Ithaca Climate Summary for May 2001

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 57.9 degrees, the month averaged 2.9 degrees warmer than normal.
• The average temperature this May was within 0.1 degrees of May of the last two years.
• The last four Mays have been warmer than normal.
• Four of the last five months have been warmer than normal.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 86 degrees on the 1st, 3rd and 4th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 33 degrees on the 6th.
• The month's last freezing temperature (32 degrees or lower) occurred on the 15th.

Precipitation

• May precipitation totalled 2.04 inches, which represented 62% of normal.
• The first part of the month was especially dry, with only 0.46 inches falling through the 17th.
• Six out of the last seven months have been drier than normal.
• Precipitation for the calendar year is 1.9 inches below normal.

Snowfall

• There was no snowfall during May.