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Report Says Cool Weather to Continue in Northern South Dakota Through May
• BROOKINGS, S.D. - Cooler than average temperatures are expected to continue across the northern states in May, according to a recent report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center.
• "The area that is most likely to continue the cool trend will skirt northern South Dakota," said Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension Climate Field Specialist.
• According to the report, other states including; Montana, North Dakota, and the northern Great Lakes states are most likely to experience cooler than average conditions through May.
• "The pattern we have seen this winter has been a strong ridge of high pressure over the western states, and a trough bringing wetter and cooler conditions to the eastern United States," she said. "This pattern will gradually break down as we move into the summer season."
• Currently, there is some discrepancy among the numerous climate computer models for precipitation in May, she added. "Some models indicate wetter than aver (Continued on page 6)
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