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Extreme Heat and Severe Thunderstorms Today

Extreme heat continues today from the central Plains to the lower Mississippi River Valley, over southeast Montana, and from southern California into the Southwest Deserts. Extreme Heat Warnings remain in effect. Severe thunderstorms capable of strong to severe wind gusts and large hail are possible across the Great Lakes into the Ohio Valley today into tonight. Read More >

MAY TOP TENS
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR
 

10 Warmest May's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026

 

1 81.1 1902
2 80.4 1943
3 80.2 1905
4 79.7 2018
5 79.5 1933
6 79.4 1927
7 79.2 2003
8 79.0 1918
9 79.0 1978
t10 78.9 2022
t10 78.9 2024

 

10 Coolest May's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026

 

1 71.4 1931
2 72.0 1976
3 72.1 1954
4 72.5 1917
5 72.5 1973
6 72.6 1903
7 72.9 1979
8 72.9 1960
9 73.2 1972
10 73.2 1983

 

10 Wettest May's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026
 

1 20.58 1923
2 19.40 1907
3 19.35 1914
4 15.55 2021
5 14.75 2024
6 14.70 1936
7 14.55 1941
8 14.13 1944
9 13.18 1991
10 12.69 1989

 

10 Driest May's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026

 

1 0.01 2003
2 0.08 1998
3 0.10 1978
4 0.23 1928
5 0.41 1925
6 0.48 1906
7 0.55 1960
8 0.58 1918
9 0.59 1963
10 0.61 1988

 


Warmest & Coolest represents temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Temperature ties, if possible, have been broken by going to ten thousandths of a degree
Wettest & Driest represents rainfall in inches