It’s official. May’s weather was the wettest on record for Haines and the second coldest, according to the National Weather Service. The average high temperature for the month, recorded at the Haines airport, was 50.6 degrees.
The 5.16 inches of rain that fell at the airport topped the previous record, 4.83 inches that fell in 1985. It was also nearly triple the average of 1.75 inches for the month.
“It’s terrible,” said farmer and former
