Thanks to a monthly rainfall in May that was again well above normal, the Twin Lakes Area’s rainfall surplus for 2021 continues to grow. According to weather records at KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot, the official reporting station in Mountain Home for the National Weather Service, 8.11 inches of rain fell in May which is 3.26 inches more than the average of 4.85 inches. That pushes the yearly total to 29.02 inches which is 9.82 inches above the normal rainfall through the end of May which is 19.20 inches.
Rainfall was recorded on 18 of May’s 31 days with the heaviest amount of 1.95 inches on the 28th.
This year started slowly in the rainfall department with the Twin Lakes Area slightly below normal through the end of February. But March, April and May were all above normal, pushing the yearly total to nearly ten inches above average.
In comparison, 2020 was the fifth wettest in Mountain Home history. Through the first five months last year, 39.98 inches, or 10.96 more than this year, had fallen. May of last year saw 14.95 inches of rain making it the wettest May ever in Mountain Home and the fifth wettest month ever.
In May of this year, no records were broken. The warmest temperature recorded was 86 degrees on the third. The lowest temperature was 37 degrees on the ninth.
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