IEM Daily Feature
Friday, 02 June 2023

Contrasts of May

Posted: 02 Jun 2023 05:30 AM

The featured map presents IEM estimated climate district precipitation ranks for May. A value of 1 would indicate the wettest May since 1893 and 131 would be the driest. There is some remarkable variability shown, namely the east to west difference over Nebraska with southwestern Nebraska shown as the wettest and east central near the driest. Iowa had plenty of dryness for the month, but southwestern Minnesota was had above average wetness. Of course, these are spatially aggregated estimates, so there's variability to be found even inside the climate districts shown.

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