1. Brownsville, TX recorded a maximum temperature of 102 degrees on May 5, tying the record May maximum at the airport location. Observations at this site began in 1938.
2. On May 1, the maximum temperature at Tampa, FL was 68 degrees, the 3rd coldest high temperature ever recorded during the month of May. The all-time coldest maximum temperature for May is 65 degrees on May 3, 1909 and May 4, 1921.
3. The minimum temperature at St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL airport on May 2nd was 56 degrees, tying the all-time lowest temperature for the month of May at the airport site.