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Daily and Monthly May records for Tucson Arizona
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Daily and Monthly MAY RECORDS for Tucson
for the period (1895-2011)
Date Record
High
(deg F)		 Year Record
Low Max
(deg F)		 Year Record
Low
(deg F)		 Year Record
High Min
(deg F)		 Year Record
Rain
(inches)		 Year
1st 100 1943 58 1915 37 1906 68 1943 0.69 1941
2nd 102 1947 62 1941 39 1967 70 1966 0.17 1904
3rd 105 1947 62 1935 32 1899 70 1992 0.57 1930
4th 103 1947 66 1935* 35 1899 69 1947 0.18 1918
5th 102 1947 56 1969 38 1950 67 1966* 0.45 1969
6th 104 1989 63 1969 39 1917* 73 1928 0.48 1978
7th 105 1989 66 1995 37 1915 73 1963 0.13 1995
8th 106 1989 68 1927 40 1965* 69 2004 0.07 1987
9th 102 2009 65 1930 40 1896 75 1989 0.32 1912
10th 106 1934 69 1905 39 1930* 69 1997 0.37 1904
11th 105 1996 69 1957 37 1922 75 1934 0.06 1987
12th 107 1996 62 1957 38 1933 72 2001 0.15 1957
13th 105 1988 73 1961* 39 1933 69 1996* 0.08 1977
14th 104 1988 68 1951 41 1933 71 1996 0.13 1987
15th 104 1934 73 1957 43 1933 73 1997 1.34 1931
16th 106 1934 68 1989 44 1911 73 1970* 0.14 2007
17th 103 2003 70 1930 44 1911 76 2009 0.11 1975
18th 102 2009 73 1902 47 1962* 71 1997* 0.29 1940
19th 104 1925 65 1902 42 1903 76 1958 0.74 1917
20th 105 2005 67 1917 39 1902 75 1958 0.28 1987
21st 107 2005 72 1975 42 1899 76 2003 0.53 2009
22nd 109 2005 70 1940 43 1902 71 2005* 0.25 1919
23rd 106 1984 62 1919 44 1927 79 1914 0.52 1919
24th 104 2001* 72 1919 42 1909 76 2005 0.50 1967
25th 105 1896 75 1955 43 1980 73 2005 0.08 1967
26th 107 1951 78 1917 44 1916 74 1936 0.44 1926
27th 107 1951 77 1962 44 1917 71 2001* 0.44 2005
28th 107 2000* 71 1905 45 1905 83 2003 0.89 1943
29th 111 1910 74 1907 43 1918 79 1984 0.37 1907
30th 110 1910 75 1988 42 1909 79 1984 0.44 1986
31st 107 2002* 77 1991 44 1918 74 1910 0.13 1914
* - indicates last of several occurrences
monthly records are in bold 
May monthly extremes 

TEMPERATURE
Record high                 111 deg F  on  May 29, 1910
Record low                   32 deg F  on  May  3, 1899
Warmest May (avg)          80.2 deg F  in  2000
Coldest May (avg)          64.6 deg F  in  1905

PRECIPITATION
Record one-day(mid-mid)    1.34 inches  on  May 15, 1931
Wettest May                1.34 inches  in  1931
Driest  May                0.00 inches  in  2011..2002..2000..1999..1996..1994..
                                            1974..1964..1962..1961..1959..
                                            1949..1948..1946..1945..1942..1939..
                                            1933..1916..1911..1909..1898..1897..
 

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