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1.51 in th bucket now slowing down

Up to 0.90 here and counting.

more scattered rain towards early afternoon

The period May 23 - 28 should shave those positive departures a bit.

Euro still not updating in the PSU Ewall site It is more similar to the Canadian in the Day 7-10 (May 21 - May 24)

Records: Highs: -- Coolest record highs of the month - 5/14 just isnt hot in recorded history EWR: 86 (1991) NYC: 88 (1900) LGA: 84 (1991) JFK: 87 (1991) Lows: EWR: 36 (1939) NYC: 40 (1878) LGA: 44 (2019) JFK: 39 (1987) Historical: 1686: The inventor of the thermometer Gabriel Fahrenheit was born. 1834: The greatest May snowstorm on record for New England occurred. The hills around Newbury, VT were covered with up to 24 inches of snow and the higher elevations around Haverhill, NH received up to three feet of snow. 1896 - The mercury plunged to 10 degrees below zero at Climax, CO. It was the lowest reading of record for the U.S. during the month of May. (David Ludlum) 1898 - A severe thunderstorm, with some hailstones up to 9.5 inches in circumference, pounded a four mile wide path across Kansas City MO. South-facing windows were broken in nearly every house in central and eastern parts of the city, and several persons were injured. An even larger hailstone was thought to have been found, but it turned out to be a chunk of ice tossed out the window of a building by a prankster. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac) (The Weather Channel) 1985: Severe thunderstorms developed in DeWitt County, located between Bloomington and Decatur, and moved northward. The storms produced a wind gust of 73 mph at the Bloomington airport. In the Marshall County town of Wenona, winds up to 100 mph destroyed several barns and farm buildings. LaSalle County had 2 inch diameter hail and 60 mph winds; in Mendota, nearly every building in town sustained some damage. 1987 - Seven cities across the western U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as unseasonably hot weather made a comeback. The record high of 103 degrees at Sacramento CA was their ninth in eleven days, and also marked a record seven days of 100 degree heat for the month. Their previous record was two days of 100 degree heat in May. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Sunny and dry weather prevailed across the nation. Temperatures warmed into the 80s and lower 90s in the Great Plains Region and the Mississippi Valley. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced severe weather in south central Texas and the Southern High Plains Region during the afternoon and evening hours. Thunderstorms produced softball size hail at Spearman and Hitchcock, TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather from northwest Texas to western Missouri. Severe thunderstorms spawned seventeen tornadoes, including nine in Texas. Four tornadoes in Texas injured a total of nine persons. Thunderstorms in Texas also produced hail four inches in diameter at Shamrock, and hail four and a half inches in diameter near Guthrie. Thunderstorms over northeastern Kansas produced more than seven inches of rain in Chautauqua County between 9 PM and midnight. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

59 / 57 cloudy and light rain. 0.75 in the bucket (so far). Clouds remain and rain should go more scattered today and being the coolest day of the period stuck in the low 60s. Warmer tomorrow with maybe some breaks of sun once the fog burns off and isolated showers and rain. SImilar and yet warmer on Friday with mainly cloudy skies and some scattered showers. Saturday not a wash out and the chance to the warmest day of the next 10 with enough sun could push low - mid 80s in the warm spots ahead of the storms coming with the cold front. Reprieve between the unesettled weather with a sunny dry Sunday - Wednesday - near normal. Next trough begins its cut off and memorial day misery Wed - Sun with more clouds, cool and rain. May be a top 5 ugly weekend. Trough clings to the east and any clinging to heat before June is all but evaporated - no fear for the fans of summer help could be on the way by the first week of next month with the building heat in the west ejecting east in the long range.

Steady light - sheet rain has yielded 0.11 here in the last few hours.

Brunt of the rain is forecast between 8PM tonight and 6AM THu morning 1.00 - 1.5. Then more scattered rains (0.15-0.50) Thu - Friday afternoon. Some storms/showers with the front Sat (0.10 - 0.30) Then dry Sun - Tue next week.

Just some occasional light shower or light drizzle here.

Heaviest rains so far west

Records: Highs: EWR: 92 (1956) NYC: 89 (1956) LGA: 89 (1956) JFK: 82 (2004) Lows: EWR: 37 (1938) NYC: 39 (1895) LGA: 42 (2019) JFK: 41 (2020) Historical: 1930 - A man was killed when caught in an open field during a hailstorm northwest of Lubbock TX. It was the first, and perhaps the only, authentic death by hail in U.S. weather records. (David Ludlum) 1980: An F3 tornado ripped directly through the center of Kalamazoo, Michigan, killing five people, injuring 79, leaving 1,200 homeless and causing $50 million in damage. The tornado passed directly over the American Bank, where a barograph reported a pressure drop of 0.59 inches. 1981 - A tornado 450 yards in width destroyed ninety percent of Emberson TX. People did not see a tornado, but rather a wall of debris. Homes were leveled, a man in a bathtub was hurled a quarter of a mile, and a 1500 pound recreational vehicle was hurled 500 yards. Miraculously no deaths occurred in the tornado. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - A cold front brought an end to the early season warm spell in the north central U.S., but not before the temperature at Sioux City IA soared to a record warm 95 degrees. Strong southwesterly winds ahead of the cold front gusted to 52 mph at Marais MI. Evening thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Rockford MN, and wind gusts to 75 mph at Belmond IA. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Strong winds along a cold front ushering cold air into the northwestern U.S. gusted to 69 mph at Myton UT. Temperatures warmed into the 80s ahead of the cold front, as far north as Montana. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a warm front produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region during the afternoon and night. A thunderstorm at Killeen TX produced wind gusts to 95 mph damaging 200 helicopters at Fort Hood causing nearly 500 million dollars damage. Another thunderstorm produced softball size hail at Hodges TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front spawned ten tornadoes from eastern Wyoming to northern Kansas, including seven in western Nebraska. Thunderstorms forming ahead of a cold front in the eastern U.S. spawned five tornadoes from northeastern North Carolina to southern Pennsylvania. Thunderstorms over southeast Louisiana deluged the New Orleans area with four to eight inches of rain between 7 AM and Noon. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1995: This outbreak produced tornadoes extending from the Mississippi River near Burlington, Iowa, to the west of Bloomington, Illinois. Two violent tornadoes, each ranked at F4 intensity, were reported. The first tornado traveled 60 miles from near Fort Madison, Iowa, to the southeast of Galesburg, Illinois producing over $10 million damage. The town of Raritan, Illinois was hit the hardest. The second violent tornado traveled 7 miles across Fulton County from Ipava to Lewistown, Illinois producing $6 million damage. Another strong tornado took a 25-mile path across parts of Fulton, Mason, and Tazewell Counties. The storms also produced softball-size hail south and northwest of Macomb in Illinois. Five men were injured in Lawrence County, Indiana when lightning struck one of them and traveled to the other four. There were 184 reports of severe weather, including over three dozen tornadoes. 2001: Two brothers hiking with their family in the Zion National Park in Utah were swept away when flash flooding suddenly struck after a burst of heavy rain. The youngsters were ahead of the rest of their family when they came to a part of the trail that was underwater. They were swept away as they attempted the cross the flooded part of the trail.

Curious if you run # 80 days M-A-M to compare with this.

64 / 61 here. Tue - Fri cloudy periods of showers and rain 1-2 inches of rain. Sat front brings next shot at storms/showers but not a washout. Sunday - Tuesday dry out and warm up could approach 80 in the warm spots. Longer range continues to have trough into the east with more unsettled weather. Outside chance to capture a 90 before the close of the month but chances were diminished with the latest forecasts output. Overall near normal / wetter 5/18 - 5/31

Just as important ear Rank Days >= 80 °F 2015 1 118 2024 2 117 2021 3 116 1994 4 114 2016 5 113 1993 5 113 1991 5 113 2011 8 111 2010 8 111 2023 10 110 2022 11 109 1959 12 108 2007 13 106 2005 14 105 2002 15 104 1990 16 103 1957 16 103 1983 18 102 1906 18 102 1989 20 101 1986 20 101 1949 20 101 1908 20 101 2019 24 100 2017 24 100 2018 26 99 2013 26 99 2001 26 99 2008 29 98 1998 29 98 1944 29 98 2020 32 97 2012 32 97

ar Rank Days >= 100 °F 1993 1 9 1949 2 8 2022 3 6 1953 3 6 1988 5 5 1966 5 5 2011 7 4 2010 7 4 1955 7 4 1944 7 4 2012 11 3 2006 11 3 2005 11 3 2001 11 3 1999 11 3 1911 11 3 2024 17 2 2021 17 2 2013 17 2 2002 17

ear Rank Days >= 95 °F 1993 1 25 2010 2 21 2022 3 20 1988 3 20 1944 3 20 2021 6 18 2012 7 17 2011 7 17 2002 7 17 1955 7 17 1949 11 16 2005 12 14 1953 12 14 2016 14 13 1999 14 13 1991 14 13 1987 14 13 1994 18 12 1983 18 12 1966 18 12

90 degree days EWR ear Rank Days >= 90 °F 2010 1 54 2022 2 49 1993 2 49 1988 4 43 2021 5 41 2002 5 41 1991 5 41 2016 8 40 1983 8 40 1959 8 40 1994 11 39 1944 11 39 2005 13 37 1987 13 37 2018 15 36 1949 15 36 2015 17 35 1961 18 34 2024 19 33 2012 19 33 1999 19 33 1995 19 33 1966 19 33

Id also look into TTN seeming to have a cooler bias of late (last 4-5 years or so)

Every 6 hour the updated intra hour between the hour maxes and minimums update. JFK missed yesterday afternoons It happened alot last year too. https://forecast.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KJFK.html

Saturday may not be that bad or a washout, maybe some storms with the front at some point.

EWR most 90 degree days in May was 6 in 1991.

heaviest rains over the southeast next 5 days through Friday then front on Saturday could bring storms to the area.

Records: Highs: EWR: 92 (1959) NYC: 93 (1881) LGA: 88 (1991) JFK: 89 (1991) Lows: EWR: 40 (1938) NYC: 40 (1907) LGA: 43 (1940) JFK: 43 (2020) Historical: 1760: Ben Franklin was the first person to identify nor'easters. In a letter on this date, Franklin described an experience that happened to him in November 1743 when storm clouds in Philadelphia blocked his view of an eclipse. Franklin assumed that the storm had blown in from the northeast because the surface winds at his location were from that direction. He was puzzled to find out later that his brother had viewed the eclipse with no problems and that the storm had arrived in Boston four hours later. The information caused Franklin to correctly surmise that the storm had moved from southwest to northeast. 1834: Unusual snows occurred across the Northeast. 6 inches fell at Erie, PA and 12 inches at Rutland, VT from this date through the 15th. 1876: The first American newspaper weather map was published in the New York Herald. Weather maps would first appear on a regular basis beginning on May 9, 1879 in the New York Daily Graphic. 1934 - A dust storm darkened skies from Oklahoma to the Atlantic coast. (David Ludlum) 1971 - Duststorms suddenly reduced visibilities to near zero on Interstate Highway 10 near Casa Grande AZ. Chain reaction accidents involving cars and trucks resulted, killing seven persons. (The Weather Channel) 1972 - In Texas, A cloudburst dumped sixteen inches of rain north of New Braunfels sending a thirty foot wall of water down Blueders Creek into the Comal and Guadalupe Rivers washing away people, houses and automobiles. The flood claimed 18 lives and caused more than twenty million dollars damage. (The Weather Channel) 1982 - A late season snowstorm struck the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. The storm produced 46 inches of snow at Coal Creek Canyon, located near Boulder. (David Ludlum) 1987 - A heat wave persisted in central California. Afternoon highs of 100 degrees at Fresno CA and 102 degrees at Sacramento CA were records for the date. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the western U.S. Eight cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Pendleton OR with a high of 92 degrees and Phoenix AZ with a reading of 106 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Showers and thunderstorms associated with a low pressure system stalled over New York State drenched Portland ME with 4.50 inches of rain in 24 hours. Rains of 5 to 7 inches soaked the state of Maine over a four day period causing 1.3 million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Texas and the Central Gulf Coast States into Missouri and Illinois. Thunderstorms spawned six tornadoes, including one which injured four persons at Doloroso MS. Thunderstorms also produced hail three inches in diameter west of Vicksburg MS, and wind gusts to 83 mph in southern Illinois, north of Vevay Park and at the Coles County Airport. High winds and heavy rain caused 1.6 million dollars crop damage in Calhoun County IL, and in southeastern Louisiana, Saint Joseph was deluged with eight inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

66 / 37 clear / mostly sunny. Likely the nicest driest/sunniest of the next 6 days (thru Sat). Trough cuts off over the south east and slowly drifts north Tue - Fri with scattered showers, rain, clouds and cooler Tue - Wed, then warmer more humid Thu/Fri with rainfall 1 - 2 inches. Sat is iffy with front coming through and potential storms - not a washout. By Sunday back to 80. 5/19 - 5/25 looks near normal with trough into the east. Still think we may squeeze a brief hot day or two in the final 1/3 of the month but overall near normal close as is forecast now.