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I think it was May 8 2003. What a Winter! Started snowing in October 2002 4x. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, it was either May 2 2002, or May 8 2002. It did snow one year on May 8 though.

Records: Highs: EWR: 91 (1942) NYC: 91 (1942) LGA: 89 (1942) JFK: 81 (2007) Lows: EWR: 34 (1931) NYC: 32 (1874) LGA: 42 (20140 JFK: 40 (1975) Historical: 1852 - A tornado, following the same track as the famous "Tri-state Tornado" of 1925, struck the town of New Harmony IND. Just sixteen persons were killed by the twister, due to the sparse settlement. The "Tri-state Tornado" killed 695 persons. (David Ludlum) 1888: 246 people died in the world's deadliest hailstorm in India. Hailstones were reportedly the size of baseballs. 1600 domesticated animals at Moradabad perished. 1924: A significant tornado outbreak occurred from Alabama to Virginia on the 29 through the 30th. 26 tornadoes were of F2 intensity or greater. A total of 111 people were killed, and over 1,100 injured. An estimated F4 tornado tore through Steedman and Horrell Hill, SC. This tornado killed 55 people. 1953 - A tornado 300 yards in width leveled homes on the north side of Warner-Robins GA, and barracks on the south side of the Warner-Robins Air Force Base. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 100 mph in Lincoln, Mineral and Sanders counties. Twenty-three cities in the central and southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Memphis TN was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 94 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - A cold front produced high winds in the southwestern U.S. Winds gusting to 90 mph in southwestern Utah downed power lines, and damaged trees and outbuildings. The high winds also downed power lines in Nevada, completely knocking out power in the town of Henderson. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in central and eastern Texas. Hail three inches in diameter was reported at Cool, and thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph at Hillsboro. For the first time of record Oklahoma City went through the entire month of April without a single thunderstorm. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (The Weather Channel) 1990 - Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in southern Virginia and the Carolinas, with tennis ball size hail reported southeast of Chesnee SC. Thunderstorms moving over the Chesapeake Bay flooded U.S. Highway 50 on Kent Island MD with several inches of water resulting in a seventeen-mile long traffic jam. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1994: Kaneohe Ranch, Oahu, Hawaii: It finally stops raining on the Kaneohe Ranch on the island of Oahu ending a streak of 247 consecutive days of rain which began 27 August 1993. (Ref. WxDoctor) 1996: All-time snow records fall around the Great Lakes in late snow: Cleveland, OH 101 inches, Marquette, MI 248.7 inches with a record 42 inches in April (Bob Ryan's 2000 Almanac) 1997: In the town of Fairview, IL several homes were damaged, with two people injured. In Middle Grove, the tornado destroyed two mobile homes and damaged 25 houses. The tornado then took an intermittent northeast path across Fulton, southeast Knox, western Peoria, and Stark Counties. Other tornadoes touched down in Macon, McLean, Adams, Hancock, and Montgomery Counties. Baseball sized hail fell at the Ballpark in Arlington, TX as the Texas Rangers played the Cleveland Indians. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2011: Chicago has its GLOOMIEST April ever! The frequent precipitation led to persistent cloud cover for much of April. According to Midway Airport observer Frank Wachowski`s monthly records of percentage of possible sunshine experienced was the cloudiest April on record with only 32 percent of possible sunshine. (Records since 1893). (Ref. NWS Chicago, IL Weather Forecast Office 333 West University Drive)

The forecast for south central Texas is a rational and good forecast. However, the forcing has consistently been located in a ribbon in between Austin and Waco all day long. This ribbon of forcing WILL NOT SHIFT SOUTH ever through mid November, when a record strong Nino will flood Texas with record 57 million year rains to my eternal delight. I live on a hill and I will then watch everyone get washed away. Buda will see about 483 small drops of rain tonight. That's all. But if you live between Austin and Waco, uh-oh.... But that will NOT happen in May, June, July, August or September this year. This fall things will change dramatically. There is also a mechanism that has been controlling weather in North America that will be dismantled this fall and that will radically alter weather in North America starting especially in 2027. The winter of 2026-2027 may resemble a severe Little Ice Age because of that. I have had an inside track on that matter for 2 years. Any of you ever see the TV series The Expanse? Would you believe it is TRUE? I have an inside track on that. Public will be hearing about that very soon. It is going to absolutely emotionally destroy many people. Not me though. I love dystopian scifi, ESPECIALLY when it comes true! The Times, They Are A-Changing so damn much it is beyond anything anyone in our time is even capable of imagining! But I am absolutely LOVING ALL OF IT! Let's see folks, the possibility of Earth a Kardashev 2.3 civilization in 30 years is a real possibility. I can deal with that. Can you? I can keep up with exponential logarithmic geometric change in technological and societal terms. I can do that in my sleep! About everyone else, I am not so sure.

Holy bejesus. I let the chickens out to free range around 7 and within a few minutes the mama bear walked out into the neighbor’s yard. Of course I had a chicken near the property line. I made as much noise as I could without approaching and it ran back into the woods. Not a fun night corralling birds for 90 minutes. I set up a new Wyze cam a bit ago and aimed it on the coop. Feeders are in.

63 tops today here and 0.57 in the bucket.

I'll take that the Nov Stratosphere warming effected in 60+ days, but not the March one effecting late April NAO. March is typically +15 days, while Nov can be +40-45 days as a mean (but can range from +15-65 days).

.56 here

Nice rains today. Peepers are still lit in force. Been going off every night now for a month. Im done with these 40s and 50s. Want more consistent 60s with some 70s thrown in the mix now.

Final numbers for April 2026: Mean Temperature: 55.0° (1.3° above normal).

All the complaints and this is thru day 7 finally N Atlantic Boston Climo. I mean this is nice overall https://x.com/ericfisher/status/2050002212894449665?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

Today was our 6th straight below normal temperature day and we picked up another 0.04" of rain this evening with the passing shower.

Agree! I tried the new version in Rehoboth a couple weeks ago. Not as complex- kind of all hoppy start to finish. Sort of one dimensional, but still good. Just finished a 4 pack of last year's version. I think that one might be my absolute fave, with the dry hopping giving it a nice zing at the finish after the malty-sweet middle.

Based on what besides automated CPC and poorly performing AIFS?

It started raining again here (Tamaqua) around 5:30pm. Hasn't stopped since

TAO/Triton trying to pop +5c subsurface below Nino 1+2. It might be taking shape in the east over the next few weeks. Snowman19 was right about the Kelvin wave making it all the way across.

Picked up .12" today with very little temp change. Low 61, high 70. Monthly stats: Highest temp: 90.5 Lowest Temp: 43 Rainfall: 2.50" with most coming early in the month.

April 2026 at DCA tied for the third warmest in DC history with an average temperature of 62.1 degrees. January-April averaged 46.2, the 28th warmest first third of the year in DC history. April 2026 precipitation at DCA totaled 1.55 inches, 1.65 below the 1991-2020 normal of 3.20. For the first third of 2026, DCA precipitation totaled 9.18 inches, 3.00 below the 1991-2020 normal of 12.18.

Wife: we should go to Palm Springs one day Me: we have Palm Springs at home babe

Boston temperature anomaly for the month at an Animal House 0.0

Let's keep the May the same way. Doesn't look likely.

@CAPEim drinking a 2026 dfh 120. It’s not as good as last year, imo, but still enjoyable. Last years seemed smoother.

I got .25" more than I expected after seeing the morning radar.

Bummer. Managed 1.18" Sent from my SM-S921U using Tapatalk

New CPC monthly outlook is going with El Nino precip pattern

100%. Some are relying/hoping too much for the warmest possible scenario and im just not buying it at this time.