May’s temperatures above average in New England

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s now almost the middle of June and the weather is getting warmer and more humid. The 22News Storm Team takes a look at how warm the month of May was across the country.

According to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, May 2024 was 13th warmest May on record. The average temperatures across the United States in May was 62.3 degrees, that’s 2.1 degrees above average.

Most of the above average temperatures were across the eastern part of the country, including us here in New England. We made it up into the 90s on two days during the month of May at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee.

For meteorological spring, from March to May the average temperature was 2.8 degrees above average and tied 2016 as the sixth warmest spring on record. Year to date, the period from January to May the average temperature was 3.4 degrees above average ranking it as the fifth warmest on record for that period.

Right now, it’s looking like we’ll be seeing some more above average temperatures as we head through the month of June.

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Adam Strzempko is a meteorologist who has been a part of the 22News team since 1996. Follow the 22News Storm Team on X @22NewsStormTeam and view his bio to see more of his work.

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