May 2026 Obs/Discussion

[Ginx snewx]

Damn the warministas called for HHH May through September back in early spring. Great luck with that 

[WinterWolf]

9 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Damn the warministas called for HHH May through September back in early spring. Great luck with that 

Love when the long range weather defies the predictions.  

[CoastalWx]

Developing strong Ninos  are never hot summers.

[CoastalWx]

Well, the summer could lean above average, I don’t think it will be “hot”

[ineedsnow]

KORE is below normal for May.. 

[ineedsnow]

pretty meh overall... if it wasn't for that 5 day period we would be well below

[dendrite]

That would be a pretty warm month if you took out the 5 coolest days. 

[wxeyeNH]

32.4F  -SN  Has begun on MWN.  Big flakage.  What will be their total?  Fun to watch!

[dendrite]

29 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

KORE is below normal for May.. 

Not sure what they’re using for normals since ORE wasn’t operational until summer of 96. 

[kdxken]

7 minutes ago, dendrite said:

That would be a pretty warm month if you took out the 5 coolest days. 

If you took the five warmest and the five coolest and averaged. It would be a pretty average month.

[WinterWolf]

23 minutes ago, kdxken said:

If you took the five warmest and the five coolest and averaged. It would be a pretty average month.

As the saying goes …the extremes are what make up the averages. 

[WinterWolf]

1 hour ago, ineedsnow said:

pretty meh overall... if it wasn't for that 5 day period we would be well below

 

38 minutes ago, dendrite said:

That would be a pretty warm month if you took out the 5 coolest days. 

Lol…so if we took out the 5 warmest it would be a cool month. And If we took out the 5 coolest it would be a warm month….good thing we had both the extremes to make it pretty close to average. 

[dendrite]

Just now, WinterWolf said:

 

Lol…so if we took out the 5 warmest it would be a cool month. And If we took out the 5 coolest it would be a warm month….good thing we had both the extremes to make it average. 

[dendrite]

33 minutes ago, kdxken said:

If you took the five warmest and the five coolest and averaged. It would be a pretty average month.

If all 31 days were average it would be a warm month in Tolland

[Typhoon Tip]

hm   the only thing notable so far about this entry into summer ( anyway) is that utter nondescript characteristic to the pattern.  the modelling has almost nothing really fitting a known mode - it's just a mottled mess of irregularly spaced wave features from S of Alaska to the Atlantic

at least for the next 2 weeks, it'd be difficult to predictively assess the temperature anomaly distribution

[dendrite]

Lots of confusion

[weathafella]

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

Lots of confusion

Confusion can be an illusion.  I usually trust perfusion.   Bad timing on shitty weekends but that’s the way the proverbial cookie crumbles.  Some here rush the seasons. This is the 5th year I’m teaching my course and the first few classes always have cooler temperatures than one envisions.  This year the same.

[Torch Tiger]

A few light sprinkles/showers passing through.

[powderfreak]

We had some good thunder and lightning roll through here over the past hour or so.

Must be some good dynamics because 52/48 at the surface doesn’t scream thunderstorms.

[mreaves]

3 hours ago, dendrite said:

Lots of confusion

 

[MJO812]

Lets go to MT Washington

[Snowedin]

9 hours ago, dendrite said:

Lots of confusion

We tried to warn em!

[ineedsnow]

4 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Lets go to MT Washington

Hoping to atleast see flakes today! Going to be close! 

[moneypitmike]

Nice to see the sun rising in Mattapoisett on the heels of an impressive thunder and light show last night.

[Lava Rock]

0.81" and it looks to have shifted south. Wheres my 2"?

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[Typhoon Tip]

14 hours ago, weathafella said:

Confusion can be an illusion.  I usually trust perfusion.   Bad timing on shitty weekends but that’s the way the proverbial cookie crumbles.  Some here rush the seasons. This is the 5th year I’m teaching my course and the first few classes always have cooler temperatures than one envisions.  This year the same.

It's almost June... 

I get what your saying ... There is a tendency, pretty easily detectable one in this social media that occurs.  First time someone senses less evening daylight on Aug 10 or so ... up, pack it in... it's over.  The autumn one is the worst. Circa October 20 and the air smells like snow at 6:49 am. There's definitely an increase frequency in digging up extended model illustrations behavior that has blue paint - like we're supposed to take them seriously from behind a guise of just kidding.

As well as a generalized improvement in the  index. 

In this case... I don't believe anyone's "rushing seasons" if they sense some recent anachronistic behavior.   Big words aside ... this is more than less unusual .. And it is tied (most likely...) to attribution/science on the matter, particularly with how CC has been changing circulation modes vs seasonal climatology.  There are numerous papers on the matter already. This isn't just farmer John lobbing conjecture from a bad day out on the back 40.   

[mreaves]

3 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

0.81" and it looks to have shifted south. Wheres my 2"?

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We ended up a bit over 1.5”. 

[kdxken]

 

[dendrite]

On 5/25/2026 at 7:49 PM, Damage In Tolland said:

It’s mainly a CnE north rain Friday night into Saturday. Sunny Sat Pm and Sunday with nape Sun . South of pike prob 60’s Sat afternoon and warmer Sunday .

Sounds like a nice afternoon. Enjoy.