Daily Almanac

Story Published: May 10, 2007 at 8:02 PM EDT

Story Updated: May 10, 2007 at 8:02 PM EDT

By Brandon Butcher

Event Details

Dates:

05/31/2007
05/31/2008
05/31/2009

Event Description

May 31st, 2007

Normals / Records:
Average High: 69°F
Average Low: 50°F

Record High: 95°F  (1987)
Record Low: 33°F  (1961)

Average Precipitation: 0.14"
Record: 2.55" (1908)
Month-to-Date: 4.25"
Year-to-Date: 18.79"

Average Snowfall: ----
Record: ----
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Seasonal Snowfall to-Date: 46.8"

Moon Phase:

RISE   SET  
Sunrise: 5:17 AM Sunset: 8:18 PM
Civil: 4:43 AM Civil: 8:52 PM
Nautical: 4:00 AM Nautical: 9:35 PM
Astro: 3:09 AM Astro: 10:26 PM
Moon: 8:33 PM Moon: 4:25 AM

Length of Day: 15 hours, 01 min

On This Date
  • The Great Johnstown Flood. Heavy flood rains caused a dam to burst, sending a wall of water 75' high and a half-mile wide, completely wiping out the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. More than 2200 people died in the disaster, 1889
  • Late freeze in New England. The temperature in Burlington, VT drops to 25 degrees, severely damaging are crops.
 
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