May Weather in Turtle Lake United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 10°F, from 62°F to 71°F, rarely falling below 48°F or exceeding 82°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 10°F, from 41°F to 51°F, rarely falling below 31°F or exceeding 61°F.

For reference, on July 17, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Turtle Lake typically range from 60°F to 79°F, while on January 28, the coldest day of the year, they range from 6°F to 22°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on May. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Voronezh, Russia (5,138 miles away) and Samara, Russia (5,276 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Turtle Lake (view comparison).

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The month of May in Turtle Lake experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 52% to 46%.

The clearest day of the month is May 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 54% of the time.

For reference, on February 5, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 63%, while on July 31, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 72%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Turtle Lake, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is increasing, starting the month at 30% and ending it at 35%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 41% on June 25, and its lowest chance is 8% on February 4.

Over the course of May in Turtle Lake, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 29% to 35%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during May in Turtle Lake is increasing, starting the month at 2.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.8 inches or falls below 1.0 inches, and ending the month at 3.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.8 inches or falls below 1.5 inches.

Over the course of May in Turtle Lake, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 6 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 11 seconds, and weekly increase of 15 minutes, 18 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 14 hours, 20 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 15 hours, 25 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Turtle Lake is 5:56 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 32 minutes earlier at 5:23 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 8:15 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 33 minutes later at 8:49 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Turtle Lake during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during May, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:20 AM and sets 15 hours, 40 minutes later, at 9:00 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:45 AM and sets 8 hours, 43 minutes later, at 4:28 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for May 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Turtle Lake is gradually increasing during May, rising from 0% to 3% over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 20, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 26% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Turtle Lake is decreasing during May, decreasing from 11.2 miles per hour to 9.7 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on April 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.0 miles per hour, while on July 31, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Turtle Lake during May is predominantly out of the north from May 1 to May 4 and the south from May 4 to May 31.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Turtle Lake typically lasts for 4.9 months (149 days), from around May 3 to around September 30, rarely starting before April 14 or after May 22, and rarely ending before September 14 or after October 16.

During May in Turtle Lake, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 44% to 98% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Turtle Lake are increasing during May, increasing by 236°F, from 96°F to 332°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Turtle Lake is gradually increasing during May, rising by 0.8 kWh, from 5.7 kWh to 6.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Turtle Lake are 45.394 deg latitude, -92.142 deg longitude, and 1,257 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Turtle Lake contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 108 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,238 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (331 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,125 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Turtle Lake is covered by cropland (56%) and trees (40%), within 10 miles by cropland (57%) and trees (42%), and within 50 miles by trees (51%) and cropland (43%).