May has ended, and it brought...warm and very dry weather. It's no secret that Omaha experienced VERY dry month with hardly any rain. In fact, May 2023 is now officially the driest May on record! Where did we clock in? How about temperatures? What can we look forward to in June?
Let's start with the rain...or lack thereof. Omaha picked up at 0.17" of rain, which as mentioned above is the driest May on record. It wasn't even close, the second driest May was in 1989 with 0.55" of rain. Typically, May is our wettest month with 4.60" of rain on average.
In terms of temperature, we were quite warm for May. Most of the month featured highs in the 80s and lows in the 50/60s.
What can we expect in June? In terms of rainfall, June is another wet month. The Climate Prediction Center expects the Omaha area to be right around average for June, at 4.41". We are already nearly a quarter of the way there just on the first day on the month!
June is also the peak of severe weather and tornado season for Omaha, so we need to be on the lookout for any strong storms during the month too.
The warm temperatures we saw in May are expected to continue into June. Therefore, I would expect more highs in the 80s/90s than in the 70s for the month. Overnight lows are also expected to be warm, with lows in the 60s for most of the month.
Of course, the weather each day will vary, so keep updated with us for the forecast as we head into the month of June.
