May and 2019年春季 Saint Cloud 天气 Summary

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May and 2019年春季 Saint Cloud 天气 Summaries

Wet Conditions Have the Most Consequences in May

While the cool conditions and one snowstorm took its toll on Minnesotans longing for spring, it was the persistent rain that caused the most problems. 圣. 云机场接了6个.5月的降雨量为40英寸.45 inches above average, and only 0.10英寸 short of making it into the 10个最潮湿的五月. And, there was a lot more rain in the area with most of the southeast half of Minnesota finished May 降雨量为6-10英寸，不像……那么糟糕 巨大的降雨 from southern Iowa and southeast Nebraska to the Texas-Louisiana border and in parts of northern Wyoming and South Dakota.

7th Wettest First Five Months on Record

This accounted for nearly half of the total precipitation since the start of the year. 13个.75 inches of total precipitation through the end of May was 5.40 inches above average and ranks as the 7日潮湿的 first 5 months of the year 在圣. 云记录. The rainfall was topped by a cold rain storm, 倾销2.89 inch of rain while the temperature remained below 50 on 5月18日 and 19. But, what will likely be remembered is the wet storm that included snowfall part of which included some wet snowfall on both May 5 and 6 on both May 5 and 6, but at least there wasn't the 8.德卢斯3英寸. 仍然是0.6英寸的积雪被列为 五月初七下雪 在圣. 云记录. This also topped off the snow season of 2018-2019 with 69.1英寸 第8场雪在圣. 云记录. As has been the case in our recent snowy seasons, the bulk of the snow fell during the latter portion of the snow season. Between 1 February and the end of the season, St. 云接47.9英寸厚的雪 3rd highest late season snowfall 在圣. 云记录 and the 4th season since 2000 to place in the top 6.

潮湿的, and occasionally white conditions have led to persistent river flooding on parts of the Minnesota and Mississippi River especially from St. 保罗进入爱荷华州. 这也是一个 small taste of the devastating rainfall that has hit areas from southern Iowa and southeastern Nebraska through Oklahoma, 阿肯色州, and to the Texas-Louisiana border. Most of this area received more than 10英寸es of rain with Kansas City and Oklahoma City getting one of the five highest 30-day rainfalls on record. 在 40 percent of Minnesota soils have surplus moisture. This has led to a huge lag in planting crops.

Cooler Than Average May, But Not Cool Enough to Set Records

The cool conditions remained just cold enough to not set any records. There was only one more high of 70 or above (4) in the first 23 days of May than highs colder than 50 (3). That included temperatures not breaking 35 degrees during the rain and snowstorm on May 5 and 6 and the temperature never breaking 50 degrees during the large rainfall on 5月18日 and 19. 然而, the temperatures couldn't maintain the rate of averaging more than 10 degrees colder than average. The warm-up during the last 5 days ensured that this May would finish with an average temperature of 51.8度，4度.7 degrees colder than average, but 0.7 degrees short of making it into the 10个最冷的五月. The overall spring average temperature (March 1-5月31日) ended up being 39.1度. 这是4.4 degrees colder than average, but 1.2 degrees too mild to break into 十大最酷的温泉.

Just Enough Heat and Not Enough Rain Friday to Fail to Reach 10 Coolest, Wettest

The high temperature climbed to 88 degrees on Friday, and the low didn't drop below 53. In either category, these were the warmest readings of the year, as well 如在五月期间. This pushed the May temperature 在圣. 云到51.8度，4度.比平均水平低7度, but out of theThe average meteorological spring temperature (March 1-5月31日) was 39.1度，1.2 degrees milder than what it takes to The Friday night thunderstorms only produced 0.圣巴巴多斯的降雨量为07英寸. Cloud Airport, so the May rainfall finished at 6.40 inches,The meteorological spring (March 1-5月31日) rainfall finished at 11.39英寸，0.还差17英寸 10 wettest meteorological springs .