I went on a camping trip last weekend up in New Hampshire. I've camped on Memorial Day weekend in years past and it was always nice weather temperature-wise. At least in the mid to high 60s even on cloudy, rainy days.
This trip, the temperature did not climb above 47 degrees the entire weekend. We huddled around the campfire pretty much all day with layers of clothing and blankets wrapped around us. Fortunately we had an ample supply of firewood.
The weather was closer to what you would expect in mid-March. If anybody around that campfire even mentioned "global warming", I think we would have pitched them right into the fire!
Yep, that’s exactly what I meant.
I’ve seen posts from others here on FR with similar comments. First fall cool spell earlier than normal, cool weather lasting well into May instead of over with and done by mid April...
We’re having a monsoon season down here, more rain the past 2 months than in the past 2 years. We may have had 3 dry days in the past month. Rained last night, night before, night before that or maybe that day was the all day rain, around 3 inches. An old friend of 30 years called yesterday, he poured 2 inches out of his rain gauge yesterday morning, got more last night. Probably at least a half inch. I’ve never seen the lake this high. I think Thursday was...nope, that’s right, it was raining when I left from playing dominoes (42) at 2pm...Friend said he hasn’t been able to mow his yard in 3 weeks, he’d get the mower stuck. Finally got it a couple of days ago, still wet and soft but he got it mowed.
Your camping trip doesn’t surprise me, I’ve seen a number of posts here from people making note of unusual early or late cold snaps. Glad you had some firewood...everything around here is too soggy to burn. Trees are actuallly falling on the flooded outside edges of the lake due to saturated ground. High lake water is putting heavily wooded areas under water for a long period, the dirt gets soggy for 10 feet down, trees just fall over. Fortunately nothing on a house...Yet.