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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.

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.

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.

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

none at nyc. Lowest 38 (1976) - 5-19 and 39 (1963) 524

So Cal kind of day 70 / 48 very nice out. Do see widespread clouds pushing in from the northwest to go from mostly sunny to partly to mostly cloudy for a bit after noon.

Departures through May 17th (these will be chopped in more than Half by 5/25, we'll see) JFK: +5.4 EWR: +5.0 LGA" +3.6 NYC: +3.2

For May in general you'll have to go back to the 3 day period in 2022 from 5/6 - 5/8 for highs in the 50s/ low 60s and raw. For later post mid may you'll need to go back 2021 5/29 and 5/30 for cool/wet days in the 50s and the same days in 2017 5/29 - 5/31 .

Records: Highs: EWR: 94 (2017) NYC: 92 (2017) LGA: 97 (2017) JFK: 88 (1977) Lows: EWR: 43 (2003) NYC: 41 (1973) LGAL: 44 (2002) JFK: 43 (2023) Historical: 1825 - A tornado (said to have crossed all of the state of Ohio) smashed into the log cabin settlement of Burlington, northeast of Columbus. (David Ludlum) 1883: The massive tornado outbreak on record in Illinois affected the northern and central parts of the state. At least 14 strong to violent tornadoes touched down killing 52 people. The largest death toll from a single tornado was 12, with 50 injuries, from an estimated F4 tornado which moved from near Jacksonville to 5 miles west of Petersburg. This tornado destroyed the town of Literberry. Another tornado, with an estimated F4 intensity, killed 11 people and injured 50 along its path from the south edge of Springfield northeast to near Kenney. This particular tornado reportedly drove 10 inches by 12-inch oak timbers 10 feet into the ground. Another estimated F4 tornado in far northern Illinois touched down near Capron and tracked for 17 miles before lifting in far southern Wisconsin. Lastly, an estimated F4 tornado tracked 20 miles through Kenosha and Racine Counties in Wisconsin. Eight people were killed, and 85 were injured. 1915: A spring snowstorm began across parts of the east-central Rockies into parts of the west-central Plains. The storm produced 11.8 inches of snow at Scottsbluff, NE by the end of the day with 5 inches of snow recorded at Cheyenne, WY. 1960 - Salt Lake City UT received an inch of snow. It marked their latest measurable snowfall of record. (The Weather Channel) 1980 - Mount Saint Helens (in Washington State) erupted spewing ash and smoke sixty-three thousand feet into the air. Heavy ash covered the ground to the immediate northwest, and small particles were carried to the Atlantic coast. (David Ludlum) 1987 - Thunderstorms in Kansas, developing along a cold front, spawned tornadoes at Emporia and Toledo, produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Fort Scott, and produced golf ball size hail in the Kansas City area. Unseasonably hot weather prevailed ahead of the cold front. Pomona NJ reported a record high of 93 degrees, and Altus, OK, hit 100 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Low pressure anchored over eastern Virginia kept showers and thunderstorms over the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. Flash flooding was reported in Pennsylvania. Up to five inches of rain drenched Franklin County PA in 24 hours. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather from the Central Gulf Coast States to the Lower Missouri Valley during the day and evening. Thunderstorms spawned sixteen tornadoes, and there were 74 reports of large hail and damaging winds. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the central U.S. spawning a sixteen tornadoes, including a dozen in Nebraska. Thunderstorms also produced hail four inches in diameter at Perryton TX, wind gusts to 84 mph at Ellis KS, and high winds which caused nearly two million dollars damage at Sutherland NE. Thunderstorms deluged Sioux City IA with up to eight inches of rain, resulting in a record flood crest on Perry Creek and at least 4.5 million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1995: A severe weather outbreak occurred in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. 86 tornadoes were reported; five F4 intensity. his was one of the largest tornado outbreaks in two decades in Tennessee. 6 people were killed and 65 others injured. Three people were killed at Ethridge, TN. A tornado causing F2 damage touched down near Festus, MO causing almost $200,000 dollars in damage. An F2 tornado touched down on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, one mile south of Cordova in the Kittys Corner area, destroying two homes. 2002: An unusually cold air mass for mid-May brought many record lows to the Midwest, Plains and South along with unseasonable snows to the Northeast. Some record lows included: Hibbing, MN: 22°, International Falls, MN: 24°, Houghton, MI: 24°, Fargo, ND: 25°, Grand Forks, ND: 25°, Bismarck, ND: 26°, Pierre, SD: 26°, Huron, SD: 26°, Minot, ND: 27°, Duluth, MN: 28°, Madison, WI: 28°, Sioux Falls, SD: 30°, Norfolk, NE: 30°, Valentine, NE: 30°, Hill City, KS: 30°, Wausau, WI: 30°, Rockford, IL: 31°, Milwaukee, WI: 33°, Bluefield, WV: 33°-Tied, Lincoln, NE: 34°, Chicago-O'Hare, IL: 34°, , Burlington, IA: 35°, Cedar Rapids, IA: 35°, La Crosse, WI: 35°, Quincy, IL: 35°, Akron, OH: 35°, Columbia, MO: 35°, Blue Hill, MA: 35°, Dubuque, IA: 35°-Tied, Des Moines, IA: 36°, Springfield, MO: 37°, Boston, MA: 37, Pittsburgh, PA: 37°-Tied, Springfield, IL: 38°, Joplin, MO: 39°, St. Louis, MO: 39°, Paducah, KY: 39°, New York (LaGuardia), NY: 44°-Tied. A late season snow occurred over the Northeast. Prattsville, NY recorded 8 inches. 2.2 inches fell at Albany, NY for its latest measurable snowfall on record. Snow fell as far south as northern Pennsylvania.

65 / 48 off a low of 57. Partly cloudy - could be period of mostly cloudy but otherwise a nice dry - breezy low - mid 70s. Much of the same Mon and Tue dry / partly cloudy near normal. Wed - Fri - cloudy, cool , wet - ugly 72 hour stretch by mid/late may standards, Highs not budging from the 50s - E/ENE/NE flow. The weekend looks to be somewhat salvage - Saturday lingering clouds and drying out but cool, with a pleasant Sunday / Monday near normal / slightly below. Trough stingy into the NE through the close of the month. Building heat into the wets builds east and north of us, as the next month with gowing opportunities for warmth to move in. 5/18 - 5/20 : Dry. Near normal 5/21 - 5/23 - 24 AM : Miserable stretch - rain , cool, windy -10 to -12 below normal 1.00 - 1.75 inches of rain 5/24 PM - 5/28 : Drying out near normal / slightly below

Highs - turned into a spectacular May day once past 11:00 EWR: 87 BLM: 86 PHL: 86 New Brnswck: 85 LGA: 85 ACY: 85 TEB: 84 TTN: 84 NYC: 82 JFK: *81 (again no intra hour high between 1300 - 1900) ISP: 75

82 here 1PM ROundup ACY: 82 EWR: 81 BLM: 81 New Brnswck: 81 PHL: 80 TTN: 79 NYC: 77 TEB: 76 LGA: 76 ISP: 73 JFK: 73

78 rising - sunny. Mid - upper 80s in the warmer spots

Sunny for most in the next 90 minutes

Euro still not updating on EWALL but all 3 are in fairly good alignment with trough stingy into the or off the NE through Memorial Day weekend but we could salvage part of Saturday - Sun - Monday with dry weather but near or below normal.

Next week the rain between wed evening and Friday evening

Only if any, light showers as the front passes through as the DElMARVA gets the heaviest and strongest storms.. Should clear out by noon -1:00PM.

Records: Highs: EWR: 94 (1974) NYC: 92 (1974) LGA: 94 (2017) JFK: 89 (1974) Lows: EWR: 39 (1956) NYC: 39 (1956) LGA: 38 (1983) JFK: 42 (1983) Historical: 1825 - A tornado (said to have crossed all of the state of Ohio) smashed into the log cabin settlement of Burlington, northeast of Columbus. (David Ludlum) 1794: An "uncommon frost" in all of New England destroyed crops. The account was published in the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 1896: An estimated F5 tornado tracked 100 miles through northeastern Kansas and extreme southeastern Nebraska. Seneca, Oneida, Sabetha, and Reserve, Kansas sustained severe damage. While passing through Reserve, the tornado was 2 miles wide. 25 people were killed, and 200 were injured. The cost was estimated at $400,000. 1960 - Salt Lake City UT received an inch of snow. It marked their latest measurable snowfall of record. (The Weather Channel) 1979: A reading of 12 degrees at Mauna Kea Observatory established a record low for the state of Hawaii. 1980 - Mount Saint Helens (in Washington State) erupted spewing ash and smoke sixty-three thousand feet into the air. Heavy ash covered the ground to the immediate northwest, and small particles were carried to the Atlantic coast. (David Ludlum) 1987 - Thunderstorms in Kansas, developing along a cold front, spawned tornadoes at Emporia and Toledo, produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Fort Scott, and produced golf ball size hail in the Kansas City area. Unseasonably hot weather prevailed ahead of the cold front. Pomona NJ reported a record high of 93 degrees, and Altus, OK, hit 100 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Low pressure anchored over eastern Virginia kept showers and thunderstorms over the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. Flash flooding was reported in Pennsylvania. Up to five inches of rain drenched Franklin County PA in 24 hours. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather from the Central Gulf Coast States to the Lower Missouri Valley during the day and evening. Thunderstorms spawned sixteen tornadoes, and there were 74 reports of large hail and damaging winds. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the central U.S. spawning a sixteen tornadoes, including a dozen in Nebraska. Thunderstorms also produced hail four inches in diameter at Perryton TX, wind gusts to 84 mph at Ellis KS, and high winds which caused nearly two million dollars damage at Sutherland NE. Thunderstorms deluged Sioux City IA with up to eight inches of rain, resulting in a record flood crest on Perry Creek and at least 4.5 million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1997: Today’s 2 inch snowfall was the last measurable total for the 1996-97 snow season in Herman, MI. The total for the season: 384.0 inches, a new MI record. The previous record was set during the 1995-96 season: 347.0 inches (also in Herman). Herman averages 239.7 inches per season.

69 / 64 Partly cloudy - going cloudy then should clear later. Front/clouds too soon to push any shot at 90 in the warmer spots - cloud in the way. Still the warmest day of the next 14. Dry and near normal - nice stretch 5/18 - Tue 5/20. By Wed 5/21 clouds and trough cutting off. Raw cool / wet Thu 5/22 - Fri 5/23 1.25 - 2.00 inches of rain. Perhaps we can salvage part of Sat 5/24 and then Sun 5/25 - Mon Memorial Day 5/26. Beyond there the month closes out with trough stingy into the east overall near normal. Still - the building heat into the rockies expands east and will see next month open much warmer and the first chance at some heat evolve.

Made it to 78 after the storms now cloudy again.