Between hail and damaging thunderstorms, May had the most severe weather in 13 years across the U.S.
“It’s been the most active May for severe weather in the U.S. in 13 years, capped off by the latest outbreak of hail, damaging thunderstorm winds and tornadoes in the Plains, Midwest and South,” the Weather Channel wrote.
As of May 30, there were more than 6,100 reports of severe thunderstorms received by NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center in May, including in Massachusetts. That’s 85% more than an average May over the last 12 years, according to the Weather Channel statistics.
Massachusetts had higher than average precipitation, according to the National Weather Service.
But it’s not limited to this month.
“If it seems like it hasn’t just been May, you’re not imagining that. It’s been going on for more than a month,” the Weather Channel wrote.
April had the second highest April tornado count in the U.S. on record, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
And the rain is unlikely to let up anytime soon in New England as Farmers’ Almanac predicted another “soggy” summer.
The 2024 outlook for New England is “sultry” and “soggy,” the long-range weather predictor states.
“Summer 2024 is shaping up to be a wild one in the United States, with lots of storms and rain expected in the east, and dry weather in the west,” the websites states.
Farmers Almanac predicted storms for almost every week in May.
“One storm departs, another arrives,” it stated for the week of May 8.
June isn’t expected to be much different.
The Farmers’ Almanac long-range weather predictor states that thunderstorms are predicted for multiple days in June.
