000 CXUS43 KOAX 011851 MAY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR OMAHA NE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 151 PM CST THU JUNE 1 2000 ...OMAHA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAY 2000... MAY WAS A WARM MONTH AROUND OMAHA WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 66.0 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. A HIGH OF 93 ON THE 11TH TIED A RECORD FOR THE DATE...BUT THERE WERE NO OTHER RECORDS DURING THE MONTH. MAY RAINFALL TOTALED 2.69 INCHES...WHICH WAS 1.83 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ALTHOUGH BELOW NORMAL...RAIN WAS SPREAD OUT WELL ENOUGH TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE DRYNESS DURING THE MONTH. ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN VALLEY... ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE....66.5 OR 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.......78.6 OR 6.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE.......54.3 OR 3.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 94 DEGREES ON THE 29TH AND 31ST LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 39 DEGREES ON THE 13TH HEATING DEGREE DAYS COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 61 MONTHLY TOTAL............ 115 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -99 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 49 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 5165 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC). 116 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -1226 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 37 ...PRECIPITATION DATA... ..LIQUID.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.61 OR 1.91 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 7.48 OR 3.25 INCHES BELOW NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION WAS 1.52 INCHES ON THE 17TH AND 18TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... WITH 0.01 INCHES OR MORE.. 8 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 WITH 0.10 INCHES OR MORE.. 4 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER... 5 WITH 0.50 INCHES OR MORE.. 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 WITH 1.00 INCH OR MORE.... 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 ...OMAHA/EPPLEY AIRFIELD... ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE....66.0 OR 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.......78.4 OR 4.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE.......53.5 OR 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 95 DEGREES ON THE 31ST LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 39 DEGREES ON THE 2ND HEATING DEGREE DAYS COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 72 MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 110 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -92 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 26 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 5144 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC). 112 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -1142 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 23 ...PRECIPITATION DATA... ..LIQUID.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.69 OR 1.83 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 8.47 OR 2.26 INCHES BELOW NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION WAS 1.04 INCH ON THE 8TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... WITH 0.01 INCHES OR MORE.. 7 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 WITH 0.10 INCHES OR MORE.. 4 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER... 4 WITH 0.50 INCHES OR MORE.. 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 WITH 1.00 INCH OR MORE.... 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE DATA... HIGHEST... 30.28 ON THE 14TH LOWEST.... 29.21 ON THE 11TH ...WIND DATA... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.0 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 44 MPH FROM THE WEST THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 54 MPH FROM THE WEST JP/SK/JEK/IG