Friday, June 28, 2013

June 28 rainfall

We got some significant precipitation in the area on June 28th.  At the UW weather station we recorded 43.8 mm during the day, the most intense part occurred between 2:15 and 2:45 pm when 16.8 mm came down.

This translates to what is referred to as a 1 in 2 year rainfall, that is not something that normally result in the numerous flooded streets and parking lots in the region.  Thus it is probable that a storm of this nature had areas of more intense rain that caused the localized flooding.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Spring 2013 Summary

The very typical Spring for both temperature and precipitation

There were the usual temperature swings during this season that borders winter and summer, but it was never really hot or cold for a very long time. Overall it was just 0.2 degrees colder than average which puts it solidly in the average range.

After a slow start to the spring precipitation (it was dry until the first week of April), the rest of the season was wetter with the total coming in on the high end of the average
range.

Summary for Spring 2013:
Maximum Temperature 28.6 °C
Minimum Temperature -9.2 °C
Average Daily High Temperature 15.1 °C (Long term average 15.6 °C)
Average Daily Low Temperature 4.8 °C (Long term average 4.2 °C)
Total Precipitation 256.4 mm (Long term average 219.5 mm)

(Long term averages based on 1971-2000 data for the Waterloo Wellington Airport)






Monday, June 10, 2013

May 2013 Summary


A warm month with average precipitation

If you take a look at the graphs for this month, you can see that the temperature went back and forth between extended warm and cold spells.  As the warm spells lasted longer than the cold ones, it was 1.3 degrees hotter than average for the month overall.  This makes it the first warmer than average month since January.

Most of the precipitation for the month happened during just 3 days (the 10th, 28th and 29th).  This was enough to make it almost a perfectly average month (73.3 mm in May compared to the average of 75.7 mm).

Even with this average month, we are still about 100 mm over the precipitation we expect at this time of the year (340.2 mm compared to 448.3 mm).

Summary for May 2013:
Maximum Temperature 28.6°C
Minimum Temperature 0.5°C
Average Daily High Temperature 20.1°C (Long term average 18.9°C)
Average Daily Low Temperature 7.9°C (Long term average 6.6°C)
Total Precipitation 73.3 mm (Long term average 75.7 mm)

(Long term averages based on 1971-2000 data for the Waterloo Wellington Airport)