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

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May Daily Records for Syracuse, NY

Period of Record: 1902-Present

	Maximum Temperature				Minimum Temperature				Rainfall		Snowfall
Date	High	Year	Low	Year	High	Year	Low	Year	Maximum	Year	Maximum	Year
01	87	1936	38	1903	67	(1970)	27	(1978)	1.26	1953	1.0	1908
02	86	2001	43	1925	64	(1936)	26	(1903)	1.30	1992	0.0	2011
03	88	2001	36	1911	63	(1942)	27	(1911)	2.29	1954	0.4	1908
04	88	2001	42	1926	60	(1944)	27	(1986)	2.19	1922	0.0	2011
05	90	1944	42	1917	64	(1913)	30	(2005)	0.69	1917	0.0	2011
06	88	1949	45	1917	70	(1930)	31	(1968)	1.05	1937	0.2	1970
07	88	1930	44	1989	69	(1930)	25	(1966)	1.47	1944	0.1	1947
08	88	1979	43	1947	73	(1936)	28	(1956)	1.04	1971	1.5	1947
09	90	1979	40	1966	67	(2000)	30	(1966)	0.79	1974	1.0	1977
10	89	1936	37	1923	66	(1965)	27	(1966)	1.15	1919	1.0	1945
11	90	1911	40	1963	68	(1936)	29	(1949)	1.14	2003	4.4	1907
12	84	1993	45	1966	63	(1979)	30	(1963)	1.29	1914	2.1	1996
13	86	2004	49	2003	61	(2011)	30	(2005)	1.13	1990	0.0	2011
14	87	1942	46	2002	65	(2004)	30	(1939)	1.00	1905	0.0	2011
15	87	1940	44	1959	68	(1942)	33	(1977)	1.19	1904	0.0	2011
16	90	1962	45	1917	67	(1932)	32	(1936)	1.45	1916	0.0	2011
17	91	1977	49	1997	66	(1906)	30	(1983)	0.91	1916	1.2	1973
18	90	1962	45	1973	69	(1906)	30	(1983)	1.10	1976	0.0	2011
19	92	1971	46	1976	69	(1911)	32	(2009)	2.36	1969	0.0	2011
20	90	1962	46	1957	66	(1911)	32	(2002)	0.90	1969	0.0	2011
21	96	1977	43	1907	72	(1911)	33	(1906)	1.11	1947	0.0	2011
22	92	1911	51	2006	70	(1911)	35	(1990)	1.01	1944	0.0	2011
23	93	1977	45	1963	69	(1964)	32	(1967)	1.69	2004	0.0	2011
24	89	2007	40	1925	68	(1955)	30	(1963)	1.36	2003	0.0	2011
25	88	2007	49	1925	66	(1906)	33	(1992)	1.09	1979	0.0	2011
26	90	2011	53	1930	75	(1914)	36	(1969)	1.47	1991	0.0	2011
27	91	1939	51	1927	66	(1991)	33	(1969)	1.05	1913	0.0	2011
28	91	1911	47	1907	70	(1939)	35	(1983)	1.52	1941	0.0	2011
29	90	1987	54	1917	70	(1929)	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	51	1945	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: 36 °F on the 3^rd in 1911
Highest Minimum: 75 °F on the 21^st in 1914
Maximum Precipitation: 2.36" on the 19^th in 1969
Maximum Snowfall: 4.4" on the 11^th in 1907

Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	96	21	1977
2	93	30	1987
3	93	23	1977
4	92	31	2010
5	92	30	2006

Lowest Temperature (°F)
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Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1		7	1966
2		2	1903
3		4	1986
4		1	1978
5		10	1966

Highest Precipitation (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.36	19	1969
2	2.29	3	1954
3	2.19	4	1922
4	2.05	19	1976
5	1.69	23	2004

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	4.4	11	1907
2	2.1	12	1996
3	1.5	8	1947
4	1.2	17	1973
5	1.0	9	1977

Month's Top Five:

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

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	64.7	1911
2	64.3	2012
3	63.3	1944
4	62.9	1998
5	62.9	1975

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	48.1	1917
2	50.2	1967
3	50.5	1907
4	51.2	1966
5	51.4	1924

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	0.19	1920
2	0.28	1903
3	0.59	2005
4	0.75	1977
5	0.80	1934

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 0.1"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	5.0	1907
2	2.1	1996
3	1.7	1947
4	1.4	1908
5	1.2	1973

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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