If there's one thing that defines our weather, it's the ongoing pattern of yo yo temperatures.
Take this week for example.
We're experiencing chilly May temps in the first week of June with cooler than normal highs on the heels of a scorching hot and humid long Victoria Day weekend.
"May was a little warmer than normal in the Barrie area with an average temperature of 13.5 degrees," said Geoff Coulson, Environment Canada Warning Preparedness Meteorologist. "The long-term average temperature for May is 12.1 degrees."
Conditions were a bit drier than normal in May with total precipitation of 50.6 mm.
The long-term average precipitation for May is 79.9 mm.
However, it was even drier in May of 2015 with total precipitation of 38.3 mm.
While overall temperatures were a little warmer than normal, Coulson says there were certainly some wide swings in the temperatures during the month.
On May 15th, the Shanty Bay observation site near Barrie set a record for the coldest daytime high temperature with a chilly reading of 5.5 degrees.
This broke the old record for this date in history of 8 degrees set back in 1984.
And then the swing in temps with May 24 to 29 bringing what Coulson calls "a burst of summer-like temperatures" in the high twenties to low thirties.
May 28 had a high of 33 degrees, not far off the record high for that day in history of 33.5 degrees set back in 2012.
May 29 had another very warm high of 30.5 but it was also just shy of the record for that date in history of 31.5 set back in 2006.
As for the temperature forecast for June and into the summer, prepare to be sweaty.
"In the short-term, we are expecting temperatures to be a little cooler than normal for the rest of the work week with highs of 13 to 18 degrees before returning to more seasonal temperatures for this weekend with highs of 22 to 24 degrees," said Coulson.
The second half of June is looking to be near normal or a little warmer than normal temperature-wise.
July, at this point, is also expected to be a little warmer than normal.
Coulson says no strong trends are being indicated with respect to the precipitation forecast so overall precipitation is expected to be close to normal for the next few weeks.
