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May Weather at Sawyer County Airport Wisconsin, United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 10°F, from 62°F to 72°F, rarely falling below 48°F or exceeding 83°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 10°F, from 38°F to 47°F, rarely falling below 27°F or exceeding 60°F.

For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Sawyer County Airport typically range from 57°F to 80°F, while on January 28, the coldest day of the year, they range from 3°F to 22°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in May at Sawyer County Airport

The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in May at Sawyer County Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in May at Sawyer County AirportMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJunfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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The month of May at Sawyer County Airport experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 54% to 47%.

The clearest day of the month is May 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 53% of the time.

For reference, on January 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 69%, while on July 31, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%.

Cloud Cover Categories in May at Sawyer County Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in May at Sawyer County AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJunMay 146%May 146%May 3153%May 3153%May 1148%May 1148%May 2149%May 2149%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Sawyer County Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of May is increasing, starting the month at 30% and ending it at 34%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 41% on July 2, and its lowest chance is 8% on February 3.

Over the course of May at Sawyer County Airport, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 27% to 34%, 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.

Probability of Precipitation in May at Sawyer County Airport

Probability of Precipitation in May at Sawyer County AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%45%45%AprJunMay 130%May 130%May 3134%May 3134%May 1130%May 1130%May 2134%May 2134%mixedrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 at Sawyer County Airport is increasing, starting the month at 2.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.4 inches or falls below 0.9 inches, and ending the month at 3.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.6 inches or falls below 1.6 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in May at Sawyer County Airport

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during May at Sawyer County Airport is decreasing, starting the month at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.2 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Snowfall in May at Sawyer County Airport

Average Monthly Snowfall in May at Sawyer County AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 in6 in6 in7 in7 in8 in8 in9 in9 inAprJunMay 11.2 inMay 11.2 inMay 310.0 inMay 310.0 inMay 110.5 inMay 110.5 inMay 210.1 inMay 210.1 in
The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.

Over the course of May at Sawyer County Airport, 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, 7 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 15 seconds, and weekly increase of 15 minutes, 43 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is May 1, with 14 hours, 23 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 15 hours, 30 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in May at Sawyer County Airport

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the month at Sawyer County Airport is 5:51 AM on May 1 and the earliest sunrise is 33 minutes earlier at 5:18 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 8:14 PM on May 1 and the latest sunset is 34 minutes later at 8:48 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Sawyer County Airport 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 5:14 AM and sets 15 hours, 46 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, 38 minutes later, at 4:23 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in May at Sawyer County Airport

The solar day over the course of May. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May at Sawyer County Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in May at Sawyer County AirportMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMAprJun001010202020303040405050506000010102020303030404050506060
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of May 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May at Sawyer County Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in May at Sawyer County AirportMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMAprJunApr 81:22 PMApr 81:22 PMApr 236:50 PMApr 236:50 PMMay 710:23 PMMay 710:23 PMMay 238:54 AMMay 238:54 AMJun 67:38 AMJun 67:38 AMJun 218:09 PMJun 218:09 PM6:27 AM6:27 AM8:02 PM8:02 PM8:07 PM8:07 PM6:08 AM6:08 AM5:12 AM5:12 AM8:20 PM8:20 PM8:15 PM8:15 PM5:01 AM5:01 AM4:48 AM4:48 AM9:50 PM9:50 PM9:27 PM9:27 PM5:14 AM5:14 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
May 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
50%3:01 AMESE12:07 PMWSW-7:34 AMS232,051 mi
2
38%3:29 AMESE1:29 PMWSW-8:28 AMS229,734 mi
3
27%3:51 AMESE2:50 PMWSW-9:19 AMS227,765 mi
4
17%4:11 AME4:11 PMW-10:09 AMS226,350 mi
5
8%4:30 AME5:32 PMW-10:57 AMS225,688 mi
6
3%4:50 AMENE6:55 PMWNW-11:47 AMS225,932 mi
7
0%5:12 AMENE8:20 PMWNW-12:40 PMS227,148 mi
8
1%5:39 AMENE9:43 PMNW-1:35 PMS229,293 mi
9
4%6:13 AMNE11:02 PMNW-2:33 PMS232,209 mi
10
9%6:58 AMNE--3:32 PMS235,638 mi
11
17%-12:09 AMNW7:54 AMNE4:30 PMS239,272 mi
12
26%-1:02 AMNW8:59 AMNE5:25 PMS242,795 mi
13
35%-1:42 AMNW10:09 AMNE6:16 PMS245,930 mi
14
45%-2:12 AMWNW11:19 AMENE7:03 PMS248,462 mi
15
50%-2:36 AMWNW12:28 PMENE7:45 PMS250,252 mi
16
65%-2:54 AMWNW1:34 PMENE8:26 PMS251,230 mi
17
74%-3:10 AMW2:38 PME9:04 PMS251,399 mi
18
82%-3:25 AMW3:42 PME9:43 PMS250,818 mi
19
89%-3:40 AMW4:47 PME10:22 PMS249,594 mi
20
94%-3:55 AMWSW5:54 PMESE11:04 PMS247,864 mi
21
98%-4:13 AMWSW7:03 PMESE11:49 PMS245,785 mi
22
99%-4:34 AMWSW8:15 PMESE--
23
100%-5:01 AMSW9:28 PMSE12:38 AMS243,510 mi
24
99%-5:37 AMSW10:36 PMSE1:32 AMS241,182 mi
25
97%-6:25 AMSW11:37 PMSE2:31 AMS238,916 mi
26
92%-7:26 AMSW-3:31 AMS236,792 mi
27
84%12:26 AMSE8:38 AMSW-4:32 AMS234,858 mi
28
75%1:03 AMSE9:57 AMWSW-5:30 AMS233,135 mi
29
64%1:33 AMESE11:17 AMWSW-6:24 AMS231,636 mi
30
50%1:56 AMESE12:37 PMWSW-7:15 AMS230,386 mi
31
41%2:16 AME1:56 PMW-8:04 AMS229,434 mi

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 at Sawyer County Airport is gradually increasing during May, rising from 0% to 3% over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 18, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 19% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in May at Sawyer County Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in May at Sawyer County AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%AprJunMay 10%May 10%May 313%May 313%May 110%May 110%May 211%May 211%humidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydrymuggymuggy
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 at Sawyer County Airport is decreasing during May, decreasing from 8.6 miles per hour to 7.4 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.9 miles per hour, while on July 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.6 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in May at Sawyer County Airport

Average Wind Speed in May at Sawyer County AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mphAprJunMay 18.6 mphMay 18.6 mphMay 317.4 mphMay 317.4 mphMay 118.3 mphMay 118.3 mphMay 217.8 mphMay 217.8 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction at Sawyer County Airport during May is predominantly out of the north from May 1 to May 4 and the south from May 4 to May 31.

Wind Direction in May at Sawyer County Airport

Wind Direction in May at Sawyer County AirportNSMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%AprJunwestsoutheastnorth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Sawyer County Airport is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature at Sawyer County Airport is gradually increasing during May, rising by 3°F, from 37°F to 40°F, over the course of the month.

Average Water Temperature in May at Sawyer County Airport

The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 at Sawyer County Airport typically lasts for 3.9 months (120 days), from around May 24 to around September 21, rarely starting before May 7 or after June 10, and rarely ending before September 6 or after October 6.

During May at Sawyer County Airport, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 3% to 69% over the course of the month.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May at Sawyer County Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in May at Sawyer County Airportgrowing seasonMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%AprJunMay 13%May 13%69%May 3169%May 31May 1116%May 1116%May 2140%May 2140%90%Jun 1090%Jun 10freezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmfrigid
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 at Sawyer County Airport are increasing during May, increasing by 237°F, from 98°F to 335°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in May at Sawyer County Airport

Growing Degree Days in May at Sawyer County AirportMay112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313150°F50°F100°F100°F150°F150°F200°F200°F250°F250°F300°F300°F350°F350°F400°F400°F450°F450°FAprJunMay 198°FMay 198°FMay 31335°FMay 31335°FMay 11156°FMay 11156°FMay 21236°FMay 21236°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of May, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 at Sawyer County Airport is gradually increasing during May, rising by 0.9 kWh, from 5.6 kWh to 6.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May at Sawyer County Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in May at Sawyer County AirportMay11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhAprJunMay 15.6 kWhMay 15.6 kWhMay 316.6 kWhMay 316.6 kWhMay 116.0 kWhMay 116.0 kWhMay 216.3 kWhMay 216.3 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Sawyer County Airport are 46.028 deg latitude, -91.444 deg longitude, and 1,207 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Sawyer County Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 266 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,248 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (459 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,286 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Sawyer County Airport is covered by trees (79%) and artificial surfaces (10%), within 10 miles by trees (84%), and within 50 miles by trees (81%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Sawyer County Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Sawyer County Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back include but are not limited to Rusk County Airport; Rice Lake, Rice Lake Regional-Carl's Field Airport; John F Kennedy Memorial Airport; Cumberland Municipal Airport; Sky Harbor Airport; Richard I. Bong Airport; Burnett County Airport; and Two Harbors.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

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