LibertyBell

Good, let it stay dry for many weeks.

wow in our warmest winter on record.... and even after that big heatwave in April!

Definitely-- I remember 2010 when we had 3 100+ degree days on the south shore but it was nice and dry and the heat really did not feel bad at all because it was so nice and dry!

Thanks, Chris, what's their latest freeze on record-- May 31st I think? and wow 42 degrees is VERY cold for JFK on May 18th!

we are now building wind farms that will power millions of homes though. I think wind is the future of energy for us and it will happen quicker than many think. The long island wind farm project is quite extensive!

I mean it's a really good thing for the fertility rate to go down in some of these countries. The extremely high and horrible rates of air pollution in India are both because of an extremely high population and widespread use of vehicles. There's horror stories coming out of there of people having constant headaches and burning eyes every day because the air pollution is so bad and the only time they were able to see the mountains was during the pandemic. The projections say that with lower air pollution the life expectancy in India would be 12 years more.... that's very sad and very scary.

wow how cold did it get down here last May? we've been having a lot of these since 2020.

Wouldn't it be funny if it was so hot that JFK even hit 100 with a sea breeze? If Newark got to 114 JFK would definitely hit 100 even on a southerly breeze.

Good riddance to the rain-- it should only rain every 10 days

Good point! Burn on! I actually don't mind fires unless they burn down someone's house or hurt someone. Brush fires are natural and should occur.

the problem with late season freezes and frosts is also about perennials that bloom early because of unseasonal warm weather that happened earlier and then they get damaged by the out of season freezes and frosts

why doesn't someone get rid of this stuff? it's an eyesore anyway

Chris is this it for the cold weather or will it come back again after this warmup?

I have a question that seems like it should have a simple answer but it probably doesn't. Why is it that it's still relatively easy to get into the upper 30s and sometimes even mid 30s in mid to late April and once in awhile even early May, but our last freezing temperatures are still occurring in late March now? Talking about the airports and close in suburbs like western Long Island. Why haven't we seen any freezing temperatures happen after 4/15 with all these late season cold outbreaks we've had since 2020? When was the last time one of the city airports or the Park had a low of freezing or below after 4/15? After 4/20?

and they are owned by IBM a corporate tyrant, who also bought WeatherUnderground and started charging people large sums of money to upload data from PWS.

There is ONE benefit to fossil fuels and it's a very interesting one. Lower fertility being linked to fossil fuels. Wrap your head around that one.... It would be some kind of poetic justice if people couldn't have kids anymore because of fossil fuels LOL

That's a condemnation on the sustainability of society more than anything. Especially plastic-- which are now being found in our own bodies. I wonder when people finally realize that the end of humanity is coming, how they will think. Species usually peak just before there's a huge population crash. I can envision our population being cut by 90% by 2100.

They even talked about it last year citing the high death toll in Europe from heat waves (I think the heat waves get named there?)

it's a gimmick now, mostly for gardeners and travel. They should rename it to The Recreational Channel.

Just wait until TWC starts naming heatwaves lol

TWC will start naming heatwaves soon.

So May 9, 2020 was the latest that snow has been recorded at JFK, Don?

I remember my tomato plants were damaged during a heavy frost we had on May 13, 1996. That was my latest frost here on the south shore. And that was on a Monday, I spent the weekend in the Poconos were it snowed and caused tree damage after a severe weather outbreak! That was my latest snowfall and it came after our best winter ever. I enjoyed May 9, 2020 much more. I would wait for the week before Memorial Day weekend to plant anything sensitive.

It might be around the time that LGA recorded their latest trace of snow, which I believe was near Memorial Day in 1964? For Newton or Sparta I'd look at records from Sussex, NJ (KFWN?)

May 9, 2020 goes into the same category as February 14, 2016. Extreme cold islands surrounded by an ocean of warmth. October 2011 snowstorm and January 2016 snowstorm fit into this too.