Memorial Day Sunshine Graced Us As Forecast, But This Is Vermont, So.....

Now that the sun is finally out, my bearded irises are 
just starting to bloom while the peonies are finally
budding and showing potential. Today and 
tomorrow should bring plenty of sun to 
Vermont before a long showery spell begins again 

Memorial Day in Vermont turned out to be as bright and sunny and warm as promised - even a few degrees warmer than forecast. 

Burlington got to 75 degrees as opposed to a forecast high of 70.  

It's May, 2025 Vermont though, so it had to rain somewhere. A few showers developed, mostly in the Green Mountains as winds built up enough clouds there to create showers. 

I saw on social media that after a beautiful day, it started raining in West Rutland, for instance, though that rain quickly vanished after just a few minutes.

TWO NICE DAYS!

Today, all of Vermont stands a good chance of getting through the entire day without rain. It was another chillier than normal start of the day, with temperatures in the low to mid 40s at dawn. Montpelier and Bennington checked in at 39 degrees.

Despite the soggy ground beneath our feet, the atmosphere over us is very dry.  Dry air heats up fast when the sun hits it, so temperatures were rocketing upward this morning. It'll get into the 70s pretty much everywhere in the state. Parts of the Champlain Valley might flirt with 80 degrees, so that's a welcome touch of summer.

We do it again one more day on Wednesday.  Technically, the day might not be rain free as a few showers might or might not arrive in western Vermont just before midnight Wednesday. 

However the day itself should feature lots of sunshine, though it will tend to fade a little behind high clouds during the afternoon and evening.  We'll even be a couple degrees warmer than today's expected highs. 

I saw one forecast that calls for 83 degrees in Burlington Wednesday. We'll see if it gets that warm or not, but even if we fall short, it will be a balmy day. 

BACK TO THE RAIN

Then it's back to the usual cool, rainy weather as we close out May and enter June.

We're in for another long, showery spell with cool temperatures again. A few welcome differences: We won't get as much rain, it won't rain constantly, and it won't be nearly as chilly as it was last week. 

We'd have highs mostly in the 60s instead of 40s to near 50, so that's more reasonable, at least. And no snow anywhere in Vermont this time! 

In fact, if current forecasts hold, Friday might not be too bad a day, with just a few scattered showers and some glimpses of sun.

Before we get there, it looks like Thursday might bring quite a few showers. Although if a new storm takes hold off the coast of New England, it would actually pull moisture away from us and it wouldn't rain as much or as frequently Thursday as currently in the forecast. 

Either way, Thursday's rain will amount to a quarter inch or less, so not a super soaker.  

Saturday is coming up, so it will probably rain. That's the Vermont tradition this year. We already have nine consecutive Saturday's with rain under our belt, so hell, let's make it ten!  If current forecasts hold, Saturday would be the wettest and possibly coolest day of the stretch, which tracks. 

After that, it looks we'd have gradual improvement, but Sunday and Monday would still be cool for the season. With an ever-present risk of a shower. 

If you want a glimmer of hope, there are (very) uncertain signs that the weather could turn briefly very warm, even hot and humid for a few days toward the middle and end of next week.  No promises, since such long range forecasts are notoriously unreliable. But it's something to hope for if you like summer weather.