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Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads

The Plains to the mid-Mississippi Valley continue with warm and dry conditions. Any fires that initiate could spread quickly. The warm temperatures will expand across the Southern Plains into the Southwest where numerous records are expected through the weekend. Meanwhile, a cold front will move southward across the northern Plains and Great Lakes region where some snow will develop this weekend. Read More >

MAY TOP TENS
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR
 

10 Warmest May's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2025

 

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
1901-2025

 

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
1901-2025
 

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
1901-2025

 

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