MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAY 2016

DATA | STATISTICS | GRAPHS | CONDITIONS

CONDITIONS DAY of Month: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

                     
NAME: 3270 Nowell   CITY: West Juneau   STATE: Alaska 
ELEV:    97 ft  LAT: 58° 17' 33" N  LONG: 134° 25' 37" W


TEMPERATURE (°F), RAIN  (in), WIND SPEED (mph), SNOW (in). Snowfall from 21:00 - 21:00, all others Midnight to Midnight.

                                      HEAT  COOL        AVG                      WIND       SNOW        
    MEAN                              DEG   DEG         WIND                DOM  RUN        ON(1)       
DAY TEMP  HIGH   TIME   LOW    TIME   DAYS  DAYS  RAIN  SPEED HIGH   TIME   DIR  (mi)  SNOW GRND WEATHER
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 1  46.5  48.6   3:00p  45.4  12:55a  18.5   0.0  0.67   0.5  16.0  12:05a    S  10.85  0.0  0.0 Cd/.01"Rn Cd/VarSpr-VryLtRn Then: Rn-Lt-VryLtRn&Rn
 2  47.9  51.1   3:10p  44.8  12:00m  17.1   0.0  1.19   0.8  18.0   9:35a  SSE  18.48  0.0  0.0 Cd-LoCds/HvyRnToSpr Cd/PeriodsOfRn-VryLtR-Drz-VarSpr
 3  47.0  54.2   2:30p  42.2  12:00m  18.0   0.0 TRACE   0.2   8.0  12:55p   NW   4.24  0.0  0.0 Cd/TrcRn Cd-LoCds Cd-OccVarBrks&Sun Cd-VarBrks&Sun
 4  44.3  48.7  11:05a  40.3   1:40a  20.7   0.0  0.42   0.3  11.0   2:10p    S   7.04  0.0  0.0 Brks Cd/Shr Brks/Shrs:Sp-R MCd OccBrks/SpToR Cd Cd/R
 5  44.4  45.8   3:45p  42.9   3:10a  20.6   0.0  0.98   0.6  11.0  11:00p  SSE  14.83  0.0  0.0 Cd/Rn-LtRn-VryLtRn-VarSpr-VryLtDrz
 6  46.4  48.0   4:05p  44.4   2:00a  18.6   0.0  2.16   2.0  19.0   8:45a  SSE  47.83  0.0  0.0 Cd/Rn-HvyRn OccLt-BrzyWind Cd/Sp-Lt-VryLtR-Drz-Rn Cd
 7  46.0  47.6   4:30p  44.0  11:55p  19.0   0.0  0.31   0.4  11.0   4:15a  SSE   9.31  0.0  0.0 Cd/OccVryLtR-SpToR Cd/VarSp-VryLtR-R-FewLulls VarBrk
 8  49.3  56.8   5:25p  42.4   4:40a  15.7   0.0  0.01   0.4  10.0   3:40p   NW   8.36  0.0  0.0 Cd-VarBrks/.01Rn LoCds Cloudy-VariableBreaks&Sun
 9  48.0  53.3   2:45p  45.1   5:15a  17.0   0.0  0.01   0.0   6.0   4:30p  WSW   0.64  0.0  0.0 Cloudy Cd/VarSpr-VryLtRn Cd Cd/VryLtMst-Sp Cd
10  50.6  59.8   3:30p  43.7  11:55p  14.4   0.0  0.04   0.5  14.0  12:50p   NW  11.73  0.0  0.0 Cd/.04"Rn Cd-VarBrks/FewSpr Cd-VarBrks DecrCds Clr
11  56.6  72.3   2:50p  42.9   1:05a   9.8   1.4  0.00   1.5  18.0   9:50a   NW  36.31  0.0  0.0 Clear Morning:Lt-BrzyWind
12  59.7  74.2   4:35p  43.9   4:05a   7.9   2.5  0.00   0.4  15.0   3:35p    W  10.22  0.0  0.0 Clear LateAfternoon&InEve:MCdW/VryVryThnToThnshCds
13  61.0  79.2   4:40p  44.2   5:15a   7.8   3.7  0.00   0.4  20.0  12:10p    W   9.79  0.0  0.0 Clr Clr-FewThn-VryThnCd LtWnd MClr MCd-HiCd Clr-MClr
14  60.6  75.7   3:35p  46.2   5:05a   7.0   2.7  0.00   0.2   9.0   8:10p    E   4.73  0.0  0.0 Clear Clr-HighHaze Clr-FewVerySmall-TinyCds Clr
15  59.2  73.9   2:45p  44.9   4:45a   7.3   1.6  0.00   0.8  20.0   8:00p  SSE  18.99  0.0  0.0 Clr VarMClr-PCd-MCdW/VryThn-Thnsh VarMCd-CdToMClr Cd
16  51.2  55.3  12:05a  48.5  11:50p  13.8   0.0  0.47   0.7  13.0   2:40p  ESE  16.17  0.0  0.0 Cd/RnToSp-Mst OccBrks/OccSp-Mst-Drz Brks-MCd Cd Cd/R
17  49.4  53.9  10:35a  47.2   4:20a  15.6   0.0  0.45   1.3  15.0   7:45p  SSE  29.99  0.0  0.0 Cd/Shrs Cd Cd/VarSprToRnW/Lulls OccLtWnd Cd/VarSpToR
18  51.0  58.1  11:50a  44.0  12:00m  14.0   0.0  0.16   0.1   9.0   5:05a  SSE   3.42  0.0  0.0 Cd/Shrs Cd Cd/VarSpr Cd-VarBrks VarCdW/BrksToMCd PCd
19  55.1  68.4   5:15p  40.4   3:55a  10.3   0.4  0.00   2.0  18.0   2:25p   NW  47.81  0.0  0.0 Clear Morning&Afternoon:LightToBreezyWind
20  57.5  68.5   2:45p  45.3   4:10a   8.0   0.5  0.00   1.6  16.0  10:40a   NW  38.69  0.0  0.0 Clr IncrHiCds Cd:VarThnsh-Thicker-ThnCds DecrCds Clr
21  59.3  69.2   3:55p  47.2   5:30a   6.4   0.7  0.00   1.5  18.0  10:05a   NW  36.86  0.0  0.0 Clr-FewWispyCd Clr/MClr PCd-VryThnThn Cd-VryThnThick
22  55.0  58.9   2:25p  49.9   4:05a  10.0   0.0  0.00   0.9  13.0  11:50a   NW  21.41  0.0  0.0 PCdToMClr? IncrClds Cloudy PrecipPartofMnlndinPM
23  52.6  55.8   4:50p  49.4  11:35p  12.4   0.0  0.01   0.3  10.0   1:05p   NW   7.09  0.0  0.0 Cd Cd/OccVarMst-Driz-Spr-VryLtRn Cd/TnyBrks Cd/SpShr
24  52.3  55.9   4:50p  47.0   5:35a  12.7   0.0  0.00   0.5  13.0  11:05a   NW  12.23  0.0  0.0 Cd Cd-Brks P-MCd Cd-Brks Cd
25  50.9  54.6   1:40p  47.4  11:40p  14.1   0.0  0.12   0.1   7.0  12:20a    E   1.52  0.0  0.0 Cd Cd-VarBrk Cd/OccSpToLtRn Cd-OccBrks/OccSpToR Cd/R
26  51.8  57.2   2:50p  46.8   3:35a  13.2   0.0  0.03   0.2  10.0   6:20p   NW   4.19  0.0  0.0 Cd/.02"Rn Cd Cd-VarBrks MCd Cd-Brks Cd Cd/Shr
27  57.5  68.6   4:30p  45.1   5:05a   8.0   0.5  0.01   0.8  16.0   1:05p   NW  20.06  0.0  0.0 Cd/.01R VarBrk MCd PCd Clr-MClr&PCd Clr VarP/MCd PCd
28  61.1  67.3   1:50p  50.9   1:50a   4.2   0.3  0.00   0.9  18.0  10:35a    E  21.28  0.0  0.0 ClrMClr MClr PCd MClr LtWnd Clr-SomeScattCds PCd MCd
29  58.2  65.1   3:40p  52.9  10:45p   6.8   0.0 TRACE   0.3  13.0   5:20p    E   6.13  0.0  0.0 Cd Ovcst Cd-HntsBlue Cd/OccVarSp Cd-WkSun-OccFiltBlu
30  52.0  57.6   4:35p  45.7  11:55p  13.0   0.0  0.37   0.2   9.0   1:40p  SSE   4.56  0.0  0.0 Cd Cd/VarSp-MstToHvyR Cd-Brks/Shr Cd-MCd Thn-ThnshCd
31  53.7  62.6   3:20p  45.3  12:40a  11.3   0.0  0.02   0.2  11.0   4:05p  SSE   5.71  0.0  0.0 VryThn-ThickCd-HntBlu Cd-Thnsh Cd Cd/OccSp Cd-VryLtR
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    52.8  79.2    13    40.3     4   393.2  14.3  7.43   0.7  20.0    13     NW 490.47  0.0

(1) As measured on Front Lawn 
STATISTICS | DATA | GRAPHS | CONDITIONS - DAY of MONTH: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31| TOP 
AVERAGE Mean Temp:	52.8
AVERAGE High Temp:	60.2
MINIMUM High Temp:	45.8	5th
MAXIMUM High Temp:	79.2	13th
AVERAGE Low Temp:	45.5
MINIMUM Low Temp:	40.3	4th
MAXIMUM Low Temp:	52.9	29th
		
MAX >= 90.0:		0
MAX >= 80.0:		0
MAX >= 70.0:		5
MAX <= 32.0:		0
MIN <= 32.0:		0
MIN <=  0.0:		0
		
MAXIMUM Humidity (%):	100	2nd, 8th
MINIMUM Humidity (%):	17	13th @ 1634
		
MAXIMUM Pressure (mb):	1029.2	11th @ 0316
MINIMUM Pressure (mb):	1004.5	2nd @ 0413
		
TOTAL   Htg Deg Days:	393.2
AVERAGE Htg Deg Days:	12.7
MINIMUM Htg Deg Days:	4.2	28th
MAXIMUM Htg Deg Days:	20.7	4th
TOTAL Cool Deg Days:	0.0
Heat Base:  65.0  Cool Base:  65.0  Method: Integration
		
TOTAL   Precip.:	7.43
AVERAGE Precip.:	0.37
DAYS of Precip.:	20	All but: 11th, 14th, 19th
MAXIMUM Precip.:	2.16	6th
MAXIMUM Rain Rate:	0.41	2nd @ 0449
Days of Rain: 14 (>.01 in) 11 (>.1 in) 2 (>1 in)
TOTAL Snowfall:		0.0
DAYS of Snowfall:	0
		
AVERAGE High Wind:	13.4
MINIMUM High Wind:	6	9th
MAXIMUM High Wind:	20	13th
WIND RUN (miles):	490.47
		

DAYS Sun at any time:	23

1st	NO
2nd	NO
3rd	FULL
4th	FULL
5th	NO
6th	NO
7th	NO
8th	FULL
9th	NO
10th	FULL
11th	FULL
12th	FULL
13th	FULL
14th	FULL
15th	FULL
16th	FULL
17th	NO
18th	FULL
19th	FULL
20th	FULL
21st	FULL
22nd	NO
23rd	Weak - Weakened
24th	Very Slightly Weakened to Extremely Weak
25th	Very Weak to Weak
26th	FULL
27th	FULL
28th	FULL
29th	Extremely Weak to Weakened
30th	FULL
31st	Extremely Weak to Weakened
	
				
DAYS OF ALL Clear or MostlyClr:	3	11th, 14th, 19th
DAYS OF Cld or M Cld:		28	All but: 11th, 14th, 19th
DAYS OF Rainbow:		0
DAYS OF Aurora:			0
DAYS OF Lightning:		0
DAYS OF Earthquake:		0



GRAPHS | DATA | STATISTICS | CONDITIONS - DAY of Month: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | TOP

May 2016 - Barometric Pressure & Temperature with Highs & Lows.

May 2016 - Dewpoint & Humidity.

May 2016 - Rainfall & High Rain Rate with Pressure & Humidity.

May 2016 - High Wind, Wind Run, & 10 min. Avg. Wind Speed.



CONDITIONS - DAY of Month: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | DATA | STATISTICS | GRAPHS | TOP

Tue. 5/31/16: DATA | Today is the last day of the 20th Annual Spring King Salmon Derby which began May 1st | Touring the new State Library, Archives and Museum building - KTOO | Photos: Memorial Day in Juneau - KTOO | Marijuana-related deaths, suspensions & problems spike in Colorado – report - RT.Com - Sept. 2015 & Marijuana Legalization in Colorado Gets New Report - Mainstreet.com - Aug. 2014 | Alaska House approves $55 million bailout of health insurance "market" because of the PPACA - Juneau Empire ... (my headline) Paid for by a tax on virtually all insurance policies (paid by you), not just health insurance.

Mon. 5/30/16: DATA | Memorial Day - Federal, State, and Local Holiday ... Observances at 11 AM at Alaskan Memorial Park and at Evergreen Cemetery | 11:30 AM: Memorial Day Service & Luncheon - SE Alaska Native Veterans Memorial Park by Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall | Memorial Day observance ceremonies will be Monday in Juneau - KINY | The sea levels are now reducing in the "hotspots of acceleration" of Washington and New York - Watts Up With That

SUNDAY 5/29/16: DATA | High School Graduation today: Yaakoosge Daakahidi at 1 PM; Juneau-Douglas High School at 4 PM; Thunder Mountain High School at 7 PM

Sat. 5/28/16: DATA

Fri. 5/27/16: DATA | Last Day of School! or :-(

Thur. 5/26/16: DATA

Wed. 5/25/16: DATA | Changes coming to the NWS Juneau Website - See my note below | Juneau advocate, former Assemblywoman Kay Diebels dies at 82 - Juneau Empire ... My tribute below | Edelweiss - From the motion picture The Sound of Music - music by Rodgers and Hammerstein (YouTube)

Tue. 5/24/16: DATA | The Rhododendrons are now blooming | Senate set for showdown over women in the draft - The Hill | Washington, D.C. has had a record number of rainy days (19 of 23) and the coolest high temperatures since 1882 - Washington Post | How to Build a Classic Picnic Table - This Old House | Despite (slightly) lower mill rate, property taxes expected to go up - Juneau Empire, thank you Empire for showing how members voted .... Our assessed valuation went up 8.4%, so... I hope some Assembly members will have more consideration in the future for their "subjects". :-)

Mon. 5/23/16: DATA | More Obama Job Distortions Coming Up: Overtime Pay Threshold Doubled - Mike "Mish" Shedlock | The High Cost of Ultralow Interest Rates - Wall Street Journal; The high cost of the low-interest rate war on savers - CBC News .... Excerpt from the CBC article below ... Will anyone in power listen, and heed? And meanwhile on the homefront, the CBJ will be getting an unmerited windfall of $1.8 to 2.2 million dollars from the homeowners and citizens because a few people buying and selling houses and properties increased the assessed valuation for almost everyone AND the Assembly is currently planning on keeping the millage rate the same. In addition, water and sewer rates go up again in July.

SUNDAY 5/22/16: DATA | The Entertainer - Scott Joplin (1902) ... adapted, and conducted by Marvin Hamlisch (on piano) for the motion picture "The Sting" (1973) on YouTube

Sat. 5/21/16: DATA | Armed Forces Day | Nowell Avenue Biennial Garage Sale - 8 AM to 1 PM | The Mountain Ash Blossoms are now creamy-white

Fri. 5/20/16: DATA | "Celebration" to mark completion of new cruise ship berth, Noon today at the Assembly Chambers - KINY | Mirrors blamed for fire at world's largest solar plant - AP

Thur. 5/19/16: DATA

Wed. 5/18/16: DATA | 1429: Cottony Willow Seeds are starting to be released from the willow by the deck | By 0600 there is a fresh Dusting of Snow on the highest part of Mt. Juneau Ridge | NWS: Record Precip. Tue., May 17 at the Ketchikan, & Haines & Petersburg airports | Phoenix To Artists: Draw What We Want Or Else - The Federalist | Obama Forces Hospitals, Doctors Accepting Federal Funds to Provide "Gender Transition Services" & Abortions - Breitbart | Saudi Arabia Considers Paying Contractors With IOUs - Bloomberg

Tue. 5/17/16: DATA | NWS: Record High Co-op Temperatures Set Monday, May 16th - See 2334 5/16 Below || House GOP blocks provision to require women to register for draft - AP via Fairfield Citizen || Sears Sold 70,000 Homes From Their Catalog. Are You Living in One? - Popular Mechanics | Rose Thornton's Sears Modern Homes site - I highly recommend her site having followed her work for years | 3270 Nowell (and 3290), though not a Sears house, is an H.W. Blackstock (of Seattle, Washington) home for the upper level. Blackstock is still in business as Blackstock Lumber.

Mon. 5/16/16: DATA | Cloudy, wet weather breaks warmest mid-May in Southeast since World War II - Juneau Empire | The Mountain Ash blossoms developed over the weekend | NWS: Record High Temperatures on Sunday, May 15th - See 1851 5/15 Below and 2010 5/15 Below | Study eyes risk of big tsunami in Hawaii from mega-earthquake in Aleutians - Hawaii News Now | Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith (YouTube)

SUNDAY 5/15/16: DATA | Day of Pentecost | NWS: New Record High Temperatures for Sunday, May 15th - See 2100 5/14 Below | In this article, here is what The Juneau-Douglas School District Superintendent thinks of parents and adults with traditional thinking - Juneau Empire - See Below | California Ballot Measure Blamed for Shoplifting Jump - ABC News

Sat. 5/14/16: DATA | The Cherry Blossoms bloomed yesterday | NWS: Record Daily High Temperatures For Friday May 13th - See 2300 5/13 Below | The great AK tax fantasy - Craig Medred

Fri. 5/13/16: DATA | NWS: Record High Temperatures Thursday, May 12th: See 2305 5/12 Below and 2330 5/12 Below || All Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with the GOP's McCain, Ayotte, Fischer, Ernst, Tillis, Sullivan, & Graham voted to include women in Selective Service | Senate Republicans Want to Send Your Daughters to War - Erick Erickson .... Why Senator Sullivan did you vote for this?

Thur. 5/12/16: DATA | Temperatures near 74-year-old record; warmth to continue through Saturday - Juneau Empire | Marijuana Impact Report (Washington) | Stoned Drivers Are Killing More and More Innocent Victims - The Daily Signal | If I Loved You - Gordon MacRae & Shirley Jones from the motion picture Carousel (YouTube)

Wed. 5/11/16: DATA

Tue. 5/10/16: DATA | Smile: Sunshine is coming - Juneau Empire | Army shrinks to smallest level since before World War II - Army Times | Tour inside the SR 99 tunnel (replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct) under construction in Seattle as seen by a drone - WSDOT (YouTube) | Dinosaurs and Feathers - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Mon. 5/09/16: DATA | There are Blossoms on the Pacific Red Elder by the house | New Spruce Cones are developing on the Sitka Spruce in the backyard. Most of the cones from two years ago are still on the trees. | Ivanpah solar plant near Nevada burns a lot of natural gas, making it a greenhouse gas emitter under California law - Orange County Register, Oct. 21-22, 2015 | Deep Inside New York’s JFK Airport, There’s A High School - NPR via KTOO | Photos: The Alaska Range from above - ADN (Slideshow)

SUNDAY 5/08/16: DATA | Happy Mother's Day! | NWS: Record Precipitation at (5) Cooperative Observer sites in Southeast Alaska on Sat., May 7th - See 1755 5/07 Below | A Rare Celestial Crossing: Mercury Will Transit the Sun on May 9 - Space.com | My comment below about the new floating dock | This Good Day - Fernando Ortega (YouTube) | Princess Cruise Lines Crown Princess at the South Franklin Dock by 3 PM (Schedule shows it in Juneau on Tue. May 10) ... Crown Princess Bridge Cam The view is of the AJ Rock Dump and looking down Gastineau Channel with the mainland on the left and Douglas Island on the right. | Crown Princess makes unexpected stop in Juneau - KTOO

Sat. 5/07/16: DATA | Blessing of the Fleet: 10 AM, Alaska Commercial Fisherman's Memorial (near Taku Smokeries) | Maritime Festival: 11 AM - 5 PM, Marine Park | NWS: Record Precipitation Fri., May 6 - See 0420 & 0430 Below || Inaugural Cruise Ship Arrival (May 6th) – At the CBJ's New Cruise Ship Dock - CBJ Press Release; New Cruise Ship Terminal Brochure - CBJ ... My comment below; Site Plan of North & South Berths - CBJ ... (PDFs)

Fri. 5/06/16: DATA | Gold Creek is running muddy | 0500: NWS: Today's Forecast - See 0500 Below | NWS: Heavy Rains expected through Friday night - See 1545 5/05 Below | Paper: Hurricanes key to carbon uptake by forests - Increases in carbon uptake by southeast US forests in response to tropical cyclone activity alone exceed carbon emissions by American vehicles each year - Science Daily | Scientific Regress - William A. Wilson | Experts Urge Email Password Changes After Massive Cyber Attack - NBC News

Thur. 5/05/16: DATA | Ascension Day | Ascension Day Couldn’t Be More Timely - Peter Burfeind | 1545: NWS: Heavy Rains expected through Friday night - See 1545 Below | 0720: Fresh Snow is visible on the very top and top of Mt. Juneau and on the upper part of Mt. Juneau Ridge || CBJ Assembly uses the cruise ship passengers' money to fight against them in cruise ship passenger entry fee lawsuit (my headline) - KTOO .... See my comment below

Wed. 5/04/16: DATA | 2212: NWS: Heavy Rains expected Thursday night to Friday night - See 2212 Below | By 0600: Fresh Dusting of Snow on the very tops and tops of the mainland mountains | No Weekly Picture this Week | New Obama administration rule would permit thousands of eagle deaths at wind farms - Fox News

Tue. 5/03/16: DATA | 1551: NWS: Wet and Windy start to the weekend expected - See 1551 Below | Colorado baker faces 're-education' training after state court refuses to take case - Catholic News Agency

Mon. 5/02/16: DATA | 0700: Gold Creek is running muddy | NWS: Record Monthly Avg. High Temp. for April 2016: Juneau & Sitka Airports - See 0520 Below; Klawock & Skagway Airports - See 0535 Below | 0634: Now Available (Revised Sun for 4/30 at 1223 today): The April 2016 Monthly Report, and the updated Weather Database | NWS Summary of April 2016 Weather at the Juneau International Airport - See Below | Smetana's - The Moldau - performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (You Tube); The Moldau Symphonic poem by Smetana - Britannica

SUNDAY 5/01/16: DATA | 20th Annual Spring King Salmon Derby begins today and runs through May 31 | Covering Pascal’s Wager - Steve Berman