New Hampshire forecast: cooler, rainy, 50s Sunday
- WMUR said on Sunday, May 24, that New Hampshire would turn cooler and rainy, with many areas staying in the 50s. - The clearest travel detail was timing: wet weather was expected to linger into early Memorial Day Monday before conditions improve later Monday. - WMUR’s weather page and hourly rain tracker were the next places to watch for updated timing through Monday.
New Hampshire’s Memorial Day weekend forecast turned cooler and wetter by Sunday after a hotter start to late May, according to WMUR. The station said many parts of the state were expected to stay in the 50s on Sunday, with rain and showers affecting plans through the day. Wet weather was forecast to continue into early Memorial Day on Monday before improvement later in the day. The shift came as holiday travelers were already moving around the state for the long weekend. ### How did the forecast change from the start of the weekend? WMUR said the weekend began after “a taste of summer heat,” but conditions were expected to turn cooler across New Hampshire for Memorial Day weekend. A separate WMUR forecast published earlier in the week said cooler, less humid air had returned and that Saturday looked drier than the second half of the holiday period. (wmur.com) Sunday’s setup was the opposite of a beach-style holiday forecast. WMUR said rain and cooler temperatures would settle in across the state, replacing the earlier warm spell with more spring-like conditions. New Hampshire Public Radio also said on May 21 that “more spring-like temperatures” were expected for the holiday weekend. (wmur.com) ### What was Sunday expected to look like on the ground? WMUR said Sunday would be cooler, rainy and in the 50s in New Hampshire. The station’s hourly weather coverage said it would not rain all weekend, but showers were part of the forecast and could be tracked through the holiday period. The practical effect was timing rather than an all-day washout in every location. (wmur.com) WMUR’s hourly tracker indicated periods of rain and showers, which matters for parades, cookouts and road travel that can still happen between bands of wet weather. ### Was Memorial Day itself supposed to be wet too? WMUR said wet weather would linger into early Memorial Day Monday before conditions improve later Monday. (wmur.com) That made the first half of the holiday the more unsettled period, with a better setup expected as the day went on. The station’s earlier forecast also pointed in that direction. (wmur.com) On May 21, WMUR said Sunday and Memorial Day Monday could feature some showers, even as Saturday looked drier. ### What did this mean for people traveling in New Hampshire? WMUR reported on May 23 that travelers were already hitting the road in New Hampshire for Memorial Day weekend. (wmur.com) That meant the weather turn arrived after some of the busiest outbound movement had already begun, with Sunday and early Monday presenting the greater chance of wet roads and slower travel. (wmur.com) AAA projections cited in regional coverage said millions of people were traveling over the holiday weekend, including about 2 million New Englanders, underscoring why timing of showers mattered even without a major storm warning in the material reviewed. ### What should readers watch next? (wmur.com) WMUR said conditions were expected to improve later on Monday, while cooler air could linger in parts of New Hampshire into the coming week. The station’s weather page, radar and hourly rain tracker were the clearest next checkpoints for updated timing as Sunday turns into Memorial Day. (wmur.com 1) (wmur.com 2)
