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

Weather Trader Notebook MILEPOST 282

May 11, 2024 Beautiful Mother's Day Weekend

Enjoy Saturday’s beautiful weather across the Lower 48 except for Michigan with a storm system swirling across the Great Lakes. Clear skies from the Midwest into the Southeast for tonight’s Aurora display 2.0 — perhaps even more…

What the month did

May 2024 was the 16th-warmest May in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 62.2°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 61.0°F (+1.2°F).

May 2024 was the 14th-wettest May in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 3.6in against a 1991–2020 normal of 3.1in (+0.5in).

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.

Enjoy Saturday’s beautiful weather across the Lower 48 except for Michigan with a storm system swirling across the Great Lakes. Clear skies from the Midwest into the Southeast for tonight’s Aurora display 2.0 — perhaps even more spectacular than Friday night.

Next 48-hours of HRRR simulated radar / weather shows non-severe thunderstorms pushing out of Texas into the deep south into Sunday on Mother’s Day, but vast majority of nation will be dry for outdoor festivities to celebrate Mom.

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