May 2026 General Discussion

[Chicago916]

Storm means business. Really strong winds and momentarily lost power. 

[cyclone77]

Just 0.17" here early this morning.  0.59" 3 day total.

[Torchageddon]

Now 31C, humidex 32. If I make it to 30C again tomorrow I'd call that a heatwave locally as 30 is my benchmark not 33 (climo diff). Under a svr t-storm watch.

Last night's storm wasn't anything special, 90 strikes with some offkey thunder at times. 3.5mm of rain another low one. It looked like it was drying up before the night was over!

[hawkeye_wx]

The Friday-Monday warmth has been underwhelming.  DVN had every day in the 85-87º range, but we've come up a few to several degrees short each day.  Today's it's only in the mid 70s.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

MSP picked up 1.15” of very much needed precipitation yesterday. 2026 total stands at 7.88” 

Thats 14.6% of our year to date precipitation. 

[cyclone77]

Looks like tonight will be night number 4 with storms dying out before reaching here.  

Hopefully meaningful rains return in June.

[hawkeye_wx]

The CAMs were wrong about everything getting stuck in Missouri and nothing getting up here.  There were no strong storms around here, so in that regard the weekend was a dud.  However, another round of solid rain dropped 0.64" in my yard overnight.  Four decent rounds of rain through the weekend added up to 1.86".  The rest of the month is looking drier and fairly boring again.

[cyclone77]

0.22" early this morning to bring the 4-day system total to 0.81".  

Seems like we have a yo-yo going on here with the moisture.  Slammed in April with 7+ inches, this month will likely end up around 1 inch.  Hopefully in June we can get another 7-8" to make up for May.

[Brian D]

0.79" of rain from shwrs/stms last night. 0.98" for a 2 day total. That helps, but still sucking hind teet for May as we have only a 1/3 of the 3.30" avg. 6+" in April was great for catching up from the drier previous months. 

Update: Fire 100% contained. Looks like a power line started the fire. Section of Hwy 61 that was closed will be opened again later today approx 8 pm. 

[Brian D]

Looks like for the rest of May, the areas that really need the precip should see some improvement.

[Spartman]

3 hours ago, Brian D said:

Looks like for the rest of May, the areas that really need the precip should see some improvement.

Looking biblical. This is a repeat of May 2003.

[Spartman]

NWS ILX in Lincoln, IL bringing up a blocking pattern taking place for Memorial Day weekend heading into next week.

Heading into next week, global deterministic models suggest the
development of a Rex block over the Plains. The progression of
the associated upper low will ultimately dictate rain and storm
potential through early next week. Current indications suggest
that areas south of I-72 are best positioned for rainfall as the
low portion of the block pivots up the Mississippi Valley while
the high-pressure side loiters over the Corn Belt. There is
stronger model agreement regarding temperatures, with mid-to-
upper 80s heat forecast to return by the middle of next week.

 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Low of 39 at the airport. There was patchy frost at my suburban office. 

[A-L-E-K]

extended looking p zzzzzz, at least temps look pleasant and comfortable

[Brian D]

Lows ranging from the mid 20's to mid 30's this morning. Cool day in the 50's here in town. Basically 50's & 60's until Memorial day when a strong warm front starts to affect the W sub. Then summer wx arrives  

[weatherbo]

42 under full sun @ 3pm w/ a northerly breeze.  The sun does take a bit of the nip out of the air but it's def chilly.  Widespread frost/freeze advisories for the N lakes tonight.  I don't usually plant anything until after June 1st tho, and even then it can be risky.

[A-L-E-K]

Sunny and 59 feels pretty nice tbh