May 20, 2010 turned into another wet, gloomy day with even more rain sliding through the area. The pictures below show rain drops hanging off a rose and leaf at Gage Park.

Overall, we did see less rain on the 20th. Here are a few rainfall totals for Northeast Kansas: Billard Airport (Topeka): 0.47″, Emporia: 0.42″, Manhattan: 0.37″, Forbes Field (Topeka): 0.27″, Concordia: 0.15″ and Lawrence: 0.08″.

May 21, 2010 started off cloudy, but the clouds eventually cleared allowing some sunshine to return by the evening. The ground was finally able to begin drying. You can’t find rain drops hanging from the mushroom in the photograph below like on the rose above.

The rain cleared out in time for the weekend, but the humidity and heat moved in. Highs warmed into the upper 80s on May 22, 2010, although the thermometer at Fairlawn Plaza in Topeka, Kansas thought it was much warmer!

The Walgreen’s thermometer was a lot more accurate, but still hot!

You can see in the photograph below, both pictures were taken at the same time and location. Here are some of the highs from May 22nd across Northeast Kansas: Billard Airport (Topeka): 88, Forbes Field (Topeka): 87, Lawrence: 89, Emporia: 86, Manhattan: 88 and Concordia: 84.

It was still hot and humid on May 23, 2010. When I brought my camera outside from the cool house, the lens fogged up immediately. Every time I cleaned it, it fogged right back up, therefore the following pictures is capturing the humidity we saw on May 23rd.

I had my phone outside with me, so I didn’t have to deal with the fogging lens. Here is the same picture as above. My cat was enjoying the nice weather, but also trying to stay cool in the shade!