Soggy Flowers this May

Wow May was more like April and last April was more like March. We seem to be a month behind this year. Overall the Month was pretty typical overnight but quite a bit chilly by day relative to my historical average. And... yes... there was this... 4.95 inches of rain which is WAY above the typical 3.25 inches at my location. 

Temps were mostly chilly averaging 4 degrees under normal by day and just a smidge above by night. I had just four days above 70º including the warmest day of the month on May 31st at 75.3º. Every single afternoon managed to poke up above 50º but on the 8th just barely with the chilliest afternoon high of 50.8º which was a daily record cold high temp. 11 days failed to reach 60º last month. 

Overnight lows were a tad above average likely due to all the cloud cover. The coldest low temp came on the 9th with a 39.7º mark one of two sub 40º mornings. 30's in May are unusual but neither of last months managed to break a daily record. The warmest overnight low came on the 15th and that was a daily record at 57.4º. 

Precipitation was the real story last month. For the second straight month we were way above average for rainfall. May came roaring in with the aforementioned 4.95 inches in the bucket. 18 days with measurable precipitation against just 2 sunny days and I am being generous there ;) Five days delivered more than a 1/4 inch of rain and the wettest day was the 7th when nearly an inch fell at 0.98 inch. With the exception of yesterday and the 21st every single day was either rainy or threatening rain.

June is starting off a bit similar but a tad warmer. The first half of June is notoriously cloudy and damp round these parts but we will see if April and May squeezed out most of June's precipitation. You never know.

Soak it up my friends, soak it up.