May has been an incredibly wet, historic month for rainfall throughout the Southern, Central Plains while things are drying out in the East as well as the West Coast. Even here, a persistent upper low has kept the Southwest unusually cool and wet for the time of year.
Like in Texas, the rainfall has been historic in Oklahoma this month.
Many in the Southern Plains have experienced their wettest May or month on record. Oklahoma City has received 17.61 inches of rain, the most in any month since June 198. Norman, OK has received 26.34 inches this month, that’s more than in all of 2014. We’re not even half way through 2015!
Temperature anomalies to date this month look like this. It’s well below normal, where it’s rained a lot.
Fairbanks and other Alaskan cities have seen warmer temperatures than in the Desert Southwest this month. Particularly impressive when averages in the desert are above 90 now.
As for June, based on the abnormally warm surrounding water and the strengthening El Nino, it looks like June continues with the trend of May with more rain over the heart of the nation and where it’s drying out, heat should build. That’s including both West and East Coasts.
CFSv2 for June.
Precipitation anomaly
Temperature anomaly
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