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Grandkids in Gloucester County enjoyed the heat. We managed to reach 70 last Tuesday. Then yesterday brought cold rain (0.66") that ended with a coating of snow, and 24° this morning.

MDT's April 21st record low of 30, set in 1956, is in play. I certainly think a number of unofficial stations will easily get into the 20s, question is whether the "river station" can. I have my doubts.

We got that last week. Widespread 80s and 90s in the Northeast US.

There was also a low of 43 at KSAV, their coldest low since way back on March 19th, while KSVN had 47. The forecasted lows had been only down to the low 50s. This was the largest morning low colder than forecast bust in quite a long time in this area. Dewpoints of 37 along with light winds gave it that opportunity.

How 2026 compares to the strong (but not super) pre-nino composite 1986 09APR1986 -0.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.4 16APR1986 -0.8 0.2 0.1 -0.4 1991 10APR1991 -0.9 -0.3 0.3 0.6 17APR1991 -0.5 0.3 0.7 0.7 2009 08APR2009 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 15APR2009 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.3 2023 12APR2023 2.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 19APR2023 1.9 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 Matches best with 2023 for Nino 1+2, 1986 for Nino 3, and 1991 for Nino 4.

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30.8.

Today Isolated snow showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 22. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Make it stop!

35° SHSN Getting some heavier bursts in this plume.

It is no surprise to those of us following and posting the dailies that the RONI equivalent for last week rose 0.4 to +0.1, the largest weekly gain since the week centered on 5/31/23, which warmed 0.5. Other regions also warmed with a warming of 0.4 in both Nino 3 and Nino 4 while 1+2 warmed by 0.2: 08APR2026 1.0 -0.2 -0.3 0.2 15APR2026 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 How does the +0.1 compare to 2015, 1997, and 1982 in mid April? - 2015: +1.0 but it had a head start - 1997: +0.3 - 1982: +0.3 https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/indices/rel_wksst9120.txt

Graupel and snow mix and now a lighting strike with loud clap of thunder.

34 last night. Looks to stay above freezing tonight for the city and close suburbs. So vegetables will be fine. .

Mother's Day at this point? looks like a stubborn cool/cold pattern..brutal

There’s been a bimodal distribution of weather so far this spring.

accumulating hail or sleet—roofs, cars, mulch, grass. 40/34, down from 45 last hour. and yesterday i drove through snow in the Poconos—it’s the most frozen precip i’ve seen in April in a long time.

Can't remember the last time we had a decent stratiform rain here.

Well, at least the peach tree flowers were beautiful....after last night and tonight, we will not be eating fruit from those trees this year. Temp was 27.3⁰ this morning with heavy frost, can only imagine a few degrees lower tonight finish them off....

Low of 43. Glad I turned the heat back on.

There was a hail storm here too while parked at a gas station in Ranson.

36.1° -SN flurries Happy 420

MSP picked up 0.1” of snowfall yesterday morning bringing the season total to 48.6” this is likely the last snowfall until October.

A light intermittent spritz between 1 PM and 4 pm is not going to cut it...

Wow got down to 37.0 this morning and the farm got to 31.7, what a change! Sub freezing temps in central NC in late April hasn’t happened in awhile. Franklin county airport hit 32 on the nose

Just had a hail shower move thru. Like no rain…just pea sized hail lol.