May really is a rotten weather month

YOUNGSTOWN —Worst. May. Ever.

Well, all right, it’s currently the ninth worst in terms of low temperatures.

Does that make you feel any better?

If it seems like it’s rained every day this month, you’re not too far off.

During the month’s first 23 days, it’s rained on 19 of them in the Mahoning Valley, according to National Weather Service records.

The average temperature for the month in the Valley through Friday was 53.5 degrees.

That’s 2.7 degrees lower than average for the first 23 days of May, and if it doesn’t heat up, it will be the ninth coolest May on record in the Valley.

It’s also only slightly warmer than last month.

The average temperature last month was 51.9 degrees, 4.5 degrees warmer than an average April in the area.

Read more in Saturday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com