Usually, April is known as the month of rain showers that brings May flowers. However, this year, the rainfall waited to come in May. For the most part, the rainfall was slow and steady, just what was needed for the area crops, vegetable gardens and flower gardens. At times, there were brief heavy rains, but fortunately the ground was able to soak it up without flooding.
Over a 12-day period in May, local National Weather Service observer Roy Lee Standefer reports the county received 7.07 inches of much needed rain. He said that was 2.29 inches more than the average for the area.
Despite the rainfall totals for May, Standefer said, Bledsoe County is still 5.15 inches below the normal rainfall.
