The outstanding spring weather continued into May according to weather statistics from the Southwest Research and Extension Center, the areas official weather reporting station for Hope.
May rainfall for Hope was 5.08 inches compared to an average of 5.46 inches. Hope was down .38 inches from normal. The year to date amount at the end of May was 30.06 inches compared to an average at the end of May of 23.60. Hope is up 6.46 inches for the year at the end of May.
The average temperature for May is 69.90. The actual average temperature for May was 62.74 degrees which is 7.16 degrees cooler than average. The low temperature was 44 on May 2nd while the high was 90 on May 7th. May 7th was the only day with a high in the 90’s. May had 21 days of highs in the 80’s.