Great Barrington — Warm and dry was May. The month finished as the fourth warmest and ninth driest in the now 53 years of weather recordkeeping. The average mean temperature came in at 62.5, which is five degrees above average. But there were no really hot days: Just 10 of the 31 days registered 80 or above. However, the mild minimum daily temperatures, which were five degrees higher than average, were the reason for the milder month.
Not much rain fell in May. The 2.34 inches was over 2 inches below the average, which made May the ninth driest and the first month with below-average precipitation this year.
Does this mean a dry, drought-like summer? Only time will tell.
Have a wonderful June.
| DATE | HI TEMP | LO TEMP | SKY | RAIN | SNOW | COMMENTS |
| 1-May-18 | 74 | 38 | CHANGING | 0.01 | 0 | BRIEF SHOWER EARLY AM THEN PCLDY |
| 2-May-18 | 88 | 42 | FAIR | 0 | 0 | |
| 3-May-18 | 85 | 56 | CHANGING | 0.26 | 0 | MORE HUMID (DP69) AFTERNOON RAIN |
| 4-May-18 | 81 | 62 | CHANGING | 0.15 | 0 | EARLT AM SHOWER & EVENING THUNDERSH. OTHERWISE VCLDY HUMID (DP69) |
| 5-May-18 | 75 | 50 | CHANGING | 0 | 0 | FAIR DAY. CLOUDING UP EVENING |
| 6-May-18 | 62 | 52 | CHANGING | 0.16 | 0 | PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN TIL LATE PM THEN CLEARING |
| 7-May-18 | 69 | 46 | FAIR | 0 | 0 | |
| 8-May-18 | 76 | 40 | FAIR | 0 | 0 | PCLDY |
| 9-May-18 | 81 | 44 | FAIR | 0 | 0 | |
| 10-May-18 | 72 | 45 | CHANGING | 0.01 | 0 | CLOUDING UP MID DAY. BRIEF SHOWER 5P. THEN PCLDY |
| 11-May-18 | 64 | 53 | CHANGING | 0 | 0 | FAIR WINDY DAY. CLOUDING UP AT SUNSET |
| 12-May-18 | 52 | 41 | CLOUDY | 0.27 | 0 | RAIM 10A TIL EVENING |
| 13-May-18 | 63 | 45 | CHANGING | 0 | 0 | VCLDY |
| 14-May-18 | 76 | 51 | CHANGING | 0 | 0 | MCLDY AM. CLEARING MID-DAY. FAIR PM. |
| 15-May-18 | 81 | 54 | CHANGING | 0.75 | 0 | PCLDY HUMID (DP71) THUNDERSH 3P TIL 7P THEN PCLDY LESS HUMID |
| 16-May-18 | 68 | 56 | CHANGING | 0.01 | 0 | BRIEF SUN MID AM & LATE AFT. BRIEF SHOWER 5P. |
| 17-May-18 | 79 | 57 | CHANGING | 0 | 0 | MCLDY TIL EARLY AFT. THEN PCLDY |
| 18-May-18 | 71 | 53 | FAIR | 0 | 0 | PCLDY |
| 19-May-18 | 58 | 46 | CHANGING | 0.49 | 0 | CLOUDING UP SUNRISE. RAIN 9A TIL 6P. THEN DRIZZLE UNTIL LATE EVENING. HI TEMP 11:30P |
| 20-May-18 | 74 | 58 | CHANGING | 0.03 | 0 | PCLDY HUMID. BRIEF SHOWER 3P THEN FAIR WINDY. CLEAR CALM EVENING. LO TEMP 12:01A |
| 21-May-18 | 76 | 47 | FAIR | 0 | 0 | BREEZY |
| 22-May-18 | 63 | 50 | CHANGING | 0.15 | 0 | CLOUDING UP EARLY AM. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN 8A TIL 1P. SOME DRIZZLE PM |
| 23-May-18 | 80 | 56 | CHANGING | 0 | 0 | BECOMING PCLDY MID AM/ FAIR, BREEZY PLEASANT PM |
| 24-May-18 | 79 | 48 | FAIR | 0 | 0 | BREEZY PLEASANT |
| 25-May-18 | 87 | 47 | FAIR | 0 | 0 | PICTIRE PERFECT |
| 26-May-18 | 88 | 54 | CHANGING | 0 | 0 | PCLDY AM. MCLDY PM, HAZY, MOEERATELY HUMID (DP67) BREEZY |
| 27-May-18 | 73 | CLOUDY | 0.05 | HITEMP 12:06A WINDS E15-20MPH. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN 8A-1P & | ||
| 28-May-18 | 74 | 50 | CHANGING | 0 | 0 | MCLDY AM. BECOMING PCLDY MID DAY. |
| 29-May-18 | 88 | 60 | FAIR | 0 | 0 | EARLY AM CLOUDS LIFTING TO A VERY WARM AND MORE HUMID (DP70) DAY. |
| 30-May-18 | 84 | 55 | FAIR | 0 | 0 | FAIR AND LESS HUMID (DP64) LIGHT WINDS |
| 31-May-18 | 77 | 53 | CHANGING | PCLDY TO MCLDY AT SUNRISE. MCLDY, MODERATELY HUMID (DP67))SPRINKLES 6P | ||
| 75 | 50 | Mean-62.5 | 2.34 | 0 | AVERAGE-70/45 Mean-57.5 Rain-4.6 | |
