Highlights

King Salmon’s monthly mean temperature was 3.7°F above normal, with a mean of 47.9°F. The highest temperature for the month occurred on the 30^th at 73°F, while the lowest, 31°F, occurred on the 2^nd.

Precipitation was heavier than normal, with 3.32” for the month measured, 266% of the long-term normal of 1.25”. This was also the highest precipitation for May on record, breaking the old 1941 record by 0.12”. Contributing to this were two daily precipitation records: on the 3^rd 0.61” of precipitation was measured, breaking the 1947 record for that day by 0.16”, and then on the 14^th, 0.55” was measured, breaking the 1989 record for that day by 0.09”. No snowfall was measured, while 0.8” is the long-term normal. The average wind speed was 10.0 mph, while the highest wind speed was 44 mph on the 13^th blowing from a southeasterly direction, and on the 16^th, also blowing from a southeasterly direction.