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Maybe one last one tonight

we don't snow anymore even in the winter without these strong EPO blocks.

what caused the crazy May 9, 2020 arctic shot, Chris? was it the strongest arctic shot in May since May 9, 1977 or maybe even stronger?

absolutely-- we don't exist in a vacuum. The planet can to some extent self regulate and nature tries to balance out the human caused changes by adjusting in return.

Same low as Westhampton and a record there

Gabreski also had a record low, 24 I think?

it got down into the upper 30s last night!

There's other factors associated with this-- for example excessive flooding, more forest fires and higher air pollution. Add them all up together and you have billion dollar disaster that need to be paid for by lowlifes like Greenskeeper and his kind who don't understand science and the fossil fuel cartels trash like him worships.

The important thing to remember about climate change, as you stated, is more extremes. That means both extremes in temperature as well as precipitation. The motto should be to expect the unexpected.

They will once we get rid of this polluted concrete. NYC has plans to make the city 30% green by 2030.

But why is last freeze for Central Park being listed as March 30th? When I was growing up it was listed as April 10th....

wow I wonder if that was the warmest low temperature at JFK at which 1" of snow has fallen?

Thats right we had a small accumulation of snow on 4/16/14! I'm shocked it wasn't either 4/19 or 4/20 in 1983.... didn't JFK have about 2 inches of snow on that very late date? Tony, can you please check 4/19-4/20 in 1983 and see what the temperature was when it was snowing on those days? Thanks!

Found it! It was on until 1995-- ended just before the historic 1995-96 snowfall season (but at least it was here for 1993-94 when I remember watching it almost every morning!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.M._Weather A.M. Weather[1] was an American weather news program that ran from October 30, 1978 to February 3, 1995. and was broadcast on PBS member stations throughout the United States. The 15-minute daily program, which aired fifteen minutes before or after the hour (depending on the station's scheduling of the program) and was produced by Maryland Public Television (MPT, or before 1984 the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting), featured detailed forecasts presented by meteorologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While many other media outlets embraced computer weather maps and graphics in the 1980s for weather forecasting use, A.M. Weather held back on fully embracing computer graphics until 1991, although the program did adapt to such graphics for satellite and radar maps in the late 1980s. The show's trademark yellow pointer was a mainstay of the program entire run. Overview[edit] The show's progression usually started with a satellite and radar segment, followed by the current conditions around the U.S. (vice versa in early years), then the forecast (especially in terms of temperatures and precipitation), followed by an aviation forecast (locations of MVFR and IFR, aircraft icing, turbulence and winds aloft) and ended (when necessary) with an inclement weather report, called "WeatherWatch" (the only time that the yellow pointer was not used). The program aired its final edition on February 3, 1995; one of the reasons behind A.M. Weather's cancellation was that MPT wanted to expand on its morning business news enterprise with Bloomberg L.P. Hosts included NOAA meteorologists Carl Weiss, Joan von Ahn and Wayne Winston, as well as H. Michael Mogil, Rich Warren, Dale Bryan and Barry Richwein. Other notable substitute hosts included: Regis Walter, Steve Zubrick (now the president of the National Weather Association), Gary Petti (a meteorologist with National Weather Service and National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), now retired), and George Lessens (now the chief meteorologist at WZZM in Grand Rapids, Michigan).

Yep, and they gave flight info and it's the first time I ever heard of these terms! It was only on for 15 minutes a day in the 80s and 90s at 7:15 AM but I loved watching it and I remember looking at their forecast snow maps-- they were usually first onto a potential threat before the local news stations got it.

How much cooler are we talking about after May 4th, Tony? Not as cool as it is now or will be tonight?

Thanks Tony, what about LGA and JFK?

and also the clouds, which were pretty low here this morning. Chris, what's the latest that we've seen 32 degrees at the park or city airports over the past 50 years or so? I'm curious about how we're seeing mid to upper 30s occurring later now than they used to, but our last freeze always seems to be in late March now.

With the clouds it never got lower than the low 40s last night. Tonight should be the coldest night of the entire month though....

the sun is coming back out here now.

we need the front to fully pass through and push this junk offshore completely

didn't we have thunderstorms last week? we had rain and then the sun came out.... I think it was two Saturdays ago?

I'm looking through my pictures to see what year my garden did the best, it turns out it was 1993. But I was also using cow manure back then..... lol

The cold is more of a problem than lack of rainfall for those-- we already have way too much rain. I grow those myself-- peppers need hot weather to grow well.

I like the label "drought resistant"