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For a good chunk of spring CPK isnt fully leafed out yet, so the temp disparity doesn't show as much yet compared to nearby urban stations. Also in spring the Park is a little more protected from the frequent cool E/NE flow, keeping LGA cooler on some days. As that influence gets weaker later on, back door fronts less common, and the vegetation gets lush the Park's cool bias starts on cue. I wish I could find the article, but the NWS has already acknowledged this phenomenon is legitimate 10 yrs ago or so. They basically just accept it as is for a few reasons... 1. Technically KNYC is accurate for what it is, a dense semi forested park, and its readings accuratly reflect that. (Kinda putting the onus on the consumer to recognize a park for what it is vs an urbanized street and analyze accordingly.) 2. Its historical significance. Its one of the longest running climate stations, and in America's biggest city. They dont want to mess with it. So its just grandfathered in to the climate data despite falling short of their own offical standards. 3. There are plenty of offical weather stations around it to reflect the local urban climate. (Kind of putting it at the medias feet to use all available data to portray an accurate picture to the public.) In fact the closest offical reporting station for many/most NYC residents isnt KNYC, but LGA or JFK...all of Queens, the BX and portions of BK would fall into that. The ASOS is not that far from Museum of Natural History. Its fenced in, surrounded by trees, last I saw some now hang over the top as well. In wetter patterns weeds and shrubs will be overgrown near-by too. The trees do help shield it from the public which the NWS probably likes.

Reached 92 in a bone dry backyard

Feeling like a summer night, minus humidity, holding that warmth..steady temp at 77

Yeah i know right. These well advertised very warm days have been kind of duds, and not just at the expected immediate coast. I mean it wasnt forecast to be wall to wall sun, but extended period of cool, overcast, windy, drizzle conditions I didn't expect. On the flip side we have escaped those extreme stretches of back door purgatory this spring, so not bad overall.

Reach 82 briefly. Wild temp swings. Went from upper 60s to low 80s in an hr than back to 70 the next hr. While technically 80s (for 15 mins or so) the day felt far from one of the warmest thus far.

Yeah I rapidly shot up at the same time to 81. Its a thin line though, based on driving around a min ago its dramatically cooler once you get close to the Hutch pkwy. Still nice if you can forget about all the fanfare of a summer like day.

Central Park 77, LGA was 67

NWS forecast was 88 here. We'll see. It's 67 with nearly calm wind to an occasional light NE breeze. The Park is 72 though. This is the time of yr when sometimes they can actually be the city's warm spot. East of Manhattan it looks like a struggle.

mostly sunny and 71

Maybe mold spores for you

Yeah its pretty bad this year. Alot of sunny, mild, windy days. Up until now, havent had alot of those extended cool gloomy back door purgatory pattens, which suck but help with tree pollen at least.

It really does. So often it'll be a sea of warmth with a little cold and/or gloomy pocket in the northeast to New England. You dont even have to go that far for a much nicer springs. Just to Philly its noticeably better and a DC spring will make you think you traveled way more than just a couple hundred miles. Also this super dry air is an asthma nightmare, esp combined with pollen. When can we get dew points consistently 40+, and be totally done with single digits like today.

31 in the Bx, after a low of 28. April sun takes a lot of the sting out of it though. Freeze watch (soon to be warning) again tonight. Blooming cherry blossoms here look fine

Today was a tsunami for allergies. Sunshine, 80s, strong winds gusting to 50 mph. That pollen perfect storm almost never happens. If its that windy its usually associated with cooler weather and/or rain. Plus winds were S to SW for a huge influx of new pollen

Temps jumped in a hurry was mid 60s not much more than an hr ago, now sunny 80, with some powerful gusts. Can you have a wind chill at 80? Lol

pretty much..doesn't look like much grows up there. Just dried up grass and weeds as far as I could see, and whatever toxic trash is buried underneath. Its kind of surrounded by marshland so it looked hard to spread further.

Damn its actually quite a large fire on that huge hill which is a former landfill. At the end of pelham pkwy just before the birdge toward Orchard beach/city island. Hard to access up there. Thick smoke into co op city, more moderate into Pelham/New Rochelle. Also nearby a fire on Stillwell Ave & Pelham pkwy S

Theres a brush fire in pelham bay park..around where Pelham pkwy passes I 95

Partly sunny now, 52

Around an inch before changing to a steady rain. Pretty messy out

Snow sticking now including on pavement.

Mod wet snow now..or white rain. No accumulation including cars, grass..temp down to 37.

Bx, headed down pelham pkwy, mainly rain beginning...ocasional wet snowflake mixed in, 39

A few snow showers this morning, changed back to light freezing rain. 29F. Walking is a challenge anywhere snow was cleared.

28, freezing drizzle. snow is getting compressed