Friday, June 4, 2010

May Weather Recapped


It felt warmer, but Environment Canada says the Rainy River district was at normal levels weatherwise for the month of May.

Climatologist Chantal Cerny says the average temperature was just slightly below normal.

"The mean temperature for the month of May was 11.5 C in Fort Frances," says Cerny. "Normals for the month is 11.6 C. There was a single day minimum temperature that was broken on May 9 with a temperature of minus 5 C. The past record was minus 4 in 1981 and 2008."

Cerny says the total amount of rainfall during the month was just above normal.