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Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. Read More >

MAY TOP TENS
ALEXANDRIA
 

10 Warmest May's
Alexandria
1892-2026

 

1 79.2 2022
2 79.2 2018
3 78.3 1899
4 78.2 1933
5 78.1 1920
6 78.0 2010
7 78.0 1927
8 77.9 1902
9 77.8 1998
10 77.7 1943

 

10 Coolest May's
Alexandria
1892-2026

 

1 68.9 1917
2 69.0 1976
3 69.2 1931
4 70.2 1954
5 70.8 1897
6 70.8 1971
7 70.9 1945
8 71.2 1981
9 71.4 1909
10 71.5 1940

 

10 Wettest May's
Alexandria
1892-2026
 

1 17.61 1907
2 16.90 1953
3 15.18 1941
4 12.88 2004
5 12.57 1946
6 11.93 1983
7 11.62 1994
8 10.03 1975
9 9.65 1916
10 9.64 1991

 

10 Driest May's
Alexandria
1892-2026

 

1 0.00 1998
2 0.01 1899
3 0.25 1918
4 0.65 1914
5 0.69 1938
6 0.91 2006
7 0.98 2001
8 1.01 2012
9 1.07 1903
10 1.17 2005

 


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