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With 5-1/2 hours of serviceable daylight left in this 3 day weekend blue skies and sunshine have returned. Will fire up the grill later.

Steady light rain ongoing but looks to be last batch. Should see drying and some brightening by later this afternoon. Event total here as of 8am 1.90". Hoping to get something on the grill for dinner. Remember those who gave all this Memorial Day. My great Uncle, killed on Iwo Jima. I of course never met him. He enlisted at age 18, right out of high school and was deployed to Iwo Jima. My mother told the story of how she was visiting her grandparents in rural Teaneck, NJ. and she was sitting in the living room with her grandmother (my great uncles mother) when two marines knocked on the door with the news that he had been killed. My nephew, a marine now holds his medals and dog tags.

They are not likely to make it up. Lots of $ lost for those folks this weekend. One of the three big summer weekends was just flushed down the drain.

Have to believe the bicycle stuff is due at least in part to the tough economy right now. Gas costs eating into people's disposable income? I'm sure the weather does play at least some part though. Hope things pick up for you soon.

The only folks I feel sorry for this weekend are those that count on nice beach weather weekends to earn a living. It is a short season for them and this long holiday weekend was wasted. The rest of us will survive, it is an annoyance at worst.

Rain all but over out this way. Clouds will linger along with some mist and drizzle. Event total here as of 8am = 1.55". Temperatures have been in the mid to upper 40's for about 30 hours. Just now popped to 50 degrees. Spread fertilizer on Friday afternoon and nice slow rain was perfect to soak it in. Nice soaking sub forum wide.

Thanks for the stats! So a small one site sample shows: - 40 years since the last monthly record low. - 92 years since a monthly record low during meteorological winter. Since 1998 5 monthly record warm readings but none of those during meteorological summer all were during meteorological winter. Of course NYC temperatures during the summer are skewed low since equipment was moved from out in the open to the middle of a thicket. Hard to envision a monthly record low in NYC until the next climate shift to cooler occurs from whatever the cause of that may be. Volcanic? Next natural climate shift? Something more drastic?

@donsutherland1 or @bluewave Do either of you have any idea when the last time a monthly record low was tied or broken at any of our local climo sites?

Anyone have an idea of when the last time was around here that a monthly record low was tied or broken?

Steady light to sometimes moderate rain ongoing. Very chilly and damp with temperature currently at 54 degrees. Had an overnight low of 50. As of 8am had received .12". Ongoing rains will moisten the soil so that the upcoming weekend rains will be more able to soak in instead of just initially running off. Going to put some fertilizer down tomorrow. Been waiting for some decent rains to apply it. Totals as of 8am this morning. Some places did really well. Click to zoom.

Small clusters of storms developing over CPA

Watch posted sub forum wide.

Sampling of the highest readings across NJ today.

Warmest NJ highs from this afternoon.

Currently a 97 near TTN. Cooking over the interior of NJ today.