Scott's May Analysis
By Scott Cimini on May 31, 2012, 10:43pm
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It was a pretty typical May in Connecticut in 2012. We are still in a drought but it’s becoming less and less as we go further into this year. The precipitation was slightly below normal with 3.90” recorded at my weather station in North Haven. The average is 4.2”. There weren’t any days in May where I recorded more than an inch of rain. In April, it was very dry but a huge Nor’Easter late in the month dropped over 3 inches of rain. In May, the rain was more spread out. Memorial Day weekend was expected to be an unpleasant weekend but it ended up staying dry 90% of the time. In North Haven there was only a quick thunderstorm that passed through late Saturday afternoon.
Temperatures in May were above average and especially regarding the low temperatures. The average low in May is 46° and we averaged 52.7°. This was a relief since I have a garden with established crops and also I went backpacking on the Appalachian Trail in the middle of May and didn’t freeze my butt in my tent. In North Haven there wasn’t one single frost day and the lowest recorded temperature for May was 40.0° on 5/12/12. The average high temperature that we normally see in Connecticut is 70° and this year we had an average of 71.7°. The warmest day of the month was on 5/29/12 when it hit 90.9°. It was very humid that day so the heat index was over 100°.
Dewpoints were really high last month which led to many people digging out their air conditioners a little early this year. I for one had mine going pretty early this season.
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