May was the second consecutive month of below average rainfall, but the Twin Lakes Area remains above average for the first five months of the year. In addition, May ended up being the first month of 2023 in which no records were broken or tied.
At KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot, the official reporting station for the National Weather Service in Mountain Home, a total of 5.22 inches of precipitation was recorded during the previous month. That is .46 of an inch below May’s average rainfall of 5.68 inches.
For the first five months of 2023, the total precipitation recorded was 25.43 inches. That is 2.56 inches above the period’s average rainfall of 22.87 inches.
The warmerst temperature recorded last month was 88 degrees on May 9. The coolest temperature was 44 on May 4 and 5. The average high for May was 77.9 degrees, and the average low was 56.9.
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