uncle W

my first winter on this earth was 1949-50the first good winter of my life was 1955-56...only a great second half of March and April saved that winter...56-57 wasn't that great making one out of eight winters exceptable...the 1950's only had two exceptable winters...the sixties had five good to great winters...the 2000's had six good to great winters...the 2010's had eight...the last two winters were bad to worse but we did get a record breaking mid November snowstorm in 18-19 and a record breaking snow in May 2020....the terrible winter of 2011-12 had the greatest October snowstorm ever...Since 2010 there have been some record breaking snowfalls... 2009-10...three storms over 10" for the first time on record...snowiest February on record... 2010-11...two storms 19" or more for the first time on record...snowiest January on record... 2011-12...October snowstorm...first October snowstorm on record... 2012-13...Early November snowstorm two weeks after Hurricane Sandy... 2013-14...another 50" snow season... 2014-15...another 50" snow season... 2015-16...biggest snowfall on record in January... 2016-17...30" even though it was a mild winter... 2017-18...a 40" season... 2018-19...early mid November snowstorm...record early cold... 2019-20...May snowfall and record late cold...

this years el nino could end up as the weakest on record...oni has been +0.5 for five three month intervals...It may very well be another bad winter...timing has been off with very cold November outbreaks ( three years in a row ) and mild February's...1917-18 was a very good winter overall...I'll sign up for that now...

up to 1970 the average annual rainfall for NYC was around 42"...since 1970 the average is around 50"...that's about 20% more over the last 50 years...

coldest May's since 1960... 1967...55.2... 2003...58.7... 1997...59.4... 1973...59.5... 1968...59.6... 2005...59.8... 1961...59.9...

after one of the coldest Mays on record June 1967 was warm...it turned out the only Summer month with temps above average...80 degrees this time of year is seasonably warm...I'd like to see a hot summer day...I hope today was the last of the record cold...it could get hot for a day or two...Some years had their hottest period of the year around the end of May...1880 with three straight days over 95 comes to mind...1969 and 1987 too...

this second week in May so far has to be one of the coldest second week of May on record...

are you sure about 1996?...

March 7th 1990 had a low of 13 with 3" of snow on the ground...six days later on the 13th it was 85 degrees...

this is backdoor season and the ocean is still cold enough to drop temps in the 40's if the winds come off the ocean...

in May 1947 at Newark the temperature went from 34 on the morning of the 10th to 85 on the 12th and 90 on the 13th...the temp dropped from 90 on the 13th to 42 the next day...

in May 1970 Newark had a low of 38 on the 7th and a high of 91 on the 9th...a 53 degree rise in two days...

some years with big temperature swings in April and May...NYC April...……...………... 1896...31 on 4/8.....90 on 4/18 1929...34 on 4/2.....89 on 4/7 1976...25 on 4/12...91 on 4/17 1977...25 on 4/9.....90 on 4/12 1991...36 on 4/3.....90 on 4/8 2002...30 on 4/7.....92 on 4/16 May...………………………. 1891...32 on 5/6.....82 on 5/9 1947...35 on 5/9.....86 on 5/13 1956...38 on 5/8.....89 on 5/13 1970...38 on 5/7.....90 on 5/9

just had a burst of hail with a little thunder...

looking back at May 1947 and May 1923 shows some similarities to this years cold spell...both had two mornings in the 30's with sleet in the area...1947 warmed up to 83 on the 13th and then it got cold again for a few days and warmed up again to 80 on the 20th...1923 warmed up later on the 26th...81 was the tops...two years I remember that started out cold the first 10 or so days in May and then had its hottest temperature of the year 10 days later...1962 99 degrees on the 19th and 1996 with 96 on the 20th.....62 was on the hot side until mid July...96 was on the cool side throughout...

there have been years when the summer extended and then winter...1895 had a heat wave on 9/22...highest temp of the year....March 1896 was the snowiest on record... edit...1914 had its hottest temp of the year on 9/22...April 2nd 1915 there was 10" of snow...

its kind of rare to see record lows for two days hours apart...it happened in November 2019...

when noaa switched to ASOS reporting its missed many a trace of snow...they need feet on the ground but those days are over...there should be a video camera operating so we can go to the video tape as Warner Wolf used to say...

1963 and 1976 continued the record cold outbreaks during the summer months...the last time NYC saw 50's in July and August was in 2007...2000 ...1992...1990...the 1980's did it twice...the 1970's seven times...the 1960's three times...1963 was hot and cold until August when it was just cold...

https://youtu.be/c9lh7lqZojc

sometimes when you get the mother load from Canada and the high settles in south of us the return flow brings record warmth...this happened in May 1970 and April 1976 & 77...

during the 1960's there was a little snow just to the north of NYC in 1966 and 1967...I saw some wet flakes mixed in with heavy rain and temps in the upper 30's on 5/6/1967 ...Washington DC had a few flurries during the early morning on May 1st...NYC just missed as precip stopped and temps dropped into the 30's...On May 9th, 1966 precip stopped as temps fell into the mid 30's...on 5/27/1961 NYC had a max/min of 47/41 with rain...both record lows...Some places saw IP's like LGA...On May 25th 1967 NYC had a max/ min of 46/42 with light rain...record low max and near record low min...there was snow way north of the city...

that's what a top five highest minimum May 4th day will do for you...

1966 is a year with a below average April and May...May 66 had a min of 36 on the 10th with snow just to the north and west of NY...1966 had a very hot and dry summer...

yeah after the 11th its mostly 40's... 5/9 35 in 1947 36 in 1977 38 in 1923 5/10 36 in 1966 36 in 1947 38 in 1923+ 5/11 36 in 1913 37 in 1923 41 in 1945+ 5/12 40 in 1907 40 in 1874 41 in 1938 5/13 39 in 1895 41 in 1928 41 in 1878 5/14 40 in 1878 41 in 1871 42 in 2013+ 5/15 42 in 1947 42 in 1920 43 in 1880 5/16 42 in 1878 43 in 2016 43 in 1983+ 5/17 39 in 1956 40 in 1888 41 in 1983 5/18 41 in 1973 42 in 1976 42 in 1882 5/19 38 in 1976 41 in 2002 42 in 1882 5/20 43 in 2002 43 in 1907 45 in 1994+ 5/21 40 in 1907 42 in 2002 45 in 1949+ 5/22 42 in 1907 44 in 1990 45 in 1895+ 5/23 43 in 1963 44 in 1976 44 in 1935 5/24 39 in 1963 43 in 1877 44 in 1956+ 5/25 41 in 1925 42 in 1967 42 in 1956 5/26 42 in 1967 43 in 1925 45 in 1930+ 5/27 41 in 1961 43 in 1915 45 in 1930 5/28 43 in 1961 43 in 1907 44 in 1927 5/29 43 in 1902 43 in 1884 44 in 1936 5/30 42 in 1884 45 in 1949 46 in 1961 5/31 46 in 1938 46 in 1930 46 in 192