Almost Summer
It's almost summer. Memorial Day is the "unofficial start" of summer. Meteorological Summer starts June 1st.
Us weatherguys go by the 3 warmest months of the year, June, July and August.
The summer solstice, the astronomical start to summer is June 21st at 2:06 pm.
It may still be the month of May, but we are definitely in a summertime pattern. It's been warm to hot and very dry. Dulles has only reported 0.24" of rain through the 25th of May, more than 3" below normal. It's been a better story at National Airport, with 1.45" of rain. That's only 1.65" below normal. Still, all that rain really fell on only 3 days. Pretty bad.
It's no wonder that lawns are already starting to turn into that brownish yellowish color that we normally don't see for another month or so. Do your outside plants a favor and give them a drink...they're awfully thirsty.
Us weatherguys go by the 3 warmest months of the year, June, July and August.
The summer solstice, the astronomical start to summer is June 21st at 2:06 pm.
It may still be the month of May, but we are definitely in a summertime pattern. It's been warm to hot and very dry. Dulles has only reported 0.24" of rain through the 25th of May, more than 3" below normal. It's been a better story at National Airport, with 1.45" of rain. That's only 1.65" below normal. Still, all that rain really fell on only 3 days. Pretty bad.
It's no wonder that lawns are already starting to turn into that brownish yellowish color that we normally don't see for another month or so. Do your outside plants a favor and give them a drink...they're awfully thirsty.
posted by Howard Bernstein, 9 Weather Now at
4:37 PM
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