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4-5 sweaty sleepless sticky nights. Why not just get em up and in and be done.. and get good sleep ?

Typically you want to drop the crabgrass prevention when the forsythia are in bloom . For here that was last week . And of course Stein swoops in now for the season

Figured soil temps up here would be just about right. But was definitely concerned about Stein

No need to install with the following week cooler. But we enjoy the warmth.

Great observation.

It’s past time but with Stein can’t drop it

Gonna be some hot houses and bedrooms this week . With 911 calls for folks needing sweaty, sticky sheets surgically removed . The stubborn folks that refuse to install will regret

How many black flies will be entangled in the pony-os of western mass folk?

Yep.

S tier day and week on tap Birds hella loud this morning

Hopefully everyone takes advantage of this last comfy day and installs..

Developing El Niños in April have pretty reliably resulted in near to record highs over 90° around the area like we most recently experienced in mid-April 2023. Newark Area, NJPeriod of record: 1931-01-01 through 2026-04-11 Developing El Niños bolded Highest maximum temperatures (degrees F)Top Record 2nd Record 3rd Record 4/1 82 in 1978 81 in 2026 80 in 2016 4/2 83 in 1967 80 in 1963 78 in 1946 4/3 81 in 1967 80 in 1981 77 in 2002 4/4 82 in 1950 79 in 1974 78 in 2010 4/5 83 in 1985 81 in 2010 75 in 1974 4/6 83 in 2023 80 in 1947 77 in 2010+ 4/7 92 in 2010 85 in 1991 84 in 1942 4/8 88 in 1991 84 in 2010 84 in 1959 4/9 85 in 2013 84 in 1991 78 in 1970 4/10 82 in 2017 82 in 1955 77 in 2008 4/11 87 in 2011 84 in 2017 84 in 1955 4/12 90 in 1977 87 in 2023 82 in 1996 4/13 92 in 2023 86 in 1977 84 in 2018+ 4/14 93 in 2023 88 in 2022 88 in 1941 4/15 88 in 1960 87 in 1941 85 in 1949 4/16 92 in 2002 88 in 2012 88 in 2003 4/17 97 in 2002 88 in 1976 83 in 1941 4/18 93 in 2002 93 in 1976 85 in 1964 4/19 92 in 1976 91 in 2002 89 in 1985 4/20 91 in 1941 88 in 2005 85 in 1938 4/21 88 in 1957 84 in 1985 84 in 1936 4/22 87 in 1985 86 in 2001 86 in 1973+ 4/23 88 in 1996 86 in 2007 82 in 1990+ 4/24 87 in 2001 84 in 2011 83 in 1994 4/25 91 in 1960 90 in 2009 87 in 1939 4/26 93 in 2009 85 in 2011 83 in 1985 4/27 94 in 1990 92 in 1994 90 in 1962 4/28 90 in 2009 90 in 1990 89 in 2021+ 4/29 91 in 1974 86 in 2024 86 in 2017+ 4/30 91 in 1942 87 in 1985 85 in 1941

Man what a week coming up. We summer. The greatest season is upon us.

Great write up from ECMWF on how to interpret the recent El Nino forecast so early in the development process. https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/science-blog/2026/el-nino-2026

Stein !

I obviously was being sarcastic. Models not budging on zero precip for the next 16 days unfortunately. Not even a pop up storm.

The low be in the upper '50s most of this week. Changes...

Have gotten out each of the last two weekends shaking off the rust. Yesterday’s wind was insane. Some of the windiest conditions I’ve ever played in.

43 degrees. Chilly.

The signal for record heat in the Mid-Atlantic into the New York City area on Wednesday has increased. The latest ECMWF EFI guidance:

21F for the low.

We must be getting pretty close to seed and feed the lawn week?

Looks like the usual NJ warm spots can see their first 90° readings of the season this week.

Because the warm waters are getting sloshed east with the developing El Nino and a +IOD is just starting to develop +IOD: https://www.climate.gov/media/11095

There was a great weather observer living in Newark back in those days. The NJ climate office added all the data to the climate record recently. The beauty of these records is that it matches other overlapping accounts from that era. The average snowfall during that era was 44.0” with a DJF average temperature of 30.4°. While this winter was the coldest and snowiest at Newark and other stations in over a decade, the temperatures were still warmer than 30 year average for that era. The snowfall this winter was a little higher than the 30 year mean for that era. Plus they measured snowfall less frequently in the old days compared to today. So the actual seasonal totals could have been around 15 to 20 percent higher if they used the current snowfall measurement techniques. https://news.ucar.edu/14009/snowfall-measurement-flaky-history Monthly a seasonal Total Snowfall for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. Mean 0.1 0.8 9.4 12.1 12.6 7.3 1.8 44.0 1872-1873 0.0 4.0 25.1 14.1 23.3 2.2 3.0 71.7 1871-1872 0.0 T 8.5 2.0 5.0 8.5 T 24.0 1870-1871 0.0 T 5.0 16.0 16.1 1.3 2.0 40.4 1869-1870 T T 8.1 1.8 8.5 11.0 3.0 32.4 1868-1869 T 0.0 9.5 11.0 12.0 5.0 0.6 38.1 1867-1868 0.0 T 15.5 23.8 14.0 15.0 7.0 75.3 1866-1867 0.0 T 7.0 23.5 15.5 17.5 T 63.5 1865-1866 0.0 0.0 13.1 11.8 8.0 1.5 T 34.4 1864-1865 0.0 0.3 26.0 10.5 12.5 T 0.0 49.3 1863-1864 0.0 T 4.3 7.0 1.0 7.0 T 19.3 1862-1863 0.0 6.5 8.0 10.0 13.0 10.9 1.8 50.2 1861-1862 0.0 1.0 1.0 12.0 25.5 4.6 6.0 50.1 1860-1861 0.0 T 7.0 20.6 1.3 17.0 2.0 47.9 1859-1860 3.0 0.0 5.1 11.3 25.0 2.5 T 46.9 1858-1859 0.0 5.5 6.5 12.3 15.8 6.0 T 46.1 1857-1858 0.0 T 4.5 1.8 10.5 10.5 T 27.3 1856-1857 0.0 0.5 4.3 28.1 2.1 17.0 0.0 52.0 1855-1856 0.0 T 9.0 32.8 5.0 11.0 0.0 57.8 1854-1855 0.0 T 8.0 18.5 16.0 2.5 T 45.0 1853-1854 0.0 M 14.5 15.0 23.5 2.8 13.5 69.3 1852-1853 0.0 T T 15.5 2.3 7.0 T 24.8 1851-1852 0.0 2.0 7.0 20.0 14.0 16.0 4.3 63.3 1850-1851 0.0 0.0 6.0 2.5 3.5 10.5 2.0 24.5 1849-1850 0.0 0.0 11.0 3.0 T 9.0 8.0 31.0 1848-1849 0.0 1.3 24.0 T 13.0 6.0 0.0 44.3 1847-1848 0.0 T 6.0 T 8.0 5.0 T 19.0 1846-1847 0.0 1.5 12.0 10.0 21.0 4.3 0.5 49.3 1845-1846 0.0 T 8.5 16.5 28.0 T T 53.0 1844-1845 0.0 0.5 6.5 5.5 20.5 5.5 T 38.5 1843-1844 0.0 1.3 9.5 5.5 13.5 1.8 0.0 31.6 Monthly Mean Avg Temperature for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ December to February Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. Mean 31.9 28.8 30.4 30.4 1872-1873 24.7 25.1 27.4 25.7 1871-1872 28.4 29.3 29.7 29.1 1870-1871 33.6 26.5 28.6 29.6 1869-1870 32.9 35.8 30.7 33.1 1868-1869 28.2 32.8 33.3 31.4 1867-1868 26.7 26.3 21.7 24.9 1866-1867 30.7 22.9 36.4 30.0 1865-1866 35.2 25.2 29.9 30.1 1864-1865 31.9 22.8 29.2 28.0 1863-1864 31.4 29.5 32.6 31.2 1862-1863 32.7 32.9 31.4 32.3 1861-1862 33.6 27.6 30.0 30.4 1860-1861 28.8 27.8 34.2 30.3 1859-1860 29.3 29.9 28.9 29.4 1858-1859 32.7 29.6 32.6 31.6 1857-1858 37.0 36.0 26.4 33.1 1856-1857 29.8 19.0 35.7 28.2 1855-1856 33.6 21.4 24.0 26.3 1854-1855 28.8 32.3 25.8 29.0 1853-1854 32.8 28.8 30.6 30.7 1852-1853 39.7 30.5 34.9 35.0 1851-1852 27.2 25.5 31.5 28.1 1850-1851 33.8 33.3 36.9 34.7 1849-1850 33.1 34.4 35.1 34.2 1848-1849 39.9 25.8 24.9 30.2 1847-1848 36.3 32.8 30.5 33.2 1846-1847 31.5 30.4 29.7 30.5 1845-1846 27.6 30.2 27.1 28.3 1844-1845 33.0 33.2 31.3 32.5 1843-1844 33.4 25.1 31.3 29.9