"May Weather Outlook: Big Pattern Shift Coming for the US | Severe Weather Update"

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]Hold on to your umbrellas. May's forecast is serving up a weather roller coaster you won't want to miss. Let's kick things off in the south. An active front is unleashing rounds of showers and booming thunderstorms from Texas all the way to the Carolinas. Texas, you're in the bull's eye for severe storms and hail, so heads up. Meanwhile, waves of rain are soaking the central plains, Mississippi Valley, and even up to New York. Up north, snow showers are popping up in the Great Lakes with real snowfall dropping in Wyoming and Colorado's mountains. Yes, snow in spring. Last month, most of the country ran warmer than usual except for a few cool holdouts like the northern plains in California. Rain, April splashed the south and northeast but left the northwest parched expanding drought.

[00:00:40]But, big shift coming. May's forecast cooler temps in the central and east with the west staying toasty. Early signs of El Nino mean a wetter May for the south and east. Finally, some drought relief. And in the past 24 hours, 99 severe weather reports, mostly hail and damaging winds, from Texas to Mississippi. Stay alert, weather watchers. May's just getting started.