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By LISA G. CURRIE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Despite the never-ending rains which washed out Memorial Day weekend across much of the state, the total precipitation for the month is still less than last year’s, according to Dennis Wingfield.
But, the Sperryville weatherwatcher added Tuesday evening, “we’ve still got two days to go, so we might catch up with last year.”
Over Memorial Day weekend, Mr. Wingfield measured a total of 3.13 inches of rain: .29 on Friday, 1.10 on Saturday, .06 on Sunday, 1.00 on Monday and another .68 on Tuesday.
But, the total for May of 1989 was 7.68 inches, Mr. Wingfield reported.
The most telling difference between the two years, he said, is in temperatures. Last year, on May 27, 28 and 29 the daytime high temperatures were 81 degrees, 75 degrees and 78 degrees, respectively.
This year, the mercury didn’t even hit 60 degrees during the same three-day period. On Sunday and Monday Mr. Wingfield recorded highs of 57 degrees, while on Tuesday the mercury edged to 59 degrees.
But June is hard upon us, and with it an almost certain change in the weather patterns.
This is thunderstorm season. State climatologist Dr. Patrick Michaels at the University of Virginia said that even though we’ve only experienced a few storms this year, we can expect more.
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