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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON OFFERS THE FOLLOWING DATA FOR MAY AS OF 2000:

NORMAL MAY 45.2°F to 67.8°F Average 56.5°F	WARMEST MAY Average 64.9°F in 1887	COLDEST MAY Average 47.0°F in 1917
RECORD HOLDERS	WARMEST MAY DAY 93°F May 22, 1977	COLDEST MAY DAY 24°F May 3, 1966
NORMAL PRECIPITATION 3.32"	HIGHEST PRECIPITATION 6.31" in 1983	LOWEST PRECIPITATION TRACE in 1903
RECORD HOLDERS	MOST PRECIPITATION 2.38" May 21, 1889	LEAST PRECIPITATION 0.68" May 6, 1890 May 6, 1989
AVERAGE SNOWFALL 0.2"	MAXIMUM SNOWFALL 3.9" in 1966	MINIMUM SNOWFALL 0.0 in many
RECORD HOLDERS	MOST SNOW 3.5" May 9, 1966	LEAST SNOW Not Available

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THE VERMONT WEATHER BOOK by David Ludlum (Vermont Historical Society, 1996) says of May:

In view of its northern clime, most years in Vermont would be more in tune with nature if May Day was celebrated at the end of the month when the warming of the sun has actually produced a variety of flowers. In May the northward move of the direct rays of the overhead sun has progressed into the Caribbean Sea area, an advance of almost seven degrees during the month. The period of daylight between the rising and setting of the sun lengthens by another hour; by the end of the month we enjoy over fifteen hours of sunlight.

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