SACRUS

11 minutes ago, Poker2015 said:

Didn't the usual warm spots already hit 90? 

I thought we did a few weeks ago when it was hot for a few days.

88 has been the high in the warmest spots

coastal low spin somewhat visible

2 minutes ago, winterwarlock said:

1.28 two day storm total imby

Similar here at 1.26 but still some lingering light showers and drizzle.

On 5/21/2025 at 8:43 AM, SACRUS said:

 

Cool period

 

 

EWR:

5/19: 73 / 52 (-1)
5/20: 71/50 (-3)
5/21: 59 / 50 (-10)

NYC:

5/19: 69 /51 (-4)
5/20: 67 / 49 (-6)
5/21: 59 / 49 (-11)

LGA:

5/19:  70 / 52 (-4)
5/20: 68 / 50 (-6)
5/21: 59 / 49 (-11)

JFK:

5/19: 74 / 53 (+3)
5/20: 69 / 50 (-3)
5/21: 58 / 50 (-8)

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 98 (1992)
NYC: 96 (1941)
LGA: 94 (1992)
JFK: 94 (2021)


Lows:

EWR: 44 (2002)
NYC: 42 (1907)
LGA: 47 (1950)
JFK: 43 (1990)

Historical:

1876 - Denver CO was drenched with 6.53 inches of rain in 24 hours, an all-time record for that location. (The Weather Channel)

1911 - The temperature at Lewiston ME soared to 101 degrees. It was the hottest temperature ever recorded in New England during the month of May. (David Ludlum)

1987 - A powerful tornado virtually wiped the small southwest Texas community of Saragosa off the map. The twister destroyed eighty- five percent of the structures in the town killing thirty persons and injuring 121 others in the town of population 183. The tornado hurled trucks and autos through adobe and wood- frame homes, with some vehicles blown 500 feet. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Central Gulf Coast States. Tennis ball size hail was reported at Ripley MS. Showers and thunderstorms in southern Missouri produced 3.20 inches of rain at Springfield to easily surpass their rainfall record for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Unseasonably hot weather continued in southern Texas and parts of the southwestern U.S. Seven cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including El Paso TX with a reading of 100 degrees. Presidio TX was the hot spot in the nation with a high of 111 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1990 - Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front in the north central U.S. produced severe weather from northwestern Kansas to central Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota. There were twenty-nine reports of damaging winds, or dime to golf ball size hail. Strong thunderstorm winds gusted to 69 mph at Alexandria, MN. Showers and thunderstorms over eastern North Carolina soaked Wilmington with 2.91 inches of rain, which established a record for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2011: The Joplin Tornado was reported to have developed directly over Joplin with the first report of the tornado in Joplin at 5:41 pm CDT, 5/22. Latest reports from mid-day Tuesday 5/24 indicate an estimated 118 fatalities and several hundred injured in the Joplin, MO area. The Joplin tornado is the deadliest since modern record keeping began in 1950 and is ranked 8th among the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history. The tornado surpassed the June 8, 1953, tornado that claimed 116 lives in Flint, Mich., as the deadliest single tornado to strike the U.S. since modern tornado record keeping began in 1950. The deadliest tornado on record in the U.S. was on March 18, 1925.

50/48 cloudy and light rain (1.02 in the bucket through 9AM here in CNJ).  Hour 36 of what will amount to 96 hours of clouds.  Coolest day of the next, perhaps till October.   Lingering light rain, showers and clouds through Friday becoming isolated.  Clouds still clinging on Saturday but drier.  Should clear up later Saturday but remaining cool (60s).  Sunday and Monday - Memorial day look mainly dry outside some isolated showers Saturday night / Sunday morning - otherwise near normal.   

Trough still into the northeast and potential cutoff in the 5/28 - 5/30 period with next round of clouds/rain.

Warmth/heat from the west heads northeast and trough backs west with a warmer open to next month and later the end of thet first week.

Rain building into PA and on the doorsteps of SNJ

8 minutes ago, FPizz said:

I wonder what the record low high is for New Brunswick for this date?  51 has to be close.

56 so far at New Brunswick for a high

A cool March (i mean May) 21

Rain has begun.  Timing again with rain looks to salvage the weekend, albeit it'll be very cool Saturday. A week ago the timing was more Thu- Sat and at one point looked to be the 3 day weekend.

Most of this is between Today and Sat AM it does has 0/10 - 0.15 for Tue/Wed next week

Cool period

EWR:

5/19: 73 / 52 (-1)
5/20: 71/50 (-3)

NYC:

5/19: 69 /51 (-4)
5/20: 67 / 49 (-6)

LGA:

5/19:  70 / 52 (-4)
5/20: 68 / 50 (-6)

JFK:

5/19: 74 / 53 (+3)
5/20: 76 / 50 (+1)

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 96 (1996)
NYC: 93 (1996)
LGA: 93 (1996)
JFK: 90 (1996)

Lows:

EWR: 42 (2002)
NYC: 40 (1907)
LGA: 45 (2002)
JFK: 42 (2020)^

Historical:

1860 - A swarm of tornadoes occurred in the Ohio Valley. Tornadoes struck the cities of Louisville, KY, Cincinnati, OH, Chillicothe, OH, and Marietta, OH, causing a million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)

1881: Clara Barton and a circle of close friends found the American Red Cross. 

1895 - The temperature at Norwalk, OH, dipped to 19 degrees to set a state record for the month of May. (The Weather Channel)

1896 - The mercury soared to 124 degrees at Salton, CA, to establish a U.S. record for May. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)

1949: A violent tornado crossed the Mississippi River from the St. Louis area into Wood River, then to Roxanna. This tornado damaged or destroyed 300 homes in these two towns, killing five people. Four people died in a destroyed restaurant in Palestine, Illinois; one body was recovered from a tree. A tornado causing estimated F4 damage killed five people and injured 55 in St. Louis and St. Charles counties in Missouri and Madison County in Illinois. This tornado was part of an outbreak that produced four different tornadoes and was responsible for five deaths and 57 injuries.

1973: An intense electrical storm that moved through Tecumseh, OK which resulted in lightning "fire balls ", running along the city's power lines. Only brief power outages and minor damage were reported, except for an abandoned home that burned down after being struck by the lightning.

1980 - The temperature at Williston ND reached 102 degrees to set a record for May, and the next day the mercury hit 106 degrees. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Severe thunderstorms, developing along a sharp cold front crossing the central U.S., produced 60 mph winds and golf ball size hail at Sedalia, MO, and drenched Hagerstown, IN, with six inches of rain in one hour. Temperatures soared into the 90s ahead of the cold front. Paducah, KY, hit 94 degrees for the second day in a row. Light snow blanketed Montana, with three inches reported at Butte. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Severe thunderstorms swept across southern Louisiana during the morning hours spawning six tornadoes, and producing wind gusts to 88 mph at Jennings. Thunderstorms also produced five inches of rain in two hours at Lake Charles, causing local flooding. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms moving southeastward across the Central Plains Region into Oklahoma and Arkansas produced severe weather through the day and night. Thunderstorms spawned just four tornadoes, but there were 243 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Baseball size hail was reported at Augusta, KS, and thunderstorm winds gusted to 98 mph at Johnson, KS. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather across the southeastern U.S. for the second day in a row. Severe thunderstorms spawned five tornadoes, including one which injured a person at Richmond KY. There were eighty-seven reports of large hail or damaging winds, with hail three inches in diameter reported at Austin TX. Thunderstorms produced up to five inches of rain in Macon County GA, and heavy rains left nearly eight feet of water over roads near Stepstone KY. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1992: Canadian high pressure across the Mid-Atlantic brought record low temperatures to parts of the East. The morning low of 28° degrees in Atlantic City, NJ was the coldest ever for so late in season. Locations that reported daily record lows for the date included: Martinsburg, WV: 35°, Salisbury, MD: 36°, Baltimore, MD: 38°, Dover, DE: 41°, Wilmington, DE: 41°, Washington, D.C.: 43 °F.

2001: Golfers participating in a golf tournament at the Majestic Golf Course in Hartland, Michigan received an urgent message on the G.P.S. on their carts. The message, relayed from the clubhouse, was that a tornado was bearing down on the course. Most of the golfers made it to safety in the clubhouse, although some had to take shelter on the course. Only one golfer suffered a minor injury. The F2 tornado damaged 70 cars in the parking lot along with numerous golf carts and a pontoon boat.

54 / 51 clouds.  Cool / wet stretch the next 72 hours.  Rain later and heavy rain Thursday with coastal as trough cuts off and ULL slowly moves through and northeast this weekend.   1.5 to 3.00 inches of rain in the heaviest spots northeast.  Saturday to slowly clear out but with upper level low still over to the north some isolated showers and and stingy clouds could get in the way espeically eastern areas. 

Sun and Mon to look to clear out and get back to normal.  Trough still into the northeast through much of next week with next chance for showers and rain 5/28 - 5/30.   

Warmth and heat on the move north and east out of the west and a much warmer start to next month and the chance for tracking some heat.   May see the trough back west and ridge setup along the EC / WC.

On to the clouds

Looks like about 96 hours of clouds starting later this afternoon.

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 99 (1996)
NYC: 96 (1996)
LGA: 97 (1996)
JFK: 95 (1996)


Lows:

EWR: 41 (2002)
NYC: 43 (2002)
LGA: 44 (2002)
JFK: 42 (2002)

Historical:

1892: Snow and high winds pelted western New England, leaving 10 inches on the ground at Strafford, VT.

1894 - A record late snow of two to eight inches whitened parts of central and eastern Kentucky. Lexington KY received six inches of snow. (The Weather Channel)

1916 - A tornado struck the town of Codell, KS. A tornado struck the town on the same day the following year (1917), and a third tornado hit Cordell on May 20th in 1918. (The Weather Channel)

1949: Eight or more tornadoes were involved along an 85 mile long track across the counties of Gray, Ford, Hodgeman and Pawnee. Newspapers in the area used headlines such as Tornado army attacks Kansas to describe the record breaking number of tornadoes, at least 40 that hit the central and western part of the state. No people were killed, but hundreds of animals perished. Four funnels were seen moving northeast about 6 miles northwest of Dodge City. A tornado moved northeast from 7 miles southwest of Coldwater, KS and just missing that town, and ending at Wilmore. The "huge rotating column" sent the entire town of Coldwater running to storm cellars. Most of the $200,000 damage was at Wilmore, as the entire town was torn apart. This is only one of two days in recorded U.S. history up to this time when 100 or more tornadoes occurred. The other was April 3, 1974.

1957 - A tornado touched down to the southwest of Kansas City and traveled a distance of seventy-one miles cutting a swath of near total destruction through the southeastern suburbs of Ruskin Heights and Hickman Mills. The tornado claimed the lives of forty-five persons, and left hundreds homeless. It was the worst weather disaster of record for Kansas City. About all that remained of one house was a small table and a fish bowl atop, with the fish still swimming about inside the bowl, rather unconcerned. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)

1987 - Thunderstorms in southern Texas produced grapefruit size hail, near the town of Dilley ("by dilly"), and produced wind gusts to 73 mph at Lake Amistad. The large hail broke windows, killed small animals, and damaged watermelon. Thunderstorms developing along a warm front produced severe weather from Indiana to the Dakotas. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail at Denver IA, and wind gusts to 80 mph in southern Henry County IL. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Thunderstorms in the south central U.S. produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Omaha, NE, and wind gusts to 80 mph at Midland and Dallas, TX. Temperatures in California soared into the 90s and above 100 degrees. San Jose CA reported a record high of 97 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Pre-dawn thunderstorms produced large hail in eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas. Later in the morning thunderstorms in North Carolina produced dime size hail at Hanging Dog. Thunderstorms also produced severe weather from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Central Plains Region later that day and night, with baseball size hail reported around Lawn, Novice and Eola TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather across the southeastern quarter of the nation through the day and night. Severe thunderstorms spawned six tornadoes, including one which injured two persons at Algoma, MS, and another which injured nine persons at Rogersville, MO. There were 119 reports of large hail or damaging winds. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail at Houston MO and damaging winds which killed one person at Toccoa GA. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

2002: A cold wave across the eastern and central U.S. led to many cities recording record low temperatures for this day. Among them was Hartford, CT where the low of 31° was the latest in the season below freezing temperatures have been recorded. This cold wave began two days earlier with 54 record daily lows set, followed by another 96 on the 19th.

54 / 38 off a low of 41.  Sunny and cool a bit less breezy highs around 70 / low 70s.   Clouds to EPA and look to arrive in the next 6 - 8 hours or 2PM - 4PM.  Miserable stretch of weather Wed - Sat (AM)  showers Wed with cool onshore flow developing as trough cuts off highs in the 50s the next 3 days, coastal develops off the ULL near NJ coast and winds and rain Thu - Fri AM.  Clouds and some showers linger Friday into Saturday (AM).  1.00 - 3.00 inches in the heaviest spots E/NE sections. 

Slowly clears out Saturday but stays cool.  Sunny Sunday and Monday /Memorial Day but highs only approaching 70 / low 70s. 

Trough remains into the northeast to close the month with next cutoff around 5/28 - 5/29 with rain.   

Warmer air from the west/rockies heads east/north to open next month and a much warmer period by the first weekend next month.

38 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

Yep actually hasn’t been too bad. But we’re never out of the woods here for those until June. 

At EWR so far May has only had 1 below normal day (5/9).  In April EWR had 10 below normal and only 4 in March. Probably 7 or 8 of the next 12 might be below normal to get closer to the 10 mark for May, overall not bad.

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

I never fails how in recent years we reliably get these cool and wet cutoff lows this time of year. The upper bowling ball is really going to take its time clearing the area this week. Just look at how many top 3 low max readings a place like LGA has had since 2011 from late May into early June. I have bolded all the top 3 coldest years since 2011. This late May into early June cool down is almost as reliable as the warm up every December around the solstice. 
 

New York-LGA Area, NY
Period of record: 1939-10-07 through 2025-05-18DateLowest maximum temperatures (degrees F)Top Record 2nd Record 3rd Record

 

5/21	51 in 1990	56 in 2000	56 in 1967
5/22	57 in 2003	58 in 2011	59 in 1982
5/23	55 in 1982	56 in 2003	58 in 1940
5/24	54 in 1982	56 in 2003	60 in 1951+
5/25	47 in 1967	55 in 2005	56 in 2013
5/26	55 in 1967	57 in 2003	58 in 1973
5/27	48 in 1961	55 in 1974	57 in 1973
5/28	58 in 1968	59 in 2009	60 in 2014
5/29	52 in 2021	58 in 1950	59 in 1967
5/30	52 in 2021	57 in 1953	61 in 1971
5/31	60 in 1984	62 in 1953	63 in 1966+
6/1	58 in 2015	58 in 1945	60 in 1964
6/2	53 in 1946	56 in 2015	59 in 1942

Just short in LGA and NYC but notable is the 2002 chill

EWR:  Hi / Low (rainfall)

5/18: 56 / 44 (1.51)
5/19: 60 / 39
5/20: 59 / 41
5/21: 63/ 43
5/22: 69 / 44

Much / most of this is Wed - Sat with around 1 - 1.5 with more in W(PA) and Eastern areas from the coastal

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 98 (1962)
NYC: 99 (1962)
LGA: 96 (2017)
JFK: 92 (2017)


Lows;

EWR: 39 (2002)
NYC: 38 (1976)
LGA: 43 (1976)
JFK: 42 (2002)

Historical:
 

1780 - The infamous "dark day" in New England tradition. At noon it was nearly as dark as night. Chickens went to roost, and many persons were fearful of divine wrath. The phenomena was caused by forest fires to the west of New England. (David Ludlum)

1915: A spring storm came to an end after producing widespread snow. Total snowfall from the storm included: 17.6 inches in Scottsbluff, NE, 8 inches at Cheyenne, WY and 7 inches at Chadron, NE.

1955 - Lake Maloya NM received 11.28 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)

1962: A heat wave gripped the East Coast with high temperatures reaching 99° at New York City, 98° at Baltimore, MD and 96° at Philadelphia, PA (all either broke or tied records for the month of May.). Other daily records included: Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: 99°, Newark, NJ: 98°, Concord, NH: 97°, Allentown, PA: 97°, Richmond, VA: 97°, Athens, GA: 97°, Columbus, GA: 97°, Philadelphia, PA: 96°, Atlantic City, NJ: 96°, Roanoke, VA: 96°, LaGuardia, NY: 95°, Harrisburg, PA: 95°, Wilmington, DE: 95°, Charlotte, NC: 95°, Raleigh, NC: 95°, Nashville, TN: 95°, Hartford, CT: 94°, Lynchburg, VA: 93 °F.

1975 - Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 110 mph in Minnesota, between Fridley and Hugo. Fifty persons were injured. The hail and high winds destroyed fifty mobile homes, and a dozen aircraft, and also destroyed a third of the Brighton Elementary School. (The Weather Channel)

1977: Over a 9 day period, this was the fourth day of a terrible heat in the Chicago, IL area. Over the 9 day period, the daily high temperature was 90° or higher setting eight high temperature records. The monthly average for those 9 days was 69.3° or about 20 degrees above normal.

1987 - Thunderstorms in Texas produced thirteen inches of rain northwest of Lavernia. The heavy rain, along with golf ball size hail, destroyed eighty percent of the crops in the area, while high winds toppled trees. Golf ball size hail was also reported south of Dallas and around San Antonio. Up to eight inches of rain drenched Guadelupe County. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Severe thunderstorms in southwest Texas produced hail as large as tennis balls around Midland, with the hail accumulating up to a foot deep. Showers and thunderstorms in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region produced 3.5 inches of rain near Schuylkill PA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front spawned ten tornadoes from Illinois to Tennessee during the afternoon and night. Snow, wind and cold prevailed in the Northern Plateau Region and the Northern Rockies. Dixie, ID, was blanketed with nine inches of snow, winds gusted to 87 mph at Choteau MT, and the temperature at Crater Lake, OR, dipped to 11 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1990 - Thunderstorms deluged Hot Springs AR with thirteen inches of rain in nine hours resulting in a devastating flood. Two waves of water, four to six feet deep, swept down Central Avenue flooding stores and the famous bathhouses on Bathhouse Row. Water released from Lake Hamilton devastated the area between it and Remmel Dam. The 500 foot Carpenter Dam Bridge across Lake Catherine was completely washed away, as were cabins and mobile homes near the lake, many of which flowed right over the top of Remmel Dam. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

62 / 45 breezy.   36 more hours of dry weather.  Low 70s today and Tuesday , some warmer spots could touc 75 today.  Trough cuts off below the ridge Wed - Sat with low developing Thu/Fri with rain, cool (50s-40s)  ENE/NE flow - 1.00 - 2.00 inches of rain between Wed - Sat (AM).  Saturday salvageable after the morning - but cool and proably not clearing till later in the afternoon W-NE.  Sunday and  Monday looking similar to today with dry , mostly sunny, breezy and temps near normal (70s).  Trough stingy into the Northeast to close the month.   

Warmer air grows out of the rockies and towards the first week of next month into the area, nothing likely sustained but near to above normal. 

35 minutes ago, Brasiluvsnow said:

I dont either Sundog but those were raindrops that fell on me in New City 30 minutes ago,,,,,Thanks

Isolated/scattered shower, drizzle as the upper low swings through north of use.

Up to 74 before it became mostly cloudy now some more breaks - Just a fab day