MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAY. 2009 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 AVG MEAN DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS SNOW RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 5.6 10.2 4:15p 0.7 7:00a 12.7 0.0 0.0 1.3 25.7 4:45p N 2 5.7 12.3 2:45p -0.4 2:45a 12.6 0.0 0.0 1.9 30.6 5:00p N 3 8.6 16.3 3:45p 0.3 1:45a 9.7 0.0 0.0 1.1 30.6 2:45p N 4 12.1 19.3 3:45p 2.3 6:15a 6.3 0.0 0.0 6.1 49.9 1:30p SSW 5 13.8 18.5 6:15p 9.0 4:30a 4.5 0.0 0.0 2.4 30.6 1:45p SSW 6 13.7 22.0 12:30p 4.4 6:30a 5.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 35.4 7:15p SW 7 4.1 10.9 12:15a 0.8 12:00m 14.3 0.0 2.0 3.2 32.2 12:00p N 8 2.2 4.9 4:15p 0.1 5:30a 16.1 0.0 0.0 4.7 27.4 11:15a N 9 3.8 9.3 6:45p 0.1 8:00a 14.5 1.4 0.0 2.1 19.3 1:15p N 10 7.6 15.5 3:15p -3.0 6:15a 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.6 20.9 2:30p NNW 11 11.4 19.7 4:00p 1.1 6:30a 7.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 40.2 7:45p SW 12 12.6 18.9 2:30p 7.4 6:45a 5.7 0.0 0.0 1.3 30.6 12:00p SSW 13 6.7 12.8 12:15a -1.8 12:00m 11.6 0.0 43.4 5.3 46.7 8:30p N 14 0.9 6.2 2:30p -3.6 6:30a 17.3 0.0 0.3 3.2 38.6 12:45a N 15 2.2 3.4 5:00p 0.8 12:00m 16.1 TR 2.5 0.6 20.9 5:30a ENE 16 6.6 14.8 4:30p -1.4 6:00a 11.7 0.0 0.0 1.9 32.2 2:45p N 17 11.4 19.1 4:45p 0.1 5:45a 7.0 0.0 0.0 8.7 51.5 1:30p SSW 18 7.9 13.6 12:15a 2.3 12:00m 10.3 0.0 0.0 9.5 46.7 10:15a N 19 5.7 9.9 6:15p -0.1 5:30a 12.6 0.0 0.5 2.7 29.0 10:30a ENE 20 9.6 14.2 5:45p 5.7 5:45a 8.7 0.0 1.3 1.4 29.0 11:45p N 21 10.2 16.4 3:30p 1.4 6:00a 8.1 0.0 0.0 1.8 30.6 11:15a N 22 11.1 20.2 3:15p 4.6 12:00m 7.3 0.0 1.8 6.4 45.1 4:30p SSW 23 9.8 18.2 4:30p 0.5 4:45a 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 19.3 3:45p NNW 24 14.8 23.3 3:00p 3.4 6:00a 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.8 22.5 3:30p N 25 11.2 15.7 12:15a 9.5 11:30p 7.1 0.0 16.0 2.3 29.0 5:00a ENE 26 12.9 19.3 4:15p 6.8 6:15a 5.4 0.0 0.0 6.1 41.8 2:15p N 27 14.1 20.1 4:30p 5.5 5:45a 4.5 0.0 0.0 7.1 38.6 3:30p SSW 28 12.6 16.1 2:00p 7.9 12:00m 5.7 0.0 0.0 5.3 32.2 12:30a N 29 13.3 23.3 4:15p 4.1 3:30a 6.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 51.5 6:30p N 30 10.6 16.1 5:00p 3.8 7:15a 7.7 0.0 0.0 3.4 25.7 7:30a N 31 11.9 16.4 2:30p 7.2 5:00a 6.3 0.0 1.0 1.3 30.6 5:00p ESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.2 23.3 24 -3.6 14 286.4 1.4 68.8 3.2 51.5 17 N MAY 2009 HIGHLIGHTS.. - YWG airport monthly mean for May 2009 was 8.3C, almost 4 degrees below normal (normal 12.0C) - 15th coolest May on record (coolest since 2004), last May was also cool at 8.4C - sixth consecutive month beow normal, 12th of past 16 months below normal - no sustained heat all month, only 5 days above average - monthly maximum of only 22.2C at YWG airport, which should be normal high by month's end - precipitation was above normal, mainly due to heavy rain event on the 13th - system on the 15th gave 20-30 cm of snow from Roblin/Dauphin area through Interlake - cool weather plus lingering effects of major flooding of Red has seriously delayed crops