NOAA's National Weather Service - Daily Records for Syracuse, NY for the month of May

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May Daily Records for Syracuse, NY

Period of Record: 1950-Present

	Maximum Temperature				Minimum Temperature				Rainfall		Snowfall
Date	High	Year	Low	Year	High	Year	Low	Year	Maximum	Year	Maximum	Year
01	86	2010	39	1978	67	(1970)	27	(1978)	1.26	1953	0.8	1963
02	86	2001	46	1986	62	(1954)	30	(1974)	1.30	1992	0.0	2011
03	88	2001	42	1957	59	(1993)	28	(1966)	2.29	1954	0.0	2011
04	88	2001	47	2011	58	(1993)	27	(1986)	0.57	1984	0.0	2011
05	85	1980	49	1973	63	(2000)	30	(2005)	0.63	1990	0.0	2011
06	84	2000	46	1970	60	(1960)	31	(1968)	0.73	1989	0.2	1970
07	86	1964	44	1989	65	(2000)	25	(1966)	0.73	1967	0.0	2011
08	88	1979	45	1967	64	(2000)	28	(1956)	1.04	1971	0.1	2010
09	90	1979	40	1966	67	(2000)	30	(1966)	0.79	1974	1.0	1977
10	86	1979	45	1966	66	(1965)	27	(1966)	0.97	2000	0.0	2011
11	89	1953	40	1963	63	(1981)	30	(1966)	1.14	2003	0.0	2011
12	84	1993	45	1966	63	(1979)	30	(1963)	1.02	1974	2.1	1996
13	86	2004	49	2003	61	(2011)	30	(2005)	1.13	1990	0.0	2011
14	86	1956	46	2002	65	(2004)	34	(1977)	0.80	1976	0.0	2011
15	86	1962	44	1959	61	(1961)	33	(1977)	0.72	1972	0.0	2011
16	90	1962	48	1983	63	(1951)	34	(1983)	1.00	1981	0.0	2011
17	91	1977	49	1997	62	(1998)	30	(1983)	0.68	1991	1.2	1973
18	90	1962	45	1973	64	(1962)	30	(1983)	1.10	1976	0.0	2011
19	92	1971	46	1976	66	(1962)	32	(2009)	2.36	1969	0.0	2011
20	90	1962	46	1957	64	(1959)	32	(2002)	0.90	1969	0.0	2011
21	96	1977	51	1990	65	(1959)	36	(1967)	0.70	1973	0.0	2011
22	88	1975	51	2006	63	(1987)	35	(1990)	0.98	1974	0.0	2011
23	93	1977	45	1963	69	(1964)	32	(1967)	1.69	2004	0.0	2011
24	89	2007	52	1956	68	(1955)	30	(1963)	1.36	2003	0.0	2011
25	88	2007	56	1974	64	(1991)	33	(1992)	1.09	1979	0.0	2011
26	90	2011	54	1992	64	(2011)	36	(1969)	1.47	1991	0.0	2011
27	88	1978	54	1983	66	(1991)	33	(1969)	0.54	1965	0.0	2011
28	89	1987	51	1984	66	(1955)	35	(1983)	0.85	1984	0.0	2011
29	90	1987	57	1966	66	(1981)	37	(1992)	0.77	1990	0.0	2011
30	93	1987	51	1953	69	(1987)	39	(1996)	0.71	1972	0.0	2011
31	92	2011	57	1984	66	(1991)	36	(1966)	1.61	1992	0.0	2011

May Extremes: Daily

Record High: 96 °F on the 21^st in 1977
Record Low: 25 °F on the 7^th in 1966
Lowest Maximum: 39 °F on the 1^st in 1978
Highest Minimum: 69 °F on the 30^th in 1987
Maximum Precipitation: 2.36" on the 19^th in 1969
Maximum Snowfall: 2.1" on the 12^th in 1996

Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	96	21	1977
2	93	29	2012
3	93	30	1987
4	93	23	1977
5	92	31	2011

Lowest Temperature (°F)
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Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1		7	1966
2		4	1986
3		1	1978
4		10	1966
5		1	2008

Highest Precipitation (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.36	19	1969
2	2.29	3	1954
3	2.05	19	1976
4	1.69	23	2004
5	1.61	31	1992

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.1	12	1996
2	1.2	17	1973
3	1.0	9	1977
4	0.9	9	1966
5	0.8	1	1963

Month's Top Five:

Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 57.6 °F):

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	64.3	2012
2	62.9	1998
3	62.9	1975
4	62.8	2011
5	62.7	1991

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	50.2	1967
2	51.2	1966
3	52.2	1997
4	52.4	1984
5	53.4	1956

Month's Precipitation (Normal: 3.22"):

Wettest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	7.82	2004
2	7.41	1976
3	6.19	1972
4	5.78	1974
5	5.77	2002

Driest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.59	2005
2	0.75	1977
3	0.81	1999
4	0.86	2007
5	1.05	1962

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 0.1"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	2.1	1996
2	1.2	1973
3	1.0	1977
4	0.9	1966
5	0.8	1963

Page last updated: 08.13.2012

Please note this information is preliminary and subject to revision. Official and certified climatic data can be accessed at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html).


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