Adios May and Hello June

OK the whole month of May I was radio silent. I can sum up the month in a single word, "mild". May was also a bone dry month with rainfall landing in the bucket like it was July. Temps were soft and creamy and we had a fair bit of cloud cover despite the modest amount of precipitation.

Overall May was a bit on the balmy side with the average lows and high coming in around two degrees on the plus side. It was warm on the ends and cool in the middle for the most part but nothing extreme at all.

The coldest morning was a brisk 39.3 on the 7th and the coolest daytime temp came in at 54.6 on the 12th.

We enjoyed a month that delivered a dozen days above the 70 degree mark and of those a third were above 80 degrees. But the warmest day was a mild and delicious 82.7 on the 28th. The warmest overnight low came on the 21st with a comfortable 56.1 degrees.

In the rain gauge there was just nothing happening. Despite a few aggressive thunderstorm cloudbursts, nothing fell long enough to impress the spreadsheet. Seriously, 0.58 inches in MAY! What the hell is that all about? That is about one sixth of my typical precipitation for the month often described as "merry". The wettest day yielded a paltry shower of 0.18 inches.

Like I said before, one word; "mild".

June began with the clash and bang of thunder and lightning followed by some heavy rain. This week is looking like a warm one after the hump so get ready to feel some summer. Get out and soak it up my friends; soak it up.

April Showers Were Light

The showery month of April is in the books and I had about half my typical April rainfall. I was delighted to post the first 80 degree mark of the season however so that was nice. April was all over the place with several warm days and a few chilly nights but no extremes really at all.

We managed to get all the way through the month of April with out ever dipping below the freezing mark. We got close a few times but I managed to stay above the whole way through. all but one day managed to get above 50 degrees as well.

The warmest day of the month was the 27th with a toasty 81.6 degrees as I said before, the first 80 plus mark of the season. The coldest temperature was recorded the morning of the 15th with a 33.2 mark on tax day! The warmest overnight low came on the same day as the warmest high with a low of 49.4 on the 27th. The coldest afternoon high arrived on the 14th with an almost 50 mark of 49.8 degrees. We enjoyed 8 sunny days, 12 with rain.

Speaking of rain. I only managed to record 2.15 inches for the whole of April and my typical mark is 4.24 inches. Only half as much as "normal". The wettest day was the 14th with 0.41 inches. We had several days with angry thunderstorms that dumped torrents of rain in isolated areas. Some areas nearby likely recorded an inch or so more than I did if they got hit with those cloudbursts.

The merry month of May is under way and I think we will see more and more of that big yellow orb so be sure to get outside and soak it up my friends, soak it up.