859 CXUS51 KCTP 010743 CLMAOO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 343 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2019 ................................... ...THE ALTOONA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2019... ...2ND WETTEST MAY ON RECORD... ...TIED 1975 AND 2011 FOR 10TH WARMEST MAY ON RECORD... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 05/29/1969 LOW 25 05/11/1966 05/10/1966 HIGHEST 85 05/19 90 05/03 LOWEST 39 05/15 43 05/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.3 69.0 3.3 78.3 AVG. MINIMUM 54.3 47.1 7.2 58.0 MEAN 63.3 58.1 5.2 68.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 MM MM 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 MM MM 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.31 1960 MINIMUM 0.43 1964 TOTALS 7.28 3.71 3.57 4.84 DAILY AVG. 0.23 0.12 0.11 0.16 DAYS >= .01 19 MM MM 18 DAYS >= .10 13 MM MM 13 DAYS >= .50 7 MM MM 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 MM MM 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.59 05/28 TO 05/28 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 116 242 -126 45 SINCE 7/1 5670 6160 -490 5708 COOLING TOTAL 69 27 42 152 SINCE 1/1 69 33 36 164 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/210 DATE 05/03 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/260 DATE 05/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 10 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 20 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && *AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 63.3 DEGREES TIES 1975 AND 2011 AS THE 10TH WARMEST MAY ON RECORD *7.28 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION RANKS AS THE 2ND WETTEST MAY ON RECORD $$ MS