May started and ended with rain, being the first month since August of 2025 to be at or above normal rainfall …
The slow moving rain cells this weekend dumped a lot of rain in some places (over 6″), and virtually none in others. Here’s the 72 hour rainfall accumulation map for the Savannah area:
In midtown, near Daffin Park, we’ve had 3.48″ since Friday. That has really helped the soil moisture. Here’s a plot of the last month – you can see the rain at the end of April soaked in then things rapidly dried out again to below critical levels for plant growth:
The rain (with more expected tomorrow) will help, but to finally break the drought will take several more extended rain events to restore the deep soil moisture. In theory we should get normal rainfall the rest of the summer, as the strong El Nino gets fired up.
I was out in it at Tybee, felt like at least 6 inches, truly torrential. Looked like a lake between Jones and Second all the way to the South End.