Another Warm First Week of May?

The forecast for the next few days is looking pretty warm, but it turns out that the exact same thing happened last year. So I've now been doing this blog for long enough that today I get to plagiarize myself.

Here is the history of the 50 warmest temperatures for the first week of May:

The all-time records for this week are quite warm - from 26.7°C for May 1st up to 30.3°C for May 6th.

Last year we set two records, on May 3rd and 4th, and were also in the top-50 on the 2nd and 7th.

This year, to break into the top-50 we need to hit 24.4°C, and according to the forecasts it sounds like that will probably happen. And if we do actually reach 27°C this Friday that would put us in about 3rd or 4th place for May 5th.