SEE: U.S. map of May 2021 Significant Climate Events from NOAANCEIclimate. Download at: StateOfClimate
A flooded parking lot with a car partially submerged in high waters in front of a local business in Lake Charles, Louisiana, after slow-moving thunderstorms dropped more than a foot of rain on May 17, 2021.
Below-average temperatures covered the northern Rockies, Central and Southern Plains, central Gulf Coast, Southeast and the Ohio Valley. The month saw above-average temperatures across parts of the West Coast, Southwest, New England and Florida.A soggy setup brought the fifth-wettest May to Louisiana and Texas. California had its fourth-driest May, while Florida and Utah saw their ninth driest.The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during meteorological spring was 52.
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