May 2010 Weather Data

The El Nino weather pattern that dominated Toquerville weather since early January, continued much of its influence through May, but has now dissipated and will likely have little affect for the rest of the year. Normal temperatures seem to have returned. Still, May was significantly cooler than last year for both the average high and average low. Precipitation has returned to normal, about the same as last year.

Precipitation = .12 hundredths of an inch. (last year was .14 hundredths of an inch)

Average high temp = 77 degrees. (Last year was 88 degrees)
Average low temp = 51 degrees. (Last year was 60.7 degrees)

Average humidity = 24 percent. (Last year was 23 percent)

Average wind speed was 20 mph. (Last year was 22.45 mph) These figures only represent the average high wind speed. What the numbers don’t tell is that the ferocity and length of the winds was significantly less this May than last.