MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAY. 2003 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB, CANADA ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 51' 00" N LONG: 97° 16' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 5.9 13.9 4:15p -2.2 6:30a 12.4 0.0 0.0 4.5 30.6 1:00a N 2 11.4 21.1 1:00p 1.7 5:45a 6.9 0.0 0.0 7.4 45.1 1:45p SSW 3 13.1 20.8 3:45p 5.3 6:30a 5.2 0.0 0.0 10.9 53.1 4:00p S 4 13.9 18.6 6:00p 9.2 12:15p 4.4 0.0 1.5 4.2 25.7 10:30a ENE 5 13.6 22.1 3:45p 5.2 5:00a 4.7 0.0 0.0 4.2 32.2 3:45p ENE 6 13.6 21.2 3:45p 6.0 4:45a 4.7 0.0 1.3 5.5 33.8 3:30p SSE 7 13.6 19.9 6:00p 7.3 7:15a 4.7 0.0 0.8 7.7 41.8 10:15a SSW 8 15.8 20.1 5:15p 11.6 1:45a 2.5 0.0 0.8 6.6 45.1 1:15p SSE 9 11.6 14.2 2:00p 9.1 6:15a 6.7 0.0 0.3 5.0 27.4 7:00p N 10 7.5 11.4 5:00p 3.6 12:00m 10.8 0.0 1.3 14.6 46.7 10:15a N 11 8.6 16.9 5:00p 0.3 5:30a 9.7 0.0 0.0 12.9 43.5 7:30a N 12 10.6 21.1 4:30p 0.1 5:45a 7.7 0.0 0.0 2.1 22.5 2:45p N 13 12.3 23.7 4:15p 0.9 6:15a 6.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 33.8 2:00p SSW 14 15.7 26.1 4:15p 5.3 4:00a 2.6 0.0 0.0 1.9 20.9 10:30a NE 15 16.3 25.9 5:15p 6.8 3:15a 2.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 45.1 2:15p SSW 16 16.3 24.2 2:00p 8.4 5:45a 2.0 0.0 2.8 9.8 54.7 2:15p SSW 17 14.9 19.7 4:30p 10.2 6:45a 3.4 0.0 1.3 3.5 25.7 4:45a S 18 10.1 13.9 12:00p 6.4 12:00m 8.2 0.0 39.9 5.1 43.5 2:00p N 19 8.1 11.9 1:45p 4.2 12:00m 10.2 0.0 0.0 5.8 30.6 5:00p N 20 9.3 20.3 3:00p -1.8 5:30a 9.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 38.6 1:30p SSW 21 12.4 19.1 3:00p 5.6 6:00a 5.9 0.0 0.5 7.9 45.1 4:15p SSW 22 12.8 22.8 3:45p 2.7 6:15a 5.6 0.0 0.0 2.9 33.8 4:30p SSE 23 14.6 21.4 3:30p 7.7 4:15a 3.7 0.0 3.0 9.2 43.5 12:30p SSE 24 14.4 18.7 6:15p 10.2 12:00m 3.9 0.0 3.3 3.1 22.5 12:30a SSE 25 14.9 24.8 4:00p 4.9 5:30a 3.4 0.0 0.0 2.3 25.7 4:15p SSE 26 16.2 26.1 4:15p 6.3 5:00a 2.1 0.0 0.0 9.2 51.5 2:00p SSW 27 20.4 27.7 2:45p 13.2 4:00a 0.0 2.1 0.8 7.2 38.6 7:15p S 28 18.5 27.8 4:00p 9.2 6:00a 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.7 29.0 3:00p N 29 20.1 28.2 1:15p 12.0 5:45a 0.0 1.8 1.5 2.6 30.6 10:15p SSW 30 12.3 15.6 4:30p 9.0 12:00m 6.0 0.0 14.5 12.4 53.1 11:00a N 31 12.2 20.9 4:15p 3.4 6:00a 6.1 0.0 0.0 1.8 20.9 2:45p N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.3 28.2 29 -2.2 1 160.5 4.1 73.4 6.0 54.7 16 N MAY 2003 HIGHLIGHTS ..AN IDEAL GROWING MONTH.. Unlike May 2002 which was characterized by unseasonable cold and snow, May 2003 was an ideal growing month over southern Manitoba with warm temperatures, generous amounts of sunshine, and adequate precipitation. The mean monthly temperature was 13.3C, about a degree warmer than normal thanks in large part to the frequent spells of 20+ weather through the month. There were 19 days at my site with daily highs over 20C, compared to only 8 days last year. The warmest temperature of the month was a 28C reading on the 29th. Frost was infrequent during the month with only two nights falling below freezing, the last occurrence being a -1.8 C reading on the 20th. Precipitation totalled 73 mm of rain during the month, about 25% higher than the average of 59 mm for May. However the total was dominated by two main precipitation events.. a 40 mm rainfall on the 18th, and a 15 mm rainfall on the 30th. Other than that, precpitation was meagre with 13 days of 3 mm or less. And unlike May of last year which finished as the second snowiest May on record, no snow fell at all this May. In summary, a warm month with generous amounts of sunshine and rain..