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Best May in 43 years.

31.1° and an inch of fresh snow still on the ground. Looks amazing against the pink flowering trees. Bottomed out at 28.3° this morning. Was wondering if I'd ever see accumulating snow in May again, especially with how warm the planet is becoming. It's been a 43 year wait to see it again but was worth it for the novelty of it. It doesn't make up for the worst winter ever, but it's a nice attempt at an apology from mother nature. This is why you can't plant around here until the middle of May at the earliest.

Down to 36 in city, with the first snow in May since 1977. I know it’s highly unlikely they reach 32 tonight but curious what the latest freeze is in the city?

Snow lightning up. 32 degrees and 0.5 inches on the ground. Second best May snow of my lifetime.

0.3 inches and still snowing. This won’t approach the 3 inches we got on May 9 1977 but still an oddity worth staying up for.

Down to 33.8°, snowing moderately and now sticking to grass and tress.

34.2° and moderate snow falling. It's been exactly 43 years to the day that I could make that statement on May 9th. Of course that storm produced 6-10 inches of snow in parts of SE NY SNE and Central NY and NE. Slide mountain NY received 27 inches which was the jackpot in that memorable storm. Now lets see if this one can produce any accumulation, an inch or two would be pretty cool.

I haven’t seen accumulating snow in May since May 9-10 1977 event which was very interesting. After one of the lousiest winters ever I feel I’m owed this. I don’t include others because I’m not quite sure if everyone is in on May snow. Personally I’d welcome snow in June just for the record books.

35.6° light rain, some wet flakes. If this pattern switched even a month earlier it could have been a memorable last two weeks of March. The last of 100 other reasons to make this winter season a top 3 stinker of all time.

I would have expected all of those seasons to have warmed even more than what you show here. When you give the deviations here, are they increases for the last decade 2010-2019 vs. the 30 year averages 1951-1980?

38°, high winds and sunny skies at high noon on April 22nd. I repeat where was this pattern January through March when I would have enjoyed the cold. Anything that flowered three weeks premature is pretty much dead from the last several days.

Good Lord one month of normal temperatures after Several months of way above normal and people are complaining. It just reinforces my thoughts from several posts previous.

Bottomed out at 27.8° this morning, the third day in row below 30.

Amazing that so many seem to be complaining about how cold April has been and most stations are now within a half degree plus or minus normal right now for the month (NYC -0.2° through the 18th, Newark +0.2° and Poughkeepsie +0.5°. We've grown so accustomed to above normal temperatures we've forgotten what normal feels like, or at least what use to be normal as the planet continues to warm.

Bottomed out at 27.8° this morning. Definitely looking forward to 60° later today. Where was this pattern December 15th through March?

Did you get any accumulation last night Rob? I heard reports on other boards of 3-4 inches in the vicinity of Middletown.

33.6° and snowing, no accumulation. Went back and forth between rain and snow all night, nothing sticking, ten to fifteen miles to my NW 3-4 inches. The final parting insult to the worst winter ever.

33.6° and snowing, no accumulation. Went back and forth between rain and snow all night, nothing sticking, ten to fifteen miles to my NW 3-4 inches. The final parting insult to the worst winter ever.

22.1 inches, also my worst season since I've been keeping records. The winters low temperature of 5.1° is also my highest low temperature for a winter season. From my research, it looks to be only the second time in the last 87 years of records in the HV that we did not go below 5 degrees. An F of a winter if ever there was one. Of course with everything going on right now regarding the virus in hindsight it's insignificant.

Peak depth so far today is 1.3 inches but begins to compress and melt when precip lightens. Back to 32.4° with a light mix.

Had some heavy snow move in about an hour ago and temp dropped from 32.6 to 31.4. It actually began to stick to roads and cover driveway. Peak depth so far today is 1.3 inches but in areas that would be exposed to sun that begins to compress and melt when precip lightens. Back to 32.4° with a light mix.

30.6° moderate snow, grass getting white and nothing on the roads and driveway. With everything going on right now this is a nice diversion.

30.6° moderate snow, grass getting white and nothing on the roads and driveway. With everything going on right now this is a nice diversion.

Sullivan should be the ideal spot for this in the NW, NE suburbs of NYC, especially above 1,000 feet which is a big part of the county. Enjoy

That for sure, but also somewhat disturbing. Going on three months in a row of 5+ above normal temperatures is a little disconcerting. This is the first winter I've ever recorded that the temperature didn't drop below 5° and will be only the second in almost 100 years that doesn't happen in the HV. I have a streak of 12 winters in a row below 0° which will obviously come to an end.