EAST HARDWICK – We continue to outpace the rainfall norms for this month after a week featuring showers and several hours of heavy downpours Wednesday into Thursday. Most rainfall amounts for this storm ranged from an inch and a half to two inches, with Woodbury reporting 2.19 inches and Cabot reporting 2.06 inches. Nearby Wheelock came in with 2.22 inches.
photo by Dawn Gustafson
From Friday on, sporadic showers mixed with breaks of sunshine, with just another two tenths of an inch of rain reported over the subsequent five days. Our total rainfall for the month is now 3.84 inches, which is 1.49 inches above normal. Temperatures also moderated during the forecast period, with highs both Monday and Tuesday easily reaching 80 degrees region-wide. Normal high temperatures for this time of year should be in the upper-60s, with lows in the mid-40s.
Thunderstorms associated with a cold front will be well south and east of the area today, with just a few lingering showers in the morning. From there, high pressure builds in, with cooler and drier conditions through Friday. Some clouds from a low-pressure system to our south will mix in with the sunshine for the weekend. There may be an isolated shower on Saturday afternoon. Temperatures remain on the cool side, with highs in the upper-50s to low-60s, and lows on either side of 40 degrees.
An approaching storm system from the Ohio Valley arrives later Sunday, bringing us our next chance for showers and thunderstorms. Precipitation amounts this week will generally be lighter than in week’s past. Here are the forecast details:
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Isolated showers in the morning. High: 74. Low: 38. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Sunny. High: 57. Low: 36. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High: 62. Low: 42. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon. High: 60. Low: 40. Calm wind.
Sunday: Partly sunny. A chance of showers by evening. High: 60. Low: 43. Calm wind.
Memorial Day: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. High: 65. Low: 44. South wind around 5 mph.
