Editor’s Note: Introducing a new feature to The Edge: Nick Diller’s monthly weather summary. Diller keeps daily temperature and precipitation data from his weather station at his Anderson Street residence.
Great Barrington — May 2016 turned out to be slightly warmer and drier than the 51-year average. It was a month that featured most of the types of weather that our Berkshires could have: rain, snow, and the hot, humid conditions of summer.
We had rain for the first week. Some snow flurries in the middle of the month. And finally some hot, humid more summer-like weather at the end.
Rainfall totaled 3.18 inches and that made this May the 13th driest. The average is 4.5.
The months average high of 70 which featured one 90 plus reading Memorial Day weekend was equal to the 51 year average. The low reading of 48 was 3 degrees above average. The mean temp finished 2 above average.
That summed up May.
I hope you have a wonderful June.
| Â Â Â Â Â Â DATE | HI TEMP | LO TEMP | Â Â Â Â SKY | RAIN | SNOW | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â COMMENTS |
| 1-May-16 | 51 | 41 | CLOUDY | 0.17 | PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE | |
| 2-May-16 | 53 | 41 | CHANGING | 0.45 | RAIN 0A TIL EARLY AFT. SOME SUNNY BREAKS. MCLDY EVENING | |
| 3-May-16 | 54 | 46 | CLOUDY | 0.29 | PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE. | |
| 4-May-16 | 49 | 46 | CLOUDY | 0.2 | PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AM. AND DRIZZLE PM. | |
| 5-May-16 | 55 | 45 | CLOUDY | MCLDY. NO RAIN. | ||
| 6-May-16 | 64 | 49 | CHANGING | 0.24 | RAIN 8A TIL MID DAY. THEN SOME BRIEF SUN. MORE RAIN EVENING | |
| 7-May-16 | 57 | 47 | CLOUDY | 0.03 | A FEW PERIODS OF VERY LIGHT RAIN. | |
| 8-May-16 | 60 | 46 | CHANGING | 0.02 | LIGHT RAIN SHOWER 7A. THEN PCLDY WINDY | |
| 9-May-16 | 64 | 40 | CHANGING | SOME CLOUDS AM, THEN FAIR | ||
| 10-May-16 | 68 | 31 | FAIR | |||
| 11-May-16 | 72 | 35 | FAIR | |||
| 12-May-16 | 82 | 39 | FAIR | |||
| 13-May-16 | 66 | 48 | CHANGING | 0.38 | CLOUDING UP EARLY AM. RAIN 2P THEN PCLDY EVENING. | |
| 14-May-16 | 72 | 47 | CHANGING | 0.31 | DENSE FOG LIFTING TOI PCLDY. THUNDERSH 7P. RAIN LATE PM | |
| 15-May-16 | 53 | 39 | CHANGING | PCLDY TO MCLDY. WINDY A FEW FLURRIES AFTERNOON. | ||
| 16-May-16 | 60 | 38 | CHANGING | MCLDY A FEW LIGHT FLURRIES AM PCLDY PM. WINDY | ||
| 17-May-16 | 66 | 49 | CHANGING | MCLDY AM. PCLDY PM,. | ||
| 18-May-16 | 70 | 42 | CHANGING | FAIR DAY. MCLDY EVENING | ||
| 19-May-16 | 71 | 51 | FAIR | PCLDY | ||
| 20-May-16 | 76 | 41 | FAIR | |||
| 21-May-16 | 71 | 42 | CHANGING | PCLDY AM. MCLDY PM | ||
| 22-May-16 | 74 | 51 | CHANGING | SPRINKLES AM. THEN FAIR | ||
| 23-May-16 | 80 | 45 | CHANGING | FAIR DAY. CLOUDING UP EVENING | ||
| 24-May-16 | 71 | 56 | CHANGING | 0.18 | LIGHT RAIN AM THEN PCLDY | |
| 25-May-16 | 88 | 51 | FAIR | MCLDY LATE AFT. OTHERWISE FAIR. | ||
| 26-May-16 | 89 | 56 | FAIR | MORE HUMID | ||
| 27-May-16 | 87 | 63 | FAIR | PCLDY HUMID | ||
| 28-May-16 | 91 | 64 | CHANGING | PCLDY AND VERY HUMID. REOCRD HIGH TEMP, DP 72 | ||
| 29-May-16 | 89 | 63 | CHANGING | 0.05 | VERY HUMID DP73. DISTANT MID AFFT THUNDERSH | |
| 30-May-16 | 83 | 64 | CHANGING | 0.86 | AM RAIN. VERY HUMID DP70 THEN PCLDY AFT. MCLDY THUNDERSH 8P. THEN FOG | |
| 31-May-16 | 83 | 60 | FAIR | LOWER HUMITY. REFRESHING BREEZE. | ||
| 70 | 48 | 3.18 | AVERAGE: HIGH 70 Â LOW 45Â Â Â Â Â Â RAIN 4.57″ |
