Geary County Extension Agent Chuck Ottee says in May it rained and it rained and it rained.

Otte is out with his monthly weather summary. The average May rainfall for Geary County totals 4.79 inches, but Milford Lake received 10.22 inches and Junction City 8.32 inches. Normal January through May rainfall total is 11.85 inches. Milford Lake has received 14.20 inches of precipitation so far in 2015, and Junction City 12.46 inches.

Otte noted this is the first time since December of 2013 that the county has had cumulative rainfall above average.

The average daily high during May was 72.2, 2.9 degrees below average. The average overnight low was 53.6, six-tenths of a degree above average. That is consistent with having a lot of cloudy days and nights. The monthly mean temperature was 62.9, 1.1 degree below average. The highest temperature for the month was 84 on May 4. The coldest temperature was 40 on the mornings of May 10 and 11.

For three consecutive days in mid-May new record low high temperatures were set or tied. The high of 55 on the 19th tied that record low high set in 1993. The high of 54 on he 20th broke the old record of 59 set in 1983, and the high of 65 on the 21st also tied that record, first set in 1971 and reached again in 1983.

May was he coldest May since 2003, when the monthly mean temperature was 61.6.