May 2025 General Discussion

[A-L-E-K]

Beautiful day despite lake cooling, full sun really helping 

[michsnowfreak]

32 minutes ago, roardog said:

It seems hard not to have to use either heat or AC here in Spring(obviously heat more than AC). September and to a lesser extent October seems to be the months where I can get away with using neither the most. Even the warm days have much longer nights by then which cools it off quicker. It’s always refreshing to be able to have windows open all day during the summer but I hate when the house gets above 75 so that’s a problem for a lot of summer days. lol

I couldn't agree more. Although many years seems like we go from AC September to heat October. 

[Cary67]

46 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

Beautiful day despite lake cooling, full sun really helping 

Here it comes

[Brian D]

Red Flag warnings out for very dry, warm conditions. Gusty winds up to 30 mph possible. MN fishing opener this weekend. One of the better openers we've had, as far as pleasant conditions go.

 

Happy Mother's Day to any that may be on the board. Think it's mainly a guy thing around here, tho. 

[cyclone77]

100 degrees up in the frozen tundra of northwest MN. Very early for that kind of heat.

[cyclone77]

May have a slight shot at mid 90s on Thursday here as dewpoints plunge in the afternoon.  

[Chinook]

I got another great (clear sky) sunset last night.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

We’ve reached 90 at MSP. Setting a new record high for today. There is a 200 acre wildfire burning north of @Brian Din Brimson MN. With the conditions the next few days it could get out of hand quickly if not contained. 

[Chinook]

Grand Forks was high 99, low 60. That breaks a high temperature record of 95, set back in 1906. Surprisingly, Grand Forks was 86 degrees on May 11th, 2023 and 85 degrees on May 11th 2024. These are nearly the maximum values since 1907.

[TheClimateChanger]

1 hour ago, Chinook said:

Grand Forks was high 99, low 60. That breaks a high temperature record of 95, set back in 1906. Surprisingly, Grand Forks was 86 degrees on May 11th, 2023 and 85 degrees on May 11th 2024. These are nearly the maximum values since 1907.

Stalled out after the 12:53 pm CDT observation, which is really before local solar noon during daylight saving time. Thought they would climb to at least 101 or 102, after rising 39F already by that point of the day.  There were monthly record highs at several locations, including International Falls, which reached 96F, beating out the record of 95F from May 21, 1964. Minot, ND reached 99, matching the value reached on May 22, 1980 at the airport. While not a ThreadEx location, it does look like the NWS does an unofficial thread supplying records prior to 1948 from the Experimental Station where there were a couple of higher values (100 on May 23, 1928 & 105 on May 31, 1934).

Could see some monthly record high minimums tomorrow at several locations as forecast lows for tonight are close to the highest observed in the month of May, including International Falls where the forecast low of 66F would tie the monthly record high.

[TheClimateChanger]

22 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Stalled out after the 12:53 pm CDT observation, which is really before local solar noon during daylight saving time. Thought they would climb to at least 101 or 102, after rising 39F already by that point of the day.  There were monthly record highs at several locations, including International Falls, which reached 96F, beating out the record of 95F from May 21, 1964. Minot, ND reached 99, matching the value reached on May 22, 1980 at the airport. While not a ThreadEx location, it does look like the NWS does an unofficial thread supplying records prior to 1948 from the Experimental Station where there were a couple of higher values (100 on May 23, 1928 & 105 on May 31, 1934).

Could see some monthly record high minimums tomorrow at several locations as forecast lows for tonight are close to the highest observed in the month of May, including International Falls where the forecast low of 66F would tie the monthly record high.

Even excluding today's 99F, the mean high temperature at Grand Forks was running as 8th warmest on record for the first 10 days of the month. This is an interesting set of analog years. Not sure it means much, but 1934, 1936 & 1988. Even 1980 & 1977 had some big heat. The two most recent years on the list don't follow, however - especially 2023.

[michsnowfreak]

Crazy to see 96° at International Falls, MN today. The icebox of the nation. Detroit has never officially hit 96° in May!

Very pleasant Mother's Day here. Lows in the mid 40s, highs mid 60s and going back to the 40s tonight.