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TheForecast Post

A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Weather Trader Tropics MILEPOST 1

Weather. Tropical Update. Hurricanes. Some climate. Data science.

I grew up watching the Tropical Update on the Weather Channel and waited for the microwave clock to hit :50 past the hour to see what monster storms were brewing in the Atlantic. This was in the mid-1990s so the hurricane seasons really…

What the month did

May 2020 was the 50th-warmest May in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 60.9°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 61.0°F (-0.1°F).

May 2020 was the 49th-wettest May in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 3.1in against a 1991–2020 normal of 3.1in (+-0.0in).

NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance, contiguous United States. This is the observed record for the month, not a score of anything said in this piece — the forecast ledger begins 2026-08-17 and cannot reach earlier posts.

I grew up watching the Tropical Update on the Weather Channel and waited for the microwave clock to hit :50 past the hour to see what monster storms were brewing in the Atlantic. This was in the mid-1990s so the hurricane seasons really got busy.

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