Ticker for May 10, 1999

                
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Last Night's Storms

The Mesonet recorded a total of 11 severe widn gusts during last
night's action:

Grandfield   68 mph   May  9   9:55 pm
Tipton       68 mph   May  9   8:25 pm
Woodward     68 mph   May  9   6:45 pm
Erick        67 mph   May  9   5:55 pm
Erick        65 mph   May  9   6:00 pm
Freedom      62 mph   May  9   7:05 pm
Hectorville  61 mph   May 10  12:35 am
Erick        61 mph   May  9   6:05 pm
Putnam       60 mph   May  9   6:50 pm
Woodward     60 mph   May  9   6:35 pm
Camargo      58 mph   May  9   6:25 pm



April Temperature Statistics: Temperatures Near Normal Statewide

Climate       Mean April Temperature        Rank of 105
Division      1998     Normal   Departure   (1st=warmest)

Panhandle     53.7 F   56.0 F   -2.3 F      t 65th
N. Central    57.5 F   58.4 F   -0.9 F        47th
Northeast     60.1 F   59.7 F   +0.4 F        34th

W. Central    58.8 F   58.6 F   +0.2 F        43rd
Central       60.6 F   60.4 F   +0.2 F      t 34th
E. Central    61.5 F   61.0 F   +0.5 F        33rd

Southwest     61.2 F   61.3 F   -0.1 F      t 36th
S. Central    62.6 F   62.1 F   +0.5 F      t 30th
Southeast     63.1 F   61.4 F   +1.7 F        21st

Statewide     59.9 F   59.9 F   even        t 35th

"t" denotes tie