LibertyBell

EWR: 26 (1977)NYC: 25 (1977)LGA: 26 (1977) This must have been the last of the cold as 90 was hit later in April.

Hopefully NYC hits 90 before the foliage comes in and ruins it.

Might actually have another one tonight, forecast is for 30s here

I saw, weird it's on the edge, I might need to go a little further north. Also, I didn't know Syracuse was that far north, I thought it was in Central NYS =\

it crashed my computer lol, I need to not have 140+ tabs open (I forgot the exact number lol)

it was a "just miss" winter for us, I wonder why?

Don, although it's not going to happen this year, I always consider 4/20 the end of measurable snowfall season because that's the latest we've had that (in 1983). Three measurable snowfalls this late include 4/10/1996 (4-5 inches), 4/16/2014 (0.5-1 inch), 4/20/1983 (1.5-2 inches)

stupid south east ridge is sending the path of totality to our far north, you can never win with that thing!

This map is off though, you don't have to be that far north to get into totality, you just need to get to Syracuse. I saw TWC posting the same map.

Chris do you think that el nino caused such a startling effect that the PDO cycles got dramatically shorter?

This must have been when we had that April 1990 snowstorm! And in 1991 this was the first of a record number 0f 90 degree days that was later tied in 1993! It's unusual to see NYC as the only official local area reporting station hit 90 degrees! 1990 - Twenty-two cities reported record low temperatures for the date as readings dipped into the 20s and 30s across much of the eastern U.S. Freezing temperatures severely damaged peach and apple orchards in West Virginia, where prolonged mild weather since January had caused an early blooming of spring vegetation. State and Federal agencies estimated a 50 percent loss in production for peaches and "Delicious Red Apples". (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

right rather than using "luck" to explain it, it's interesting how these patterns run in cycles.

these things run in cycles, we had a similar sequence in the 80s and early 90s

Some say that the sst in the Atlantic are what kept this past winter from producing. Either way, the pacific is far more influential in our weather than the atlantic, so a -nao wont do anything if the pacific is horrible.

Interesting-- so 1957-58 was the trigger that gave us the great winters in the 60s? (1959-60 tail end, 1960-61, 1963-64, 1966-67, etc.)

I'd like to see this pattern continue through the summer

It wasn't supposed to be sunny today....we'll see the sun again on Sunday.

It's interesting they are going to be colder than we are.

pacific will do it, a strong pacific signal can overwhelm whatever the atlantic wants to do, just like it did in the winter. Strong war with westerly winds.

and 100s with dry heat is far better, I think we return to that this summer

THE GOAT OF ALL SUMMERS 2010: The record heat that affected the region on April 6-7 included 93 degrees at the Washington-Dulles Airport on April 6, the earliest 90-degree reading on record. On April 7, Newark, New Jersey, shattered its daily record by seven degrees when the maximum temperature rose to 92 degrees. The Northeast ended up with its second warmest April in 116 years. 2010 - A temperature of 80 degrees is measured on Grandfather Mountain, NC, the warmest ever measured in April and three degrees short of the all-time record high for any month. It even hit 90 on the south shore on this day in 2010

hot and dry weather is good rain once a week is fine, but the other days should be hot and dry

those amazing record lows in 1982 in the wake of the historical April blizzard

wow we hit mid 70s before the sea breeze came in after 3 pm

I don't remember it at all-- I think the 1999 outbreaks (in May and September) were stronger weren't they?