May 11, 2025 Mother's Day Weather
Extreme heat in Texas this week
May 2025 was the 27th-warmest May in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 61.7°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 61.0°F (+0.7°F).
May 2025 was the 12th-wettest May in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 3.7in against a 1991–2020 normal of 3.1in (+0.6in).
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.
The cut-off low has retrograded westward in the past 24-48 hours with a swirling and compact cyclonic cloud head behind a moisture plume or atmospheric river out of the Gulf and Caribbean.
Brilliant sunshine in the Plains, Great Lakes, and Northeast!
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