I was completely surprised when I read the National Weather Service's May Monthly Weather Summary for DC. I had thought that my plants had suffered due to what I thought was the abnormal temperature extremes in the area. The observed values almost completely matched the normal values.
http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=lwx
accessed June 5, 2007
Weather Observed Value Temperature (F) : Highest 91 (May 26th) Lowest 44 (May 8th); Normal Value highest 90, Lowest 44; Departure from Normal: Highest 1, Lowest 0
The real abberation was found in the precipitation we received last month.
Roughly 50% of our rainfall is attributable to a single rainstorm (which I was caught outside in) on May 12th. Many of my seeds didn't get sown until a week later.
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