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May Remains Wet in Western North Carolina

May

Jun 1, 2016

May’s Cool, Wet Weather Caps a Variable Spring

Cloud cover reigned in May, keeping high temperatures down and showers moving through regularly. Cloudy Days Spur Below-Normal Mean Temps While May can sometimes feel quite summer-like in North Carolina, that wasn’t the case last month. The statewide average temperature was 65.14°F, ranking as the 39th-coolest May in North Carolina since 1895. A number of…

Jun 1, 2015

A Warm, Dry May Wraps Up a Similar Spring

May saw above-normal temperatures continue and a return of dry conditions, especially in western North Carolina. May Heats Up Across the State Last month’s statewide average temperature of 67.76°F (1.42°F above the long-term average) made it the 29th-warmest May in the past 121 years. Several stations with shorter periods of record had one of their…

Jun 12, 2013

May Remains Wet in Western North Carolina

Monthly statistics for May 2013:Statewide Average Precipitation: 4.47 inches (43rd wettest since 1895)Statewide Average Temperature: 64.6°F (30th coldest since 1895)* Values generated from preliminary numbers Cool Start, Warm Finish to May May 2013 started off cool — almost cold (at least for May). Most of North Carolina experienced maximum temperatures in the first week of May that…