[PDF] Top 20 Monthly Weather Bulletin May 2005

... The above map shows sea surface temperature anomalies for the last week of May, based on data from the NOAA Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Dataset, which combines interpolated satellite information with actual ... See full document

... Hurricane Stan developed as a depression to the east of the Yucatan Peninsula on the1st and reached hurricane strength on the 3rd. As it moved slowly eastwards in the southern Gulf of Mexico over subsequent days, it ... See full document

... Tuesday 14th: Mostly cloudy overnight with outbreaks of rain and drizzle in the north, moving southwards. The dull, damp weather reached north Munster around midday before receding slowly northwards in the ... See full document

... Recent events have highlighted the threat posed to sustainable global economic development by the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as tropical cyclones, floods, drought and ... See full document

... 24th to 30th: A cold front moving southwards over Ireland on the 24th introduced an unstable arctic airstream over the country, bringing widespread wintry showers of hail, sleet and snow. There was accumulation of snow ... See full document

... Examples of the alarming impact of climate change on the seas and oceans around Europe have been emerging over the last few years. As revealed by recent research carried out by the Royal Society in the U.K., oceans are ... See full document

... Sunday 11th: Most places had a dry start to the day but cloudy and damp weather on northwestern coasts moved slowly southwards in the afternoon and evening. Rainfall amounts were small. Afternoon temperatures were ... See full document

... Flooding affected the northeastern part of Romania during the first half of July, with 30 fatalities reported along with destruction of more than 2300 homes. The flooding was reportedly the worst in 30 years, with ... See full document

... cold weather during April, especially between the 4th and 8th when wintry showers were widespread, but mean air temperatures for the month as a whole were above normal ... See full document

... Observatory and Dublin (Phoenix Park). The Poulter index is a method of quantifying summer weather (June to August), using a formula based on mean temperature, rainfall and sunshine for each station, i.e. the ... See full document

... Less than 150mm of rain was recorded in parts of the east and southeast, while over 400mm was measured in the west. It was the driest winter since 1996/7 at many stations in Leinster and Munster and the driest since ... See full document

... Monthly rainfall totals were below normal over most of Leinster and Munster, but it was a wet month in the west and northwest. It was a particularly wet month in parts of Donegal, Galway and Mayo, where rain fell ... See full document

... A larger area of the Arctic ocean was left unfrozen during the recent winter than in any previous year. Satellite measurements show that the area covered by Arctic sea ice during March, when it is normally at its ... See full document

... Sunshine totals were below LTA in most parts with exception of isolated stations in the West and Southwest. Variable sunshine was recorded in March and April, with below LTA sunshine reported everywhere in May. ... See full document

... Lowest minima ranged from -1.2°C at Glenties Hatchery, Co. Donegal on the 4th to 5.2°C at Mace Head, Co. Galway on the 13th. The majority of stations reported lower minima in May 2012. Mean maximum temperatures ... See full document

... coldest May since 1996 (16 ...in May since in 1945 (67 years) and 1949 (63 years), ...Cold weather at the start of the month, lead to the recording of almost all of May’s lowest minimum ...lowest ... See full document

... for May since ...in May, the highest number of wet days were measured in the west and northwest, which recorded well above the May monthly average of 12 to ... See full document

... April: Mean air temperatures were below average everywhere with differences from average as much as -2.0°C in the Northwest. May: Mean air temperatures were below average mainly in parts of the North, East and ... See full document

... The spell of exceptionally wet months began in April 2000, which was the wettest on record at many stations in southern and northeastern Britain, with monthly totals three times higher than normal in places. ... See full document

... for May of 12 to 16, and many of the falls on these days were ...of May, warm weather during the final third brought mean air temperatures for the month a little above normal ... See full document