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More extreme rain events for May in the last 47 years 2010: Rainfall high at 5.51 in 10 rain events with several severe storms – On the 22nd the Ipswich area lucked out with 1.71 moisture and no severe storms but McPherson & northern Brown counties experienced tornados, strong winds & hail which caused a lot of damage – Down power lines from these storms to the north of us caused power outages in Ipswich for 10 hours – On the 24th and 29th Ipswich experience severe weather from strong winds that caused a lot of tree damage along with .66 of ra...
May Weather The average rainfall for Ipswich for the month of May is now 2.61. Out of 47 years, there were 21 years that exceeded this average and 26 years that were less. Ten of the years that were less than average were under an inch of rain which isn’t much for the start of a growing season. The least for these 10 years was .52 during May, 2009. Now we come to the 21 Mays in which rainfall was more than average. We’ll deal with some of the most extreme May rain events. All of these had an affect on farmer’s planting schedule. 1991: Extre...
My records verifies that it isn’t uncommon to have frosty mornings during May. They most naturally occur during the first two weeks but they can occur even on the last morning of May. The following are some facts about this topic: • 38 Mays out of 47 had frosty morning readings. • All in all, there were 152 frosty mornings in 47 years. • The most of these frosty morning readings occurred during 2002 with eleven. • Second to 2002 was 1975 & 1984 with eight. After this was 1979 & 2021 with seven. • The latest frosty morning reading occurred on...
Some extremes to this reading are as follows: 1977: Average high temp. was 76° – 12 days of temps. were in the 80s – Only one frosty morning for the entire month. 1980: Average high temp. was 75° – 16 days had a temp. in the 80s – The highest was 89 on the 22nd. 1985: Average high temp. was 75° – 10 days of temps. in the 80s – The first 90° day in May that I ever recorded which was 91 on the 8th. 1987: Average high temp. was 75° – 10 days of temps. in the 80s – 3 days in the 90s with the high of 95 on the 10th – No frosty mornings. 1992:...
Summary for April 2022 Highest recorded temperature — 66° on April 23 Lowest recorded temperature — 12° on April 19 Average high temp. — 48° Average low temp. — 29° Average high temp. for 47 Aprils — 57° Average low temp. for 47 Aprils — 29° (April, 2022 can be classified has one of coldest in 47 years) Number of days of recorded precip. — 8 Total precip. — 5.93 Average precip. for 47 Aprils — 1.80 (April, 2022 was the second wettest in 47 years at 5.93. The wettest was 1985 with 6.20) Total amount of snowfall — 1 inch Normal snowfall — 3...
Most Extremes from 47 prior Aprils The average snowfall for April is 3 inches. There were 21 out of 47 Aprils that no measurable snowfall was recorded. So the precip. for 26 Aprils came in rain only. These are the top three Aprils where all the precip. came in rain. 2012: 4.47 all rain 1975: 4.20 all rain 2016: 3.09 all rain 2012: Mild month – Average high temp. was 60° – Extreme wet month with 10 days of recorded precip. which totaled 4.47 moisture all in rain – Most came in a 3 day period (13th – 15th) that totaled 2.80. 2013: Extreme...
25: Mild month with an average high of 66° - Area went from the wettest in 47 years in 1986 (6.20) to the driest with only a trace in 1987 – 23 days had high temps. in the 60s and 70s. 1992: April had a record high temp. of 98° on the 23rd. 1997: A major rain and snow mix resulted in extreme blizzard conditions from an five inch snowfall and strong NW winds – The wintry mix measured 1.80 moisture but the major problem was a power outage which lasted 14 hours. 2001: Typical high and low temps. until the last six days of the month which avera...
First Comments on April weather from 47 years: Average high temp.— 57° Average low temp.— 29° Average precip.— 1.80 Average snowfall— 3 inches Most April precip.— 6.20 during 1986 Most snowfall— 26.5 inches during 1975 Rain and snow mix are common until the middle of the month, after this it is mainly rain. Below zero nights are rare but freezing temps. are common all thru the month. Extremes in temp. and precip. readings • 1981: Warm month - Average high temp. for April, 1981 was 64 degrees – Every day’s high was 50 plus degrees except one...
Comments on March weather from 47 years: March is definitely the transition month from winter to spring. The percent for zero or below temp. readings for March drops off to 10% from a high of 44% in January and 37% for February. One of the main reasons for some months of March being cool to others being mild is snowpack. This definitely shows up in my records. 2018: Cool March – Average high temp. 34° and low 20° – 28 days in the 20s and low 30s as the high temp. – Snowpack on the ground the entire month which averaged 15 inches startin...
Comments on March weather from 47 years: In looking thru my weather records of March I found that I made this comment about 18 of the 47 months of March. (Normal temps. for March) which meant around 41° for average high and 20° for average low.) For moisture I found that only 20 of the 47 months of March exceeded the average for precip. which is 1.12. This means that 27 months were short of the average of 1.12 and that some of the 20 months that did exceed, were fairly high amounts to bring the average up to 1.12. These are some months of M...
Comments on January weather from 47 years: January is normally the coldest month of the year but three have been abnormally mild: • January 1990 - Average high temp. of 37° with only one sub-zero night. • January 2006 - Average high temp. of 35° with no sub-zero nights. • January 2021 - Average high temp. of 33° with no sub-zero nights. January Precipitation Observations from 47 years: • Average precip. for the month of January - .37 (January is the second driest month to November) • Most precip. for a single January - 1.05 during 2010 • Least...