LibertyBell

Yep, my advice is west of Oceanside and north of Island Park is good! Lots of birds around here for birdwatching too, I don't know if they're here because of the stuff I planted or if they were always here and I just started noticing them since I got a birding camera, but I never knew so many different bird species live so close to the city. There's one I haven't ID'ed yet, it looks like a very large starling but it has a large fan shaped tail which it opens and closes. It's a dark brown color.

I'm 10-15 minutes from there. I use three weather station data, 2 in Lynbrook, one in Valley Stream and one in Oceanside.

I love 5 corners, where all the main roads meet lol. It's still thundering here intermittently. This is real spring weather, anything can happen at any time (aside from snow of course.)

There was a break and more heavy rain and thunder has moved in here in SW Nassau

It's raining so hard here it could be a damn monsoon!! Whomever said it wasn't going to rain were very obviously wrong. I trust the forecasts put out by our local news stations much more than any individual model, because the news station forecasts tend to be right. Rain for the next 4 days, not all the time, but for a good percentage of the time. Experiencing a deluge right now! I just heard thunder too!

almost 20 inches in that storm in Philly!

Yes, I enjoy April snow more than March snow too lol. I think the atmosphere needs to reload after a snowy February so March is often skipped over. When we get a lot of snow in March it's often after a lackluster mild winter (the 1950s are a great example of this.) It's either that or December and January have been mild and the snow season really gets going later on after January 20th and lasts through March (2014-15 was like this.) Or if it's a really great winter with a lot of snow in every month then the pattern reloads during an extended multiweek thaw in January (1966-67 and 1995-96 were like this.) It's the same reason why a snowy November usually means the first half of winter will be a dud, the pattern needs to reload (2012-13 was like this.)

1987 - A storm in the southeastern U.S. produced a trace of snow at Mobile, AL, one inch at Jackson MS, and two inches at Meridian MS, the latest snow of record for those three locations. Birmingham AL received seven inches of snow, and up to nine inches was reported in northeast Alabama. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987) (The National Weather Summary) So we can get suppression even in April ;-)

Interesting how 1967 went from record cold and snow to record highs the last two days Tony.

we've officially gone past +1.5C a few years ahead of time.

too early for planting either way, although I have a large cluster of daffodils in my back yard now (6 have already flowered.)

thinking of 2002-03 which was one of our best

moderate can also be very good (also depends on other factors).

it's interesting with such a strong ridge we're not going to get all that warm. What kind of ridge did we have in April 2002 that caused that amazing heat? And in April 2010 when we had our earliest 90 degree day (92) on record?

Around the 10th? We're going to need an exceptional airmass. I would bet on not getting to freezing but maybe 35-36 or so. That can happen a lot this time of year in a cold airmass.

it's been raining most of the morning, I woke up to drip drip drip lol. For me a sucky day this time of year is overcast and damp regardless of temperatures. A good day is blue skies and sunshine regardless of temperatures (it's never going to be all that cold during the day this time of year unless there's an April 1982 kind of airmass which never happens anymore.)

wow and Tampa's record is from a much hotter year overall, 1991 had one of our hottest summers on record. Tampa could experience its earliest four-day heatwave on record during April 2-5. The existing record is April 26-29, 1991.

I'd worry a lot more about historic flooding. No one deserves what the midwest and south are going to get over the next few days.

Historically going through our precipitation record, that's the only time we have had less than 30 inches of rainfall. A couple of times we have had between 35-40 inches of rainfall so that's our lower baseline in our new climate. As we've seen with historic flooding, this kills far more people than a year with between 35-40 inches of rain. It's why the predictions are so dire for the midwest and south, historic flooding is one of the top killers =\

this morning right up until 2 pm was absolutely wonderful with lots of sunshine and blue skies. 70s are good but 70s with rain and overcast skies suck.

I dont think that's even possible. The worst drought we had was in 1965 I think

at 2 pm the clouds are finally here. No more sun until Monday? =\

it started last fall, Ray.

higher winds kept the mins higher

It's definitely coming down now, the drier weather starting last fall and the weird hurricane season are sure signs of it, so are the cold but dry winter.