We are getting closer to summer every day in the month of May! By the end of the month, high temperatures are typically in the mid-70s! I think anyone would swap our negative degree highs this past winter for some of those! Check out our latest blog for the details on this month’s trend and some important events this month!
PRECIPITATION: Rain is a common form of precipitation in May. On average, we will see about 3.36″ of rain in the Twin Cities. Snowfall-wise (yes, it can still snow in May 🙂 ) is less than a trace of an inch, which is good, especially after our big storms this past winter! The graphic below shows the average and record monthly precipitation totals for May.
TEMPERATURES: May is a month of warming temperatures and mild weather! Typically, we start the month in the mid-60s for highs and end in the mid-70s. Our morning lows jump roughly 10° from 44° on May 1st to 54° on May 31st. The average doesn’t mean much for Minnesota. I think we can all agree on that… we can get warm and super cold as well! Our record high is 98° set back in 2013, with a crisp, frigid 18° set in 1967.
2019 OUTLOOK: This year is looking to be a little cooler than average and a little bit wetter than average for May 2019. The maps below show the precipitation and temperature outlook from the Climate Prediction Center. The CPC (Climate Prediction Center) is predicting cooler-than-average and wetter-than-average conditions for the month of May. That doesn’t mean it will be cold and raining the entire month. It just means compared to the average. We may see cooler-than-average temperatures and a little more or less rainfall this month.
HOLIDAYS: May also brings us three major holidays for the month. Starting with Mother’s Day on May 12th, Armed Forces Day on May 18th, and Memorial Day on May 28th. Also mixed in is typical some college graduations like usual!
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