May Review for BDL

This post is a similar one to the May weather review that I posted for BTV, but for Bradley International Airport in Hartford, CT.

May 2020 daily data for BDL (xmACIS) 

The average temperature for the month was 70.5 °F, when the normal mean temperature is 71.2 °F, giving us an average temperature departure of -1.1 °F, so we were slightly cooler than normal. As for precipitation, we saw 20 days with a trace or more of precipitation, though we only saw 1.62 total inches, when normal is 4.35 inches, so it was a rather dry month.

Daily temperature graph for BDL for May 2020 (xmACIS)

The above graph shows temperatures for the month at BDL. Notice that we were quite cold and below the normal temperature range at the start of the month, but we warmed up towards the end of the month.

A highlights for the month include the trace of snowfall that we saw in early May since May is very late to see any snow in CT. We set a new May 11 record minimum temperature, when the temperature dropped to 31 °F. I'd say May 2020 was somewhat abnormal, with cool temperatures and much below normal precipitation for BDL.

I'll post about May and 2020 on a global scale in future posts.