOUDS-TODAY'S 61° F MIN. WAS A NEW 22 YR. REC. HIGH MIN.
May-11 75 16:14 50 06:51 25 62.5 -7.0 63 0 1 May-11 4 14 13 73 27 30.48 30.31 30.40 0.27 9 ON NE May-11 BEAUTIFUL CLEAR COOL SPRING DAY
May-12 86 15:37 57 06:22 29 71.5 9.0 64 1 2 T May-12 2 10 18 76 55 30.33 29.92 30.13 -0.27 21, 11 SOUTH AVE. 1100 May-12 THUNDERSHOWER
May-13 82 16:28 59 23:59 23 70.5 -1.0 66 2 1 T 1425 1430 May-13 21 11 13 96 60 29.92 29.44 29.68 -0.45 11 WNW AVE. 2000 May-13 LOW PRESSURE TO TRACK COLD FRONT TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF OUR LOCATION
May-14 65 15:43 50 06:40 15 57.5 -13.0 66 1 0 0.01 1700 1705 May-14 54 44 34 71 34 29.94 29.64 29.79 0.11 29.81 8 MA NE May-14 44 MPH WIND AT 049 FROM THE WNW THE HIGHEST WIND GUST IN MAY SINCE 1993
May-15 73 17:55 45 06:19 28 59.0 1.5 64 0 0 May-15 25 22 27 84 26 30.19 29.94 30.07 0.28 9 TN EAST May-15
May-16 85 16:05 49 06:29 36 67.0 8.0 63 0 0 May-16 2 17 15 89 28 30.18 29.97 30.08 0.01 9 NCC NE May-16 22 YEAR RECORD HIGH DAILY TEMP. RANGE OF 36° F-OLD REC. 31° F SET IN 1998
May-17 81 13:42 63 06:31 18 72.0 5.0 65 0 2 0.41 0.36 0.07 1807 1930 May-17 2330 2400 4 9 17 100 50 29.97 29.76 29.87 -0.21 29.85 11 NW STRONG May-17 LIGHTNING AND THUNDER WITH A MAX. RAIN RATE OF 1.29 INCHES PER HOUR -- LIGHT FOG FROM 2100 TO 2400
May-18 65 00:01 47 23:59 18 56.0 -16.0 65 2 2 0.44 0001 0220 May-18 0405 0910 25 27 100 64 30.11 29.51 29.81 -0.05 29.76 11 NW STRONG 0600 May-18 EARLY MORNING LIGHTNING AND THUNDER BETWEEN 0600 AND 0700
May-19 62 15:58 41 06:11 21 51.5 -4.5 63 0 0 May-19 4 16 19 94 31 30.24 30.11 30.18 0.36 8 NB NE May-19 TODAY'S MINIMUM SET A 22-YEAR RECORD FOR THE DATE
May-20 62 14:57 41 06:33 21 51.5 0.0 63 0 1 May-20 11 19 85 26 30.28 30.23 30.26 0.08 9 ON S May-20 TODAY'S MINIMUM SET A 22-YEAR RECORD FOR THE DATE
May-21 60 15:33 40 06:26 20 50.0 -1.5 62 0 1 May-21 10 17 83 30 30.39 30.28 30.34 0.08 9 IL SE May-21 TODAY'S MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SET A 22-YEAR RECORD FOR THE DATE
May-22 70 17:22 41 05:17 29 55.5 5.5 61 0 0 May-22 14 11 75 28 30.47 30.33 30.40 0.06 9 WV EAST May-22 TODAY'S MINIMUM SET A 22-YEAR RECORD FOR THE DATE - DEEP BLUE SKY ALL DAY
May-23 78 16:29 45 06:37 33 61.5 6.0 62 0 0 May-23 1 2 11 88 30 30.34 29.84 30.09 -0.31 9 VA EAST May-23 TODAY'S MINIMUM TIED THE 22-YEAR RECORD FOR THE DATE - DEEP BLUE SKY ALL DAY
May-24 87 16:10 52 06:07 35 69.5 8.0 64 0 0 May-24 4 0 16 87 30 30.07 29.95 30.01 -0.08 9, 11 SCC NW NE AVE. 0430 May-24 THE TEMP. RANGE TODAY WAS 35°F, A NEW 22 YEAR MAXIMUM TEMP. RANGE RECORD FOR THE DATE; THE OLD RECORD WAS 34 °F IN 1997.
May-25 79 16:37 63 23:59 16 71.0 1.5 65 0 2 T 0145 0150 May-25 4 19 12 94 56 30.19 30.04 30.12 0.11 30.02 9 ON EAST May-25 HAZY SKY MOST OF THE DAY PARTICULARLY IN THE PM --- SPRINKLE AROUND 0115
May-26 86 16:28 62 00:57 24 74.0 3.0 66 1 2 T 1805 1810 May-26 0 11 9 90 62 30.16 29.98 30.07 -0.05 30.09 11 NW AVE. May-26 VERYHAZY DAY -- MUCH THUNDER HEARD BUT ONLY A FEW DROPS OF RAIN
May-27 86 16:22 63 06:43 23 74.5 0.5 68 1 1 0.23 0.21 0.03 1925 2100 May-27 0 21 22 93 54 30.20 29.81 30.01 -0.07 30.10 24 NW WEAK May-27 HAZY TODAY AGAIN WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AGAIN TODAY
May-28 85 15:59 64 06:01 21 74.5 0.0 69 1 1 May-28 1 15 9 100 46 30.19 29.85 30.02 0.02 23 NW WEAK May-28
May-29 85 16:38 64 04:33 21 74.5 0.0 69 2 0 May-29 0 6 8 99 47 30.18 29.92 30.05 0.03 8 GA STAT. May-29 MOISTURE HAZE IN THE AM
May-30 86 16:34 62 05:43 24 74.0 -0.5 70 1 0 May-30 0 4 8 71 46 30.03 29.98 30.01 -0.04 9 NB NE May-30 MOISTURE HAZE IN THE AM BUT CLEARING TO A BLUE SKY AND A BEAUTIFUL LATE SPRING DAY
May-31 92 15:56 66 05:18 26 79.0 5.0 71 0 1 T May-31 5 20 94 46 29.63 30.08 29.86 -0.15 9R,11 MO-NC SOUTH NNW WEAK May-31 A FEW LARGE DROPS OF RAIN AROUND 1645 TODAY BUT DIDN'T EVEN WET THE SURFACE OF OBJECTS
TOTAL 2359.0 1718 1654.0 26675 705.0 2006.5 21.5 1971.0 18.0 29.0 2.31 1.34 0.46 0.0 0.0 MAX. TEMPS MIN. TEMP TOT. 227 373 494 2787 1330 935.25 928.28 931.77 0.01 299.84 WX. FEAT. EXTREMES DATES MAY WAS AVE. IN TEMP. BUT A VERY DRY MONTH. THE TOTAL PREC. FOR MAY WAS 2.31 INCHES THAT WAS -2.00 INCHES BELOW THE AVE.
NUM 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 9 6 6 0 0 >=95 0 <=75 31 NUM. 26 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 10 LOW PR.= 4 MAX. TEMP. 05-31 BUT PARTS OF WESTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY HAD FLOODING AND ON THE 25TH AND 26TH WE ONLY HAD A FEW DROPS HERE.
AVE. 76.10 15:02 53.35 08:48 22.74 64.73 0.69 63.58 0.58 0.94 0.26 0.22 0.08 0.00 0.00 >=85 9 <=70 31 AVE. 8.73 12.03 15.94 89.90 42.90 30.17 29.94 30.06 0.00 29.98 HIGH PR.= 16 MIN. TEMP. 05-21 THE 19TH THROUGH THE 23RD WAS A RECORD COOL PERIOD. THAT SET FIVE NEW RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THE DATE.
MAX. 92 22:14 66 23:59 36 79.0 9.0 CLEAR 19 12 1.00 0.65 0.32 0.0 0 >=80 12 <=65 30 MAX. 54 44 34 100 83 30.48 30.33 30.40 0.40 30.28 ELONG HP.= 2 MAX. PREC. 05-02 THIS WAS HOWEVER OFFSET BY THE HEAT NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH. WE HAD SEVEN DAYS OF LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 45° F THE MOST SINCE 1997.
MIN. 60 00:01 40 00:57 6 50.0 -16.0 P.CLO. 6 9 >= 1.00 >=75 17 <=60 22 MIN. 0 0 8 71 25 29.63 29.44 29.65 -0.45 29.76 COLD FRO.= 11 MAX.A WIND 05-14 THE 44 MILES PER HOUR WIND RECORDED ON THE 14TH WAS ONLY 1 MILE PER HOUR FROM THE RECORD HIGH WIND GUST EVER RECORDED IN MAY.
>=90° 1 <=32° 0 CLO. 6 10 1 DAYS >=70 23 <=55 16 MERI 4 11 14 93 46 30.19 29.95 30.07 0.01 29.99 WARM FRO.= 2 MAX.P WIND 05-14 THE RECORD IS 45 MILES PER HOUR SET IN MAY OF 1993.
DATE OF 05-31 DATE OF 05-21 DATE 05-02 >=65 27 <=50 14 DATE 05-14 05-14 DATE 05-11 05-13 STAT. FRO.= 1 MAX. BAR. 05-11 THE 1.00 INCH OF RAIN THAT FELL ON MAY 2ND WAS A 22 YEAR RECORD MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR THE DATE AND REPRESENTED 43% OF THE RAIN TOTAL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
MAX. MIN. MAX. >=60 31 <=45 7 MAX. MAX. ALL HPS.= 18 MIN. BAR. 05-13 MAY SKIES WERE A LITTLE CLEARER THAN AVERAGE AND THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGE FOR THE MONTH WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE 1999.
TEMP. TEMP. PREC. >=55 31 <=40 1 WIND BAR. THE 29.44 INCH BAROMETER READING OF MAY 13TH WAS THE LOWEST IN MAY SINCE 1997.