Wettest May on Record Spills into June: Constant wet weather plaguing NYC area for the past 5 weeks and counting

Thanks to the Jet Stream being stuck in a "ridge in the west, trough in the east", pattern since the beginning of March 2017,while the Western US has experienced warm,dry weather,the opposite has been true east of the Rockies and in the water-logged,rain-weary Northeastern US and the New York tristate area in particular.This has definitely been the case over the last 5 weeks since the beginning of May 2017 as the NYC area has been inundated with one low pressure system after another causing it to be rainy nearly 40% of the time.Here's the rainfall stats for White Plains,NY,in suburban Westchester County,as of 2:30PM,EDT,June 5,2017 from accuweather.com:









May 1: None (0.00 inches)
May 2: None
May 3: None
May 4: None
May 5: 2.21 inches
May 6: 0.13 inches
May 7: 0.03 inches
May 8: None
May 9: None
May 10: None
May 11: None
May 12: None
May 13: 1.6 inches
May 14: None
May 15: None
May 16: None
May 17: None
May 18: None
May 19: 0.1 inches
May 20: None
May 21: None
May 22: 0.48 inches
May 23: None
May 24: 0.02 inches
May 25: 0.72 inches
May 26: 0.74 inches
May 27: None
May 28: None
May 29: 0.15 inches
May 30: 0.04 inches
May 31: 0.28 inches
June 1: None
June 2: None
June 3: None
June 4: 0.2 inches






Total Rainfall: 6.7 inches
# of Days with Measurable Rainfall:       13 days (including 7 out of the last 11 days and 8 out of the last 13 days)
# of Days without Measurable Rainfall:  22 days