Tuesday, July 15, 2008

ORD Temperature Updates 2007 (May)

In this blog, I'll recount the records, near records and significantly abnormal temperatures of 2007, starting with December 31st and looking back to January 1st. This post covers May 2007.
Updated back to May 14.

May 31: the 11th low of 60 or higher and the 5th low that was significantly higher than the normal low of 53 (65 degrees).

May 30: the 11th low of 60 or higher and the 8th low that was significantly higher than the normal low of 53 (66 degrees). The high was 87, 12 degrees above normal.

May 29: a high of 88, 13 degrees above normal.

May 24: tied with 1989 as the second warmest day (high of 88, low of 63)...in 1989, the high was 86 with a low of 65...both days 13.5 above normal...1991 is still the warmest at 14.5 above normal (high of 85 with the record warmest low of 68).

May 23: the warmest: high of 89, low of 60, mean of 74.5, 13.5 above normal...beats out 1991's high of 82, low of 66, mean of 74, 13 above normal. This is the only 80s high that is 12 or more above the normal of 72.

May 14: high of 90, low of 56, mean of 73 (15 degrees above normal)...the high of 90 was just the second 90s high of the past 30 years...the record high of 92 was set in 1982