An April memorable mostly for drenching our region was followed by a much wetter than normal first week of May.
Barrie recorded the wettest April since 2009 with 122 mm of rainfall compared to the normal amount of 65 mm.
A preliminary review by Environment Canada shows rain continued to be the big weather story last month and one severe storm made headlines in Barrie.
A line of strong thunderstorms moved through southern Ontario during the afternoon and evening hours of May 18.
High winds from a downburst uprooted trees, brought down powerlines and damaged numerous roofs in Barrie's south end.
A large tree toppled onto a car parked in a driveway on Mapleview Drive but there were no injuries reported.
Newmarket and Aurora had up to quarter-size hail.
A transport truck was blown onto its side on Highway 400 in the Holland Marsh area.
At one point, up to 60,000 hydro customers in an area from Parry Sound to Orillia and eastwards were without power due to downed powerlines.
Environment Canada said the damage to the transport truck and to the trees and powerlines were consistent with wind gusts between 90 and 130 km/h.
Average temperatures in May were within the normal range, varying from normal to slightly cooler than normal.
We had a brief taste of summer-like weather on May 17 and 18 with daytime highs above the 30 celcius mark in some areas. While single day temperature records were approached in some areas, no records were broken.
The first half of June looks to remain cooler than normal across southern and central Ontario, according to the national forecaster.
But there's some indication that the second half of June will see somewhat warmer-than-normal temperatures return.
Keep those umbrellas handy though.
Wetter-than-normal conditions are expected to occur over most of southern and central Ontario.
