April 2023

[LoboLeader1]

37 for an over night low here.

[IrishRob17]

30 for the low

[Volcanic Winter]

Went down to 31 here this AM. Pretty impressive. 

[CIK62]

The last 5 days of April are averaging       57degs.(52/61) or -1.

Month to date is     58.6[+5.9].         April should end at      58.3[+4.6], 1st. Place.

Reached 61 here yesterday at 4pm.

Today:   59-63, wind se., increasing clouds-rain by midnight, 48 tomorrow AM.

49*(57%RH) here at 7am.      52* at 8am.      55* at 9am.      56* at 10am.      54* at Noon.      57* at 3pm.       Reached 60* at 5pm.       52* at 8pm.

[FPizz]

33 last night

[psv88]

34 last night 

[SACRUS]

 

Down to 34 last night chilly morning but now up to 50.   Partly sunny today with some showers later this evening as front moves through.  Thu (4/27) likely the last partly-mostly sunny day or a week.  By Fri (4/28) trough and cut off low along MW into EC.  Wet and cool period overall with plenty of rain chances through next Wed.  Overall looking cooler as trough remains over the northeast through the first week of next month with continues multiple rain chances.  Beyond there perhaps moderation towards normal/drier conditions towards mid month.  

[SACRUS]

[Brian5671]

GFS, usually the driest model is now wettest for the weekend

[JustinRP37]

It is very odd how spring is the season that has showed the lowest increase in temperature from AGW. Each year lately we seem to get into these cold, wet patterns that we can't shake off for awhile. Meanwhile any little hint of warmth in winter and it is off to 50+F.

[Picard]

It was almost predictable that after hitting the 90s two weeks ago, we would settle back into a blah cool damp spring pattern for a time.  

Any chance we salvage part of Saturday before the rains begin?

[Superstorm]

Just now, Picard said:

It was almost predictable that after hitting the 90s two weeks ago, we would settle back into a blah cool damp spring pattern for a time.  

Any chance we salvage part of Saturday before the rains begin?

Don't we do this every year?

[Tekken_Guy]

6 minutes ago, Superstorm said:

Don't we do this every year?

Yeah this is typical. Last year April 14 was almost a 90-degree day. Didn’t crack 80 again for a month, or even 75 for three weeks.

Warm-ups this time of year are usually very fleeting. Cooldowns on the other hand generally last much longer.

[Stormlover74]

10 minutes ago, Superstorm said:

Don't we do this every year?

Yep

[Stormlover74]

32 minutes ago, Picard said:

It was almost predictable that after hitting the 90s two weeks ago, we would settle back into a blah cool damp spring pattern for a time.  

Any chance we salvage part of Saturday before the rains begin?

Since it starts Friday night it doesn't look likely

[Brian5671]

6 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Since it starts Friday night it doesn't look likely

Both weekend days look terrible

[SACRUS]

16 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Both weekend days look terrible

The period Fri - Mon looks mainly cloudy, cool and potentially washouts.  Mets may have 2-3 rain outs.

[SACRUS]

Records:

 

Highs:

EWR: 93 (2009)
NYC: 92 (2009)
LGA: 91 (2009)

Lows:

 

EWR: 34 (1934)
NYC: 31 (1919)
LGA: 37 (1972)

 

Historical:

 

1834 - Killer frosts were reported in the Deep South. The frost was quite severe around Huntsville AL, and highlighted a backward spring in the South that year. (David Ludlum)

 

1884: Tornadoes were hard to capture on old cameras with their hard to use glass plate negatives. The first recorded photograph of a tornado was taken on this date by A.A. Adams near Garnett, Kansas.

1978 - An unusually strong occluded front swept out of the Gulf of Alaska and produced the first April thunderstorm of record at Fairbanks. Pea size hail fell northeast of Fairbanks from thunderstorms whose tops were less than 8000 feet. (The Weather Channel)

1984 - Severe thunderstorms associated with an intense cyclone spawned a total of forty-seven tornadoes in two days from Louisiana to Upper Michigan. The tornadoes killed 16 persons and injured 259 others. (Storm Data)

1987 - Twenty-two cities in the central and western U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 83 degrees at Astoria OR smashed their previous record by 13 degrees. Sacramento CA hit 94 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - While Rochester, MN, was blanketed with 13.7 inches of snow, establishing a single storm record for the month of April, Minneapolis MN, just 90 miles away, got only rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thirty-three cities in the central and southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 91 degrees at Evansville IN and Nashville TN equalled April records. Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Iowa to Kentucky, with more than ninety reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 90 mph at Berwick IA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Twenty-nine cities from the Carolinas to the Great Lakes Region and western New England reported record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and lower 90s. Record high temperatures included 95 degrees at Baltimore MD and 92 degrees at Allentown PA. The record high of 89 degrees at Alpena MI was the third out of six straight record highs for that location, and smashed their previous record for the date by ten degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1991 - Severe thunderstorms in the central U.S. spawned fifty-five tornadoes from northeastern Texas to Iowa and eastern Nebraska killing twenty-one persons. Early evening thunderstorms over south central Kansas spawned a violent (F-5) tornado whiched traveled 45 miles from southwest of Wichita to north of El Dorado. It killed seventeen persons, including thirteen at the Golden Spur Mobile Home Park in Andover. The tornado also caused 62 million dollars damage to McConnell Air Force Base as it crossed the south side of Wichita. (National Weather Summary

2003 - Twenty inches of snow falls in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. Alpine Meadows ski resort just north of Lake Tahoe reports more than 100 inches and Kirkwood south of Tahoe reports 112 inches.

 

[Stormlover74]

It's crazy how every day something was happening between 1987 and 1990

[Snowlover11]

depressing weather the rest of this week, need the rain i guess.

[Tekken_Guy]

12 hours ago, Wxoutlooksblog said:

I anticipate at this point that any return to above normal temperatures for the NYC Metro region would probably occur late during the 3rd week or 4th week of May. We might get into near normal temperatures a few days to a week before then.

WX/PT

I’m cautiously optimistic we’ll be warm again in Week 2 of May. If we’re lucky the pattern will break by next Thursday.

[Brian5671]

17 minutes ago, Snowlover11 said:

depressing weather the rest of this week, need the rain i guess.

not as much as after last weekend's 2 plus inches....

[Brian5671]

12Z CMC and GFS show 4-5 inches of rain for a good chunk of the subforum through next monday

[MJO812]

1 hour ago, Brian5671 said:

12Z CMC and GFS show 4-5 inches of rain for a good chunk of the subforum through next monday

Excellent 

[psv88]

Beautiful day today. Sunny and 60

[Brian5671]

Just had wind and a shower here...

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

2 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Excellent 

It actually is a good thing to start the growing season nice and wet after that super dry hot start.

[winterwx21]

3 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

12Z CMC and GFS show 4-5 inches of rain for a good chunk of the subforum through next monday

12z EURO showing a rainy weekend too. One batch friday night into saturday and another sunday into sunday night. 2 to 3 inches for a lot of the area between the 2 batches. 

[Stormlover74]

1 minute ago, winterwx21 said:

12z EURO showing a rainy weekend too. One batch friday night into saturday and another sunday into sunday night. 2 to 3 inches for a lot of the area between the 2 batches. 

Yep we salvage Sunday morning 

[Brian5671]

16 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Yep we salvage Sunday morning 

and even that will probably be foggy and drizzle/mist with flow out of the east