MONTHLY
WEATHER REVIEW - ARMIDALE NSW
MAY 2014
June 2014 was a cool to mild dry month.
The rainfall total of 20.2 millimetres was less than half the average with most
of it (13.4 mm) falling in one day on the 3rd.
Day temperatures were mostly close to normal with the warmest days in the
second half of the month. Overnight temperatures were also close to normal.
There was one notable temperature extreme on the 4th - see below.
It was a cloudy month with only ten sunny days, there were no thunderstorms,
and prevailing winds were light westerlies.
Noteworthy
events:
3rd-4th - Temperatures plunged to
mid-winter levels on the 3rd as a severe cold front passed through northern New
South Wales bringing showers, strong winds, low temperatures and some light
snowfalls to higher parts of the Northern Tablelands. The Guyra/Black
Mountain/Ben Lomond areas all received a few light snow and sleet showers. Walcha had at least one snow shower and a few flakes of
snow fell in South Armidale at 10pm. The 3rd was a bitterly cold day with a
maximum temperature of 8.6 deg, but the wind chill temperature
was around zero to minus five degrees for much of the day. The showers which
fell during the day and evening totaled 13.4 mm for the 24 hours to 9am on the 4th.
The 4th was Armidale’s coldest May day
for 14 years with the temperature reaching a maximum of just 6.9 deg in bleak drizzly conditions.
MAY 2014 STATISTICS (long term averages in
brackets)
Rainfall: 20.2 mm (43.1 mm)
Rain
days: 6 (8)
2014 rainfall total Jan to May: 195.2 mm (344.3 mm)
Average
maximum temp: 16.7 deg
(16.3 deg)
Average
minimum temp: 2.6 deg
(3.0 deg)
Highest
maximum temp: 21.6 deg
on the 26th
Lowest
maximum temp: 6.9 deg
on the 4th
Highest
minimum temp: 10.8 deg
on the 24th
Lowest
minimum temp: -3.1 deg
on the 6th
Fine
sunny days: 10 (15)
Ideal
weather days: 2 (4)
Days
with thunderstorms: 0 (1)
Days
with frosts: 16 (14)
Days
with fogs: 3 (5)
Wind
direction at 3pm & number of days: W:
11, E: 7, SW: 4,
SE: 4, NE: 3, NW: 2
Average
daily pan evaporation: 1.3 mm (1.6 mm)