MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAY. 2007 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 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 10.7 16.7 3:30p 6.6 3:30a 7.6 0.0 0.0 8.7 43.5 12:00p N 2 11.1 18.1 4:15p 2.1 4:45a 7.2 0.0 0.0 2.1 27.4 4:45p ENE 3 16.2 23.8 3:30p 8.2 6:45a 3.5 1.4 0.0 5.8 41.8 3:00p S 4 12.4 15.6 12:15a 10.2 3:00p 5.9 0.0 10.4 1.9 25.7 4:00a SSE 5 10.8 14.9 7:15p 8.9 7:45a 7.4 0.0 11.7 2.1 29.0 8:45p SSE 6 13.6 17.3 9:00p 9.3 1:15a 4.5 0.0 7.6 5.6 40.2 5:00p SSE 7 17.4 24.9 4:00p 9.9 7:00a 2.8 2.0 0.0 2.7 38.6 12:15a NW 8 20.2 29.5 4:15p 8.9 5:00a 2.4 4.3 0.0 4.0 40.2 7:15p SSW 9 23.3 31.3 3:45p 12.1 7:00a 1.0 6.0 0.0 6.4 41.8 12:30a SSW 10 13.1 21.6 12:15a 7.6 12:00m 5.4 0.2 0.0 8.4 41.8 5:00a N 11 9.9 14.8 5:45p 5.1 12:00m 8.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 19.3 12:30a N 12 12.7 22.0 4:00p 1.0 6:15a 6.3 0.7 0.0 1.3 29.0 2:45p SSW 13 17.4 24.1 4:15p 10.9 4:15a 2.4 1.5 0.0 1.0 20.9 9:30a NE 14 10.9 14.7 12:15a 7.6 12:00m 7.4 0.0 3.9 5.8 49.9 3:45p N 15 9.6 17.3 1:15p 2.9 6:15a 8.7 0.0 0.0 5.6 45.1 4:45p N 16 9.3 17.3 4:45p 2.1 6:15a 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 35.4 12:45a N 17 15.7 25.2 6:15p 4.0 1:45a 4.8 2.1 0.0 10.9 49.9 12:15p SSW 18 13.1 18.6 12:15a 4.9 12:00m 5.3 0.0 0.8 9.3 51.5 8:15p N 19 7.3 13.2 4:15p 2.8 7:30a 10.9 0.0 0.5 6.8 33.8 1:15p N 20 6.9 10.6 6:00p 3.7 3:30a 11.4 0.0 1.3 1.3 27.4 12:00p ENE 21 14.8 22.9 3:30p 8.1 8:30a 4.6 1.1 3.3 1.4 20.9 8:45a ENE 22 15.3 19.2 12:15a 10.1 12:00m 3.0 0.0 31.6 2.6 32.2 7:00p NNW 23 12.3 18.8 6:30p 9.2 4:15a 6.0 0.0 0.4 1.1 32.2 7:15p SSW 24 7.9 10.7 2:45p 4.4 11:45p 7.4 0.0 0.0 4.0 33.8 8:30p N 25 6.0 10.3 4:30p 2.4 5:45a 12.3 0.0 0.3 1.3 19.3 5:30a N 26 5.6 7.2 11:15p 4.5 3:30a 12.7 0.0 8.9 6.0 43.5 5:00p N 27 10.9 18.6 4:15p 1.8 6:00a 7.4 0.0 0.0 1.0 17.7 4:15p SSW 28 14.1 20.1 4:45p 5.6 6:15a 4.4 0.2 1.3 1.3 29.0 9:15a ENE 29 14.4 18.2 2:15p 11.1 12:00m 3.9 0.0 1.8 2.4 30.6 9:00p N 30 12.0 14.4 6:45p 9.2 5:45a 6.3 0.0 0.0 3.2 32.2 10:45p N 31 14.9 20.2 6:00p 11.9 1:45a 3.6 0.2 0.8 2.4 27.4 12:30a NE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.6 31.3 9 1.0 12 193.9 19.6 84.3 3.9 51.5 18 N MAY 2007 HIGHLIGHTS.. ..Warm start then cooler and very wet.. Weather conditions started off warm in May over Winnipeg after April’s warm temperatures and below normal rainfall. In fact, the dryness was quickly becoming a concern to area farmers and forestry officials with increasing incidents of grass fires and forest fires. A much need rainfall of 20-30 mm fell on the 4th-6th which helped to quickly green up area vegetation. Temperatures continued to warm up reaching a peak of 31C on the 9th.. a record high for the date. By mid month however, the weather became more variable and unsettled, with very wet conditions in the last 10 days of the month. Frequent showers and locally heavy thunderstorms brought heavy rains to parts of southern Manitoba, especially just south and east of Winnipeg. Officially, 75 mm of rain fell at Winnipeg airport for the month, about 20 mm above average for May. However rainfall was much heavier to the south and east, with 93 mm at the Forks weather station downtown, 120 mm in St Vital and 126 mm in Dugald. Even heavier rains fell across the southern Red River valley and Whiteshell areas with monthly rainfall totals of 165 mm in Morden, 135 mm in Morris, 130 mm in Pinawa, and a whopping 206 mm in Kenora.. thanks in large part to a tremendous one day rainfall of 106 mm on May 29th that caused some road washouts in Ponte Du Bois. By the end of May, farmers had had enough of a good thing.. and were eager for a stretch of warm dry weather once again to continue with planting and spraying operations. All in all.. a very wet end to a changeable month.