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April is continuing the theme of the strongest average wind gusts over 30 mph again from January through March on record. https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?_wait=no&q=140&network=NJ_ASOS&station=EWR&syear=1900&sday=0101&eday=0331&varname=avg_wind_gust&w=none&thres=1&year=2025&_r=t&dpi=100&_fmt=png

Another top 10 warmest March from NW NJ to Eastern Long Island for the 2020s. Series Summary for SUSSEX AIRPORT, NJ - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 48.0 0 2 2024 44.4 0 3 2016 44.0 0 4 2025 43.7 0 5 2010 43.5 0 6 2020 43.2 0 7 2021 40.7 0 8 2023 39.5 0 9 2022 39.3 4 - 2004 39.3 0 10 2002 38.4 0 Time Series Summary for SOMERSET AIRPORT, NJ - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 48.6 0 2 2024 46.2 0 3 2016 46.1 0 4 2020 45.8 0 - 2010 45.8 0 5 2025 45.2 0 6 2000 44.1 0 7 2021 43.3 0 8 2022 43.1 0 9 2004 42.0 0 10 2023 41.5 0 - 2002 41.5 0 Time Series Summary for New Brunswick Area, NJ (ThreadEx) - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 1945 50.5 1 2 1921 50.0 0 3 1903 49.4 0 4 2012 49.3 0 5 1946 48.5 0 6 2016 47.7 0 7 1898 47.1 0 8 2025 46.3 0 9 2024 46.2 0 - 2020 46.2 0 10 2010 46.0 0 - 1902 46.0 0 Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 51.3 0 2 1945 50.6 0 3 2016 49.1 0 4 1946 48.8 0 5 1973 48.6 0 6 2024 48.5 0 7 2010 48.2 0 8 2025 48.1 0 9 2020 47.9 0 10 2000 47.8 0 Time Series Summary for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 1945 51.1 0 2 2012 50.9 0 3 1946 49.8 0 4 2016 48.9 0 5 1921 48.4 0 6 2010 48.2 0 - 1903 48.2 0 7 2024 48.1 0 8 2020 48.0 0 9 2000 47.2 0 10 2025 46.9 0 - 1979 46.9 0 Time Series Summary for WESTCHESTER CO AP, NY - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 47.8 0 2 2016 45.0 0 3 2010 44.8 0 4 2024 44.4 0 5 2020 43.9 1 6 2025 43.4 0 7 2000 43.1 13 - 1998 43.1 6 8 1985 42.7 0 9 1973 42.5 0 10 1995 42.3 5 Time Series Summary for LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, NY - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 50.8 0 2 1945 49.7 0 3 2016 49.0 0 4 1946 48.5 0 5 2020 48.1 0 6 2010 48.0 0 7 2024 47.3 0 8 2000 47.0 0 9 2025 46.9 0 10 1977 45.7 0 Time Series Summary for JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NY - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 48.5 0 2 1973 47.7 0 3 2016 47.5 0 4 2025 47.1 0 - 2010 47.1 0 5 2024 46.9 0 6 2020 46.5 0 7 1979 45.3 0 8 1985 45.1 0 9 2000 44.9 0 10 1983 44.6 0 Time Series Summary for IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT, CT - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 47.1 0 2 2024 45.5 0 3 2010 45.0 0 4 2020 44.8 0 5 2016 44.7 0 6 2025 43.8 0 7 2000 43.2 0 8 1979 43.0 0 9 1991 42.2 0 10 2021 42.0 0 - 1973 42.0 0 Time Series Summary for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 47.3 0 2 2024 45.7 0 3 2016 45.5 0 4 2010 45.1 0 5 2025 45.0 0 6 1973 44.9 0 7 2020 44.8 0 8 1977 43.4 0 9 2000 43.2 0 10 1995 42.9 0 Time Series Summary for Poughkeepsie Area, NY (ThreadEx) - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 48.0 0 2 1945 47.6 0 3 1946 46.8 1 4 2016 45.9 0 5 1936 44.7 1 6 2024 43.3 0 7 1973 43.2 0 8 2010 43.1 0 9 2020 42.9 0 10 2025 42.8 1 Time Series Summary for Philadelphia Area, PA (ThreadEx) - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 1921 52.5 0 2 2012 52.2 0 3 1945 51.2 0 4 2016 51.0 0 5 1946 49.8 0 6 2025 49.5 0 7 1903 49.4 0 8 2020 48.9 0 9 1977 48.8 0 10 2024 48.5 0

Warmer and wet start to April as a frontal boundary stalls out just to our west. The good news is that February and March saw a bounce back to normal to a little above normal rainfall. So the drought is slowly easing. Looks like the 2nd week of April will be cooler and drier as we get the typical spring final dynamic final warming blocking. Then we probably see the temperatures rebound as the blocking fades later in the month. MAR 31 to April 7 above normal temperatures and rainfall

Islip on track to finish March near 5th warmest. Every March during the 2020s has featured top 15 warmth. So the average March snowfall has dropped from 8.5” in the 2010s to only 0.5” in the 2020s. 4 out of the last 5 years had top 2 lowest monthly snowfall for March. 2024 to 2025 has been the first back to back Marches without a trace of snow. Time Series Summary for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 47.3 0 2 2024 45.7 0 3 2016 45.5 0 4 2010 45.1 0 5 1973 44.9 0 6 2025 44.8 1 - 2020 44.8 0 7 1977 43.4 0 8 2000 43.2 0 9 1995 42.9 0 10 1991 42.7 0 11 1979 42.6 0 12 2022 42.4 0 - 2021 42.4 0 13 1998 42.0 0 14 1985 41.9 0 15 2023 41.8 0 - 2002 41.8 0 Monthly Total Snowfall for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. Mean 0.5 0.5 2025 0.0 0.0 2024 0.0 0.0 2023 1.6 1.6 2022 1.6 1.6 2021 T T 2020 T T Monthly Total Snowfall for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. Mean 8.2 8.2 2019 4.1 4.1 2018 31.9 31.9 2017 7.4 7.4 2016 3.2 3.2 2015 19.7 19.7 2014 5.4 5.4 2013 7.4 7.4 2012 T T 2011 2.1 2.1 2010 0.4 0.4 Time Series Summary for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2025 0.0 2 - 2024 0.0 0 - 1966 0.0 0 2 2021 T 0 - 2020 T 0 - 2012 T 0 - 2008 T 0 - 2002 T 0 - 1995 T 0 - 1985 T 0 - 1983 T 0 - 1982 T 0 - 1979 T 0 - 1973 T 0

Islip tied its warmest March temperature at 82°. It’s the 3rd top 10 warmest March high temperature in the 2020s. It was also the greatest 6 hour temperature drop in March. The chart below only uses temperatures on the hour so the actual drop was 2° more. Time Series Summary for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2025 82 2 - 1990 82 0 3 1998 81 0 4 1991 79 0 5 2021 78 0 6 2011 77 0 7 2012 75 0 - 2007 75 0 8 1985 74 0 9 2024 73 0 - 2016 73 0 - 1999 73 0 10 1989 72 0 - 1977 72 0 15 2010 71 0

Islip approaching top 5 March high temperatures. Time Series Summary for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 1990 82 0 2 1998 81 0 3 1991 79 0 4 2021 78 0 5 2011 77 0

Long Island especially further west will have several hours in the warm sector before the backdoor arrives later.

Low 80s making it to Long Island with the well mixed deep westerly flow and very dry conditions.

That should be some impressive compressional warming ahead of the backdoor tomorrow. The backdoor probably comes through Suffolk first and then by later in the day closer to NYC. Some spots may go from 80s to 50s in a very short time.

It’s very unusual to get a 1030mb Bermuda high and a 1030mb Canadian high at the same time in late March. So this is allowing a shallow cold airmass to our north with WAA above the surface. We don’t typically get rain this time of year in those areas with surface temperatures below freezing while we are in the 80s.

This may be the first time we have temperatures reaching the 80s in late March with an ice storm to our north.

Yeah, this warm surge has been overperforming as it has crossed the country.

Our 2nd top 10 warmest March in a row. Very dramatic March shift to warmer after 2019. Every March in the 2020s has had at least top 20 warmth. Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ - Month of Mar Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2012 51.3 0 2 1945 50.6 0 3 2016 49.1 0 4 1946 48.8 0 5 1973 48.6 0 6 2024 48.5 0 7 2010 48.2 0 8 2020 47.9 0 9 2000 47.8 0 10 2025 46.8 5 11 1977 46.7 0 12 1979 46.2 0 13 2021 45.6 0 14 1995 45.5 0 15 2022 45.2 0 - 1998 45.2 0 16 1987 45.0 0 17 2023 44.9 0 - 1990 44.9 0 18 1983 44.7 0 19 1985 44.5 0 20 1991 44.4 0 - 1936 44.4 0 21 2002 44.1 0 - 1986 44.1 0

We have had so many early 80s in recent years, that if Newark makes it to 80° on Saturday it will only rank as 11th earliest. /Last Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ Each section contains date and year of occurrence, value on that date. Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 2018 02-21 (2018) 80 10-11 (2018) 81 231 2016 03-09 (2016) 82 10-19 (2016) 87 223 1990 03-13 (1990) 86 10-14 (1990) 83 214 1945 03-16 (1945) 81 10-19 (1945) 82 216 2011 03-18 (2011) 80 10-10 (2011) 85 205 2020 03-20 (2020) 80 09-28 (2020) 81 191 1938 03-22 (1938) 80 10-17 (1938) 90 208 2021 03-26 (2021) 84 10-20 (2021) 80 207 1998 03-27 (1998) 84 09-27 (1998) 91 183 2007 03-27 (2007) 80 10-23 (2007) 80 209 1989 03-28 (1989) 83 10-16 (1989) 80 201 1946 03-29 (1946) 80 10-31 (1946) 82 215 1977 03-29 (1977) 80 09-19 (1977) 84 173 1985 03-29 (1985) 84 10-15 (1985) 80 199

The April 2002 backdoor was probably the most impressive with 90s to 50s in 1 hour for places like Boston. M 93 °F 49 °F 22 % W 17 mph 26 mph 29.82 in 0.0 in Partly Cloudy 5:54 PM 91 °F 49 °F 23 % W 14 mph 0 mph 29.82 in 0.0 in Mostly Cloudy 6:32 PM 66 °F 50 °F 56 % NNE 26 mph 33 mph 29.87 in 0.0 in Mostly Cloudy / Windy 6:54 PM 59 °F 50 °F 72 % NNE 25 mph 35 mph 29.91 in 0.0 in Cloudy / Windy 7:54 PM 55 °F 49 °F 80 % ENE 7 mph 0 mph 29.95 in 0.0 in Mostly Cloudy

Yeah, we haven’t had much westerly flow with our warm ups in recent years so this will be something to watch for as we head into the warm season.

The drought feedback is giving this early season warmth a boost. So it’s possible we can see our first 80° warmth of the season on Saturday. Going forward it looks like the warm front will stall out to our north into early April with continued below normal rainfall. If the rains don’t eventually come next few months, then this kind of warmth could be our summer preview.

We mostly use the meteorological seasons like MAM for spring. Back during the 2010s March was often like a winter month with cold and snow. But since 2020 March has been a spring month with well above average temperatures and very little snowfall. Monthly Mean Avg Temperature for New York-Central Park Area, NY (ThreadEx) Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. Mean 46.2 46.2 2025 45.5 45.5 2024 48.1 48.1 2023 44.6 44.6 2022 45.3 45.3 2021 45.8 45.8 2020 48.0 48.0 Monthly Total Snowfall for New York-Central Park Area, NY (ThreadEx) Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. Mean 0.1 0.1 2025 0.0 0.0 2024 T T 2023 0.1 0.1 2022 0.4 0.4 2021 T T 2020 T T Monthly Mean Avg Temperature for New York-Central Park Area, NY (ThreadEx) Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. Mean 42.7 42.7 2019 41.7 41.7 2018 40.1 40.1 2017 39.2 39.2 2016 48.9 48.9 2015 38.1 38.1 2014 37.7 37.7 2013 40.1 40.1 2012 50.9 50.9 2011 42.3 42.3 2010 48.2 48.2 Monthly Total Snowfall for New York-Central Park Area, NY (ThreadEx) Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. Mean 6.0 6.0 2019 10.4 10.4 2018 11.6 11.6 2017 9.7 9.7 2016 0.9 0.9 2015 18.6 18.6 2014 0.1 0.1 2013 7.3 7.3 2012 0.0 0.0 2011 1.0 1.0 2010 T T

You know that March has been warming very quickly in the 2020s when +7° on the highs isn’t considered warm any more.

How far north the warm front gets on Saturday will be determined by which of the two high pressure systems are stronger. If the Bermuda high is stronger like in recent runs, then the warm front will come further north. But if the Canadian high is stronger than there will be more if a struggle to come north. Since the temperature gradient is so steep, there could be a 30°+ temperature shift over a few miles. So we are getting the 0z to 12z windshield wiper effect until we get close enough for one solution to win out. New run stronger Bermuda high and warm front further north Old run Canadian high stronger so warm front further south

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Yeah, the GFS has been in last place among the majors with the strong cold bias and multiple long range snowstorms.

No matter how much these models progress, it’s going to be very hard to pin down the exact location of a backdoor cold front beyond 120 hrs. You can see the impressive temperature gradient potential for next weekend. While most of NJ has already had a 70° day this month, the last shot for NYC may come down to the wire on the 31st.

The average last freeze in NYC during the 2020s has been 3-24. Frost/Freeze Summary for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY Each section contains date and year of occurrence, value on that date. Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. Minimum 03-01 (2020) 10-31 (2020) 233 Mean 03-24 11-19 240 Maximum 04-03 (2021) 11-30 (2024) 250 2024 03-24 (2024) 31 11-30 (2024) 30 250 2023 03-30 (2023) 31 11-25 (2023) 30 239 2022 03-30 (2022) 29 11-19 (2022) 31 233 2021 04-03 (2021) 32 11-23 (2021) 32 233 2020 03-01 (2020) 25 10-31 (2020) 32 243

The records at Islip only go back to the 1960s. The low of 31° today was also well above the record low of 15° set in 2004. But when we have a month of top 10 warmth even a -3° feels relatively cold in comparison. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 47 244 PM 75 2012 50 -3 52 MINIMUM 31 620 AM 15 2004 34 -3 35 AVERAGE 39 42 -3 44