Source: Lee Ringera, SPECTRUM LOCALNEWS, 6/9/20

Many yards across North Caroina are still quite soggy after a very wet last half of May. The latest stats released this week by the State Climate Office and the National Centers of Environmental Information shows the statewide average rainfall last month was 7.45 inches. That makes May 2020 the third wettest May on record for the state based on climate data that dates back to 1895. Much of the rain that fell last month came from an upper-level low pressure that stalled west of the Carolinas for a few days.

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