Ithaca Climate Summary for May 2004

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 60.8 degrees, the month averaged 5.4 degrees warmer than normal.
• This was the 5th warmest May in 132 years of record and the warmest since May 1998.
• This was the third consecutive warmer-than-normal month.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 85 degrees on the 13th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 33 degrees on the 6th.

Precipitation

• The May precipitation total was 6.09 inches, which was 189% of normal.
• This was the wettest May since 1989 and the 8th wettest since 1879.
• This was the second consecutive month this year that was wetter than normal.
• Between May 3 and May 28, there was only one day without at least a trace of precipitation.
• There were 20 days during the month with measurable precipitation (at least 0.01 inch). This was just one less than the May record of 21 days, last recorded in 1973.

Snowfall

• There was no snowfall this month.