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Flash Flooding Risk Continues in Texas; Wildfire Smoke Impacts in the East

Widespread, life-threatening considerable flash flooding is expected in south-central Texas through at least Friday. Catastrophic river flooding and rapid rises on small streams, arroyos, and typically dry washes are expected in the Texas Hill Country. Wildfire smoke is impacting air quality across much of the Great Lakes region into the Northeast U.S. with Air Quality Alerts in effect. Read More >

MAY TOP TENS
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR
 

10 Warmest May's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026

 

1 81.1 1902
2 80.4 1943
3 80.2 1905
4 79.7 2018
5 79.5 1933
6 79.4 1927
7 79.2 2003
8 79.0 1918
9 79.0 1978
t10 78.9 2022
t10 78.9 2024

 

10 Coolest May's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026

 

1 71.4 1931
2 72.0 1976
3 72.1 1954
4 72.5 1917
5 72.5 1973
6 72.6 1903
7 72.9 1979
8 72.9 1960
9 73.2 1972
10 73.2 1983

 

10 Wettest May's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026
 

1 20.58 1923
2 19.40 1907
3 19.35 1914
4 15.55 2021
5 14.75 2024
6 14.70 1936
7 14.55 1941
8 14.13 1944
9 13.18 1991
10 12.69 1989

 

10 Driest May's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026

 

1 0.01 2003
2 0.08 1998
3 0.10 1978
4 0.23 1928
5 0.41 1925
6 0.48 1906
7 0.55 1960
8 0.58 1918
9 0.59 1963
10 0.61 1988

 


Warmest & Coolest represents temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Temperature ties, if possible, have been broken by going to ten thousandths of a degree
Wettest & Driest represents rainfall in inches