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Wall to wall sunshine and a 10-20 NW breeze should dry things out pretty quickly today

I know 1982 had the super warm Christmas but those real torchy high temperatures actually occur more in a Nina when the southern US is warm and the SE ridge bulges north. People wanting that outcome will probably be disappointed when the Nino delivers a barrage of days that are cloudy, windy and in the 30s.

I'm debating on mowing today, dealing with the damp grass in the blades, and having it short so the ground can dry out. Or waiting till the weekend so that the grass is dry but is gonna be 4" taller. Decisions.

At least they should have dropped the short term drought designation in those areas. I understand that lakes and resovouirs may not have recovered, but soil moisture is likely pretty much back to normal

I believe this is the morning of May 27 2013. We had 3 hours of thundersnow and I measured 3.1" at my house at 1100 feet. The top of my hill had 4". This is the latest snow I have ever seen here. Maybe if the rates are really good and it comes late at night we could see something happen. It will be interesting...

Records: Highs: EWR: 96 (2016) NYC: 94 (1959) LGA: 92 (2016) JFK: 91 (1991) Lows: EWR: 42 (1961) NYC: 43 (1961) LGA: 44 (1961) JFK: 44 (1961) Historical: 1809: Three tornadoes crossed through the town of Cincinnati, OH and then traveled up the Ohio valley. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1877 - A "terrific" two day long sandstorm (sand) blasted Yuma, AZ. (28th-29th) (The Weather Channel) 1880: Savoy, TX was hit by an F4 tornado. 14 people were killed and 60 others were injured. It leveled the entire business and northeast residential sections. The tornado was described as "a funnel blazing with balls of fire". (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1896: F3 tornadoes skipped through Montgomery and Bucks counties in Pennsylvania, then across Mercer and Monmouth counties in New Jersey from south of Ambler, to Jarrrettstown south of Hatboro, near Langhorne, then crossed the Delaware River, 4 miles south of Trenton, NJ. Damage was done to businesses at White Horse and Allentown, NJ. Losses totaled over $200,000 dollars. At least 16 barns were destroyed and all of the 4 deaths may have been in barns or stables, 2 in each Pennsylvania County. 15 other people were injured. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1941: Record maximum temperature for Washington DC. for the date is 97 °F. (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA) The earliest 100 °F reading for Richmond International Airport and the highest temperature recorded in May. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC) 1942 - The latest snowstorm of record for the state of Iowa left ten inches at LeMars, eight inches at Cherokee, and 7.5 inches at Waukon. Afternoon highs were in the lower 30s in parts of northwestern Iowa. (The Weather Channel) 1947 - A storm produced heavy snow across Wisconsin, with ten inches reported at Gay Mills. The snow damaged fruit and other trees, and downed power lines. The storm was followed by the coldest weather of the month for much of the High Plains Region and Missouri Valley. Williston ND reported a low of 21 degrees the morning of the 28th, and the next morning Cheyenne WY reported a morning low of 16 above zero. (David Ludlum) 1973: Two F3 tornadoes touched down during the afternoon in Morris County, New Jersey, with an F1 reported in Berks County, Pennsylvania. One of the New Jersey tornadoes injured 12 people. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1987 - Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in Oklahoma and northern Texas. Lake Altus, OK, was deluged with nine inches of rain. Up to eight inches drenched northern Texas, and baseball size hail was reported north of Seminole and at Knickerbocker. Ten to 13 inch rains soaked central Oklahoma the last five days of May resulting in an estimated 65 million dollars damage, and forcing several thousand persons to evacuate their homes, many by boat or helicopter. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - A sharp cold front began to usher cold, wet and windy weather into the western U.S. Thunderstorms in the Great Plains Region produced wind gusts to 80 mph near Brookings, SD. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Unseasonably hot weather continued in Florida. Five cities reported record high temperatures for the date. The record high of 98 degrees at Lakeland, FL, was their fifth in a row. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Florida late in the day, with golf ball size hail reported at Kissimmee. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Two to five inches of rain over southeastern Ohio on the 28th and 29th capped an exceptionally wet month of May, and triggered widespread flooding. Flooding which resulted claimed three lives, and caused millions of dollars damage. Numerous roads in southeast Ohio were flooded and impassable, and many other roads were blocked by landslides. (Storm Data) 1996: Thunderstorms with extremely heavy rains moved through northern Illinois. Flash flooding was reported in several counties. In Rockford, 4.77 inches of rain fell with Doppler radar estimates exceeding 5 inches in just 8 hours over parts of northern Illinois. Creeks in Dekalb, Winnebago and Boone counties quickly rose out of their banks. As much as 2.5 inches of rain in less than one hour was reported in the city of Dekalb. An F4 tornado moved through Jefferson, Bullitt, and Spencer counties in Kentucky, injuring 10 people, damaging 600 homes and causing $100 million damage. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2003: Battle Mountain, Nevada: A new Nevada maximum temperature record for May is set when the high temperature rises to 102 °F. at Battle Mountain, NV. Record highs for May were tied at Palm Springs, CA: 116° (5/23/2001 & 5/28/1983), Las Vegas, NV: 109° and Palomar Mountain, CA: 91° (5/31/2001). (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) (Ref. WxDoctor) 2005: Today’s record high of 90 degrees was the 14th (and last) time Honolulu, HI, set or tied a daily record high this May. Honolulu also set or tied 14 record high lows this May. They May became Honolulu’s warmest May of record. (Ref. Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA) 2006: Near Weirsdale, Florida, lightning hit a tree traveled to a metal fence, and to a 10 year old girl holding the fence. She suffered red entry marks on her arms and abdomen and a black exit mark on her rear end but she survived. (Ref. Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2007 Accord Publishing, USA)

77 / 52 a gorgeous day. Overall cut off city but can we evade the worst of it. Overall cooler to much below normal - especiallhy Saturday and the Tue-Wed periods as sharp ULL moves through the northeast. Ill still be shocked if Saturday isnt somewhat cloudy and spritzy. Ridge pushes east once past 6/4 and moderation to warmer overall beyond there and next chance of heat - especially in western areas / N>J

the upcoming super nino winter gonna have the weenies losing their minds when it's 70 in december

I turned my boiler back on

...and the mowing commence.

The Weather Channel dropped a new two part video on YouTube.

Yeah, its the usual trolls. Penalty box is a great idea!

next 6 days including today low 60s, 60s, 40s, 60s, 50s, 50s. where's the heat i was promised

Who is "arguing" that? Who said anything even remotely comparing one month to another? It isnt frustration for them , its trolling. All you need to do is look at their post history...what they post about, when they post, and how they name-call and attack. That tells you everything you need to know. BTW, who said April is equivalent to any of the months below avg? Ill wait. I know I mentioned Aprils warm ranking in April. See, I have a preference (cold) but not a bias. I discuss all weather, as do others here. They do not. Its nothing but warm trolling, and then complaining that warmth is not brought up enough, tweeted enough, blah blah. Dec-Jan ranked 36th coldest of 153 years. Not a bad ranking for a winter the usual suspects thought would torch. Tell me, when have they ever even ACKNOWLEDGED a month that was colder than avg?

I’m not going to lie I think this map is overdoing the drought in upstate and SW mountains. All week the news stations were saying 12-15” in that area was needed in a month to end the drought and a large part of that area got 6”+ last week with more from a few weeks ago and some isolated areas in SW mountains picked up 12-15”! No I wouldn’t Think it would “end” the drought but with that much rain I easily would’ve expected some areas to drop to “moderate”. Unfortunately going forward looks exceptionally dry for the areas in extreme drought in northern half of NC so missing this rainfall has likely doomed us to see rapidly worsening conditions over next couple weeks, again. In spite of rain, falls lake has continued to drop as very little fell upstream and water use has continued to increase. Cooler weather will be only saving grace here. Looks like SC and Georgia continue to get beneficial rains this week though

Top 10 warmest spring for most sites Congrats folks!

Yeah yeah, all that. Meanwhile, today? Chamber of Commerce.

May 28 1965: Late season snow falls across much of Minnesota with Duluth and Caribou reporting an inch. For Thursday, May 28, 2026 1877 - A "terrific" two day long sandstorm (sand) blasted Yuma, AZ. (28th-29th) (The Weather Channel) 1942 - The latest snowstorm of record for the state of Iowa left ten inches at LeMars, eight inches at Cherokee, and 7.5 inches at Waukon. Afternoon highs were in the lower 30s in parts of northwestern Iowa. (The Weather Channel) 1947 - A storm produced heavy snow across Wisconsin, with ten inches reported at Gay Mills. The snow damaged fruit and other trees, and downed power lines. The storm was followed by the coldest weather of the month for much of the High Plains Region and Missouri Valley. Williston ND reported a low of 21 degrees the morning of the 28th, and the next morning Cheyenne WY reported a morning low of 16 above zero. (David Ludlum) 1987 - Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in Oklahoma and northern Texas. Lake Altus, OK, was deluged with nine inches of rain. Up to eight inches drenched northern Texas, and baseball size hail was reported north of Seminole and at Knickerbocker. Ten to 13 inch rains soaked central Oklahoma the last five days of May resulting in an estimated 65 million dollars damage, and forcing several thousand persons to evacuate their homes, many by boat or helicopter. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - A sharp cold front began to usher cold, wet and windy weather into the western U.S. Thunderstorms in the Great Plains Region produced wind gusts to 80 mph near Brookings, SD. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Unseasonably hot weather continued in Florida. Five cities reported record high temperatures for the date. The record high of 98 degrees at Lakeland, FL, was their fifth in a row. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Florida late in the day, with golf ball size hail reported at Kissimmee. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Two to five inches of rain over southeastern Ohio on the 28th and 29th capped an exceptionally wet month of May, and triggered widespread flooding. Flooding which resulted claimed three lives, and caused millions of dollars damage. Numerous roads in southeast Ohio were flooded and impassable, and many other roads were blocked by landslides. (Storm Data)

MU Weather Center I will be releasing my 2026 Summer and Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlooks this afternoon! The developing El Niño should temper tropical storm and hurricane activity this season, but it only takes one. Expect a “backend” summer with hotter and drier conditions from July-September.

Getting (cautiously) more bullish that we see a classic Nino response and the W pac warm pool will not be as influential. The suppressed convection in the W pac, believe it or not, is actually being under modeled now.

Upper 30's-low 40's around NE MN. Hog Creek up in Cook County hit 33. BTW, don't know about the rest of you, but starting to add idiots to my penalty box. If I need to see what is being said, I can just briefly open the door, then shut it again. We are here to enjoy the wx active or not.

4.88" last 8 days. 6.11" total for May.

A great stretch of weather with temperatures running at least a few degrees below normal for the end of May and the start of June. With highs in the upper 60's to lower 70's and nights in the upper 40's to lower 50's. No rain chances through the weekend.