by Barney Leach
May is normally our wettest month of the year at 5.46 inches but to date it has been our second driest month with only 1.93 inches of rain.
Below normal monthly rainfall continues with February having been the only month to exceed normal rainfall for the year at 3.83 inches.
Normal rainfall for February is 3.31 inches.
We had four days with measurable rainfall with a greatest one-day total of 1.03 inches on May 24. Our total rainfall for the year stands at 12.54 inches, forty percent below our normal of 20.71 inches through May.
For the record, our wettest May was 15.38 inches of rain in 2019. Our driest May was 0.49 inch of rain in 2009.
Wind and temperature-wise, March-like winds continued to prevail throughout the month. Temperatures were about normal for May. We had a high of 94 degrees on May 21 and 31 and a low of 62 degrees on May 22.
This will be my last report as a weather volunteer as I will be relocating in June. I began my role as a weather volunteer in December of 1993 as a co-op weather observer with The National Weather Service for 13 years. In addition to writing a weather column for the local newspapers, I also served as a weather volunteer for TV channel 8 in Dallas for 20 years, TV channel 10 Waco for 12 years and radio station KNES in Fairfield for 13 years.
I will miss doing the weather column and I will miss Fairfield after having called it home for 34 years. My wife and I and our children have decided that due to our age, it is in our best interest to relocate near a family member. Fairfield, we will truly miss you.
