CLIMATE GRAPH OF TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL COURTESTY OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

Coming off of a warm and dry April, it is now time to look forward to May, the month where we really begin to heat things up!

When it comes to temperature in may, at the beginning of the month, the average high is 63 degrees, and the average low is 43. By the end of the month the averages shoot to 72 on the high side, and 53 on the low. The warmest temperature ever recorded for an Erie May is 90 (this happened four times: 1911, 1944, 1991, 1996). The coldest was 7 in 1923. Last year our highest temperature for the month was 86 degrees, and the lowest was 37.

When it comes to precipitation, we see mostly rain during this month, however, May averages a trace of snow. The snowiest May on record occured in 1923. That year we picked up 1.7 inches. Last year we had none. Total precipitation (rain and "melted snow" together) averages 3.34 inches for the month.

This May, plan on average temperatures with our precipitation hanging right around "normal", if not a little above.

Ray Petelin,
WSEE Storm Team Meteorologist