May was a warm and dry month with below average sunshine. The temperatures for May averaged 57.6 degrees, 1.8 degrees per day above normal. The maximum temperature was 78.8 degrees on the 27th and a minimum temperature of 38.3 degrees was recorded on the 7th. Daytime high temperatures averaged 67.1 degrees, 2.2 degrees above the norm. Evening temperatures averaged 48.2 degrees, 1.2 degrees above the norm.
Sunshine totaled 47% of the possible sunshine hours, 5 points below the norm and 8% less than May 2013. There were 6 days with 90% or better sunshine and 12 days with no sunshine at all. There were 4 days with fog in East Wareham.
Precipitation totaled 2.80 inches, 0.92 inches below the average rainfall for May in East Wareham. This is also 2.69 inches less than May 2013. There were 5 days with measurable precipitation of 0.10 or greater. There was one thunderstorm on the 28th. The largest 24-hour rainfall was 1.43 inches on the 1st. More than ½ the total rainfall for the month came within the first day. Our total year-to-date rainfall is 20.69 inches, 0.84 inches below the average in East Wareham. This year total rainfall is 0.59 inches below the year-to-date total at this time in 2013.
Official Spring Season
The official spring (March-May) had below average temperatures, rainfall and sunshine. Temperatures averaged 45.85 degrees, 0.35 degrees below average; rainfall totaled 12.44 inches, 1.24 inches below average and snowfall totaled 5.5 inches, 2.0 inches below average. Sunshine for the spring average was also below normal, coming in with 48% of possible points. While sunshine during March was slightly below normal, April was slightly above the norm, and March was well below average.