April 2024

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, bluewave said:

I believe that 108° In Mineola during 2010 was probably the highest temperature on record for Long Island. But the site shut down in 2011. Ed was the president of the Long Island Weather Observers. The site was in operation from 1938 to 2011. His observations were featured every evening on News 12 for years. 
 

Cold Snap Tests Service Agencies

The New York Times

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In Mineola, temperatures hit a low of 6 degrees on Dec. 23, according to Ed Lynt, president of the Long Island Weather Observers, a volunteer organization

 

 

Time Series Summary for MINEOLA, NY - Jan through Dec
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Rank	Year	Highest Max Temperature	Missing Count
1	2010	108	0
2	2001	105	32
3	1999	103	10
-	1966	103	0
5	1988	102	50
-	1975	102	1
-	1948	102	1
8	2002	101	0
-	1973	101	0
-	1968	101	0
-	1952	101	0
12	2006	100	1
-	1993	100	8
-	1991	100	0
-	1957	100	12
-	1955	100	3

We're really going to miss him -- I wish we had that mesonet set up that the city does so we could keep track of local temperatures

[bluewave]

5 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

Would be funny how often times in Long Beach our hottest temps during a heat wave everywhere else would be as it’s ending after the cold front passes and the wind turns N with the hot air from the city coming through. 

I had some interesting temperature observations during all my years back in Long Beach. One day we had a high of 85° through around 5pm while we were south of the sea breeze front. It was around 100° near NYC. A line of strong to severe storms formed and a gust frost developed. It shifted the winds to W to NW and my thermometer jumped from 85° to 97° in about 5 minutes. Another day the sea breeze front only made it to the boardwalk. It was in the upper 80s on the beach with a slight WSW flow and a westerly flow north of Shore road with mid 90s. But most days during the summer we were usually well south of the sea breeze front. Ambrose jets were very common with plenty of blowing sand right onto the streets near the beach. 

[jm1220]

34 minutes ago, bluewave said:

I had some interesting temperature observations during all my years back in Long Beach. One day we had a high of 85° through around 5pm while we were south of the sea breeze front. It was around 100° near NYC. A line of strong to severe storms formed and a gust frost developed. It shifted the winds to W to NW and my thermometer jumped from 85° to 97° in about 5 minutes. Another day the sea breeze front only made it to the boardwalk. It was in the upper 80s on the beach with a slight WSW flow and a westerly flow north of Shore road with mid 90s. But most days during the summer we were usually well south of the sea breeze front. Ambrose jets were very common with plenty of blowing sand right onto the streets near the beach. 

97 would be a cheap daytime high on a day like that but it counts! 

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

29.8 for the low this morning. 

[Intensewind002]

Bottomed out at 33.9 last night, pretty impressive.

[donsutherland1]

The mainly fair weather will continue after another cool start, particularly outside of Philadelphia and New York City. However, it will likely turn noticeably warmer on Sunday. Monday could be the warmest day of the week with widespread readings in the upper 70s and lower 80s. The hottest spots could reach the middle or upper 80s. May will likely start out with warmer to much warmer than normal temperatures.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -0.2°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +0.7°C for the week centered around April 10. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -0.17°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +1.03°C. The ongoing basinwide El Niño event is fading. Neutral conditions could develop later in the spring.

The SOI was +0.58 today.

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was -0.942 today.

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied 99% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal April (1991-2020 normal). April will likely finish with a mean temperature near 55.5° (1.8° above normal).

 

[SACRUS]

 

 

Low of 34 overnight and up to 63 for a high.  Warm up starts tomorrow. 

 

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[SACRUS]

 

Records:

 

Highs:

EWR:  93 (2009)
NYC: 92  (2009)
LGA: 91 (2009)
JFK: 86 (2009)


Lows:

EWR:  34 (1934)
NYC: 31 (1919)
LGA: 37 (1972)
JFK: 37 (1967)

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)

 

1986: The Chernobyl nuclear power station in Kiev Ukraine suffered a massive explosion. The radioactive cloud of particles and gas carried westward and northwestward, contaminating large areas of Europe in the following week.

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

 

 

1991:During a severe thunderstorm event, large hail fell over parts of Brown, Spink, Hand, and Buffalo Counties. Both Brown and Hand Counties received hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter.

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.

 

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

 

Records:

 

Highs:

EWR:  93 (2009)
NYC: 92  (2009)
LGA: 91 (2009)
JFK: 86 (2009)


Lows:

EWR:  34 (1934)
NYC: 31 (1919)
LGA: 37 (1972)
JFK: 37 (1967)

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)

 

1986: The Chernobyl nuclear power station in Kiev Ukraine suffered a massive explosion. The radioactive cloud of particles and gas carried westward and northwestward, contaminating large areas of Europe in the following week.

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

 

 

1991:During a severe thunderstorm event, large hail fell over parts of Brown, Spink, Hand, and Buffalo Counties. Both Brown and Hand Counties received hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter.

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.

 

wow 2009 had a very cool summer, this day in April that year may have been warmer than most of the days that summer.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

 

Records:

 

Highs:

EWR:  93 (2009)
NYC: 92  (2009)
LGA: 91 (2009)
JFK: 86 (2009)


Lows:

EWR:  34 (1934)
NYC: 31 (1919)
LGA: 37 (1972)
JFK: 37 (1967)

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)

 

1986: The Chernobyl nuclear power station in Kiev Ukraine suffered a massive explosion. The radioactive cloud of particles and gas carried westward and northwestward, contaminating large areas of Europe in the following week.

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

 

 

1991:During a severe thunderstorm event, large hail fell over parts of Brown, Spink, Hand, and Buffalo Counties. Both Brown and Hand Counties received hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter.

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.

 

Didn't realize this was also the anniversary of Chernobyl-- a day that will forever live in infamy!

 

[bluewave]

You know spring is progressing when we stop getting afternoon highs in the 40s with rain behind the backdoor cold fronts. Looks like most areas away from the immediate shore will reach the 80s by Monday. Then a weak backdoor for Tuesday with highs still in the 60s and 70s eastern sections. 

[Allsnow]

@bluewave potential rain event next weekend? 

[JetsPens87]

Monday will be incredible!

 

Let the weenies roast! Though nycwinter will still be wearing booties and gloves.

[MJO812]

2 minutes ago, JetsPens87 said:

Monday will be incredible!

 

Let the weenies roast! Though nycwinter will still be wearing booties and gloves.

Incredible for people who don't have to work.

[JetsPens87]

Just now, MJO812 said:

Incredible for people who don't have to work.

Nope. Just plain incredible.

[Allsnow]

6 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Incredible for people who don't have to work.

Enjoy!!! Get outside and enjoy it 

[MJO812]

I will enjoy 20s and snow when it comes 

[LibertyBell]

13 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Incredible for people who don't have to work.

Work inside then

[SACRUS]

 

35 to 62 getting more cloudy now.  Up and away 80s Sun / Mon.  Perhaps to 90(s) in the warmer spots enhanced by recent dryness.  Records look mainly sage.   Cooler Tue with onshore/clouds some howers(mainly north)but may still get 70s in SW areas.    Overall warmer to very warm at times and drier through next Sat (5/4).   Next shot at rain next weekend.  Trough moving in and through 5/5 - 5/10 near or below normal before ridging returns.

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

 

Highs:

EWR: 94 (1990)
NYC:  92 (1915)
LGA: 89 (1990)
JFK: 77 (1949)


Lows:

EWR: 33 (1933)
NYC:  36 (1932)
LGA:  38 (1946)
JFK: 34 (1967)

 

Historical:

 

1898: The first Weather Bureau kite was launched in Topeka, Kansas to report daily, early morning, atmospheric observations. By year's end, 16 additional launch sites would be in operation. 

1899 - A tornado struck Kirksville, MO, killing 34 persons and destroying 300 buildings. (David Ludlum)

 

1912: The April 27-28, 1912 outbreak was the climax of a wild, week-long period of severe weather that occurred in Oklahoma. Strong to violent tornadoes struck portions of central and north-central Oklahoma on April 20, 1912. Also, a violent tornado hit Ponca City, OK on April 25, 1912. From the 27 through the 28th, 16 tornadoes rated F2 or greater touched down in the state with 6 of them rated F4. About 40 people were killed, and the storms injured 120 people. 

1931 - The temperature at Pahala, located on the main island of Hawaii, soared to 100 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)

1931: The temperature at Pahala, located on the main island of Hawaii, soared to 100 degrees to establish a state record.

1942 - A destructive tornado swept across Rogers County and Mayes County in Oklahoma. The tornado struck the town of Pryor killing 52 persons and causing two million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)

1987 - Forty-two cities in the western and south central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 87 degrees at Olympia WA was an April record, and highs of 92 degrees at Boise ID, 95 degrees at Monroe LA, and 96 degrees at Sacramento CA tied April records. (The National Weather Summary) More than 300 daily temperature records fell by the wayside during a two week long heat wave across thirty-four states in the southern and western U.S. Thirteen cities established records for the month of April. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)

1988 - Mount Washington NH reported seven feet of snow in ten days, pushing their snowfall total for the month past the previous record of 89.3 inches set in 1975. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley to Virginia and the Carolinas. Hail up to four and a half inches in diameter caused five million dollars damage around Omaha NE. Thunderstorms spawned eleven tornadoes, and there were 160 other reports of large hail and damaging winds. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in eastern Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley. Severe thunderstorms spawned thirteen tornadoes in Texas and twelve in Louisiana. A tornado southwest of Coolidge TX injured eight persons and caused more than five million dollars damage. There were also eighty-five reports of large hail and damaging winds, with baseball size hail reported at Mexia TX and Shreveport LA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) Forty-three cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Records highs included 94 degrees at Charleston WV, 95 degrees at Baltimore MD and96 degrees at Richmond VA. (The National Weather Summary)

 

2003: For only the 11th time since records began in 1871, hail was observed in Key West Florida. A severe thunderstorm produced hail to 1.75 inches in diameter which easily broke the previous record of a half an inch in diameter which was set on May 10, 1961.

2011 - An estimated 305 tornados between the 27th and 28th sets a record for the largest outbreak ever recorded, including two EF-5s, four EF-4s and 21 EF-3s. Arkansas through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, southern Tennessee, Virginia to Pennsylvania and New York were all affected. An estimated 300 died including 210 in Alabama alone. This brought the April total past 600, the most in any month in recorded US weather history.

[SnoSki14]

2 hours ago, Allsnow said:

Enjoy!!! Get outside and enjoy it 

Everyone works 

[bluewave]

3 hours ago, Allsnow said:

@bluewave potential rain event next weekend? 

Next few days we could see some localized pockets over .50 with the warm front.

[FPizz]

That rain in PA going to fizzle?  Looks like it's holding together pretty well so far

[Rtd208]

5 hours ago, bluewave said:

You know spring is progressing when we stop getting afternoon highs in the 40s with rain behind the backdoor cold fronts. Looks like most areas away from the immediate shore will reach the 80s by Monday. Then a weak backdoor for Tuesday with highs still in the 60s and 70s eastern sections. It’s possible with some compressional warming that someone in NJ SW  of the backdoor on Tuesday makes a run on 90°.

Yeah BDCF’s will become less of a threat as we move ahead over the next couple weeks and as we head into May. Looking forward to the warmer weather. 

[SACRUS]

1 hour ago, FPizz said:

That rain in PA going to fizzle?  Looks like it's holding together pretty well so far

 

 

[donsutherland1]

Tulip season is now ending in a blaze of glory at the New York Botanical Garden. Five photos:

[Stormlover74]

Maybe something more substantial tomorrow evening 

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

7 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Work inside then

Exactly, that’s why I switched careers at 30. Nothing worse than being stuck in a windowless cubicle when you’re a weather enthusiast. Now I get to experience every weather event. I would never go back.

[MANDA]

29 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Maybe something more substantial tomorrow evening 

Certainly can't be anything less than today ! 

[donsutherland1]

Overnight, parts of the region could see a shower or two, as a warm front pushes slowly across the region. In its wake, tomorrow will turn noticeably warmer as the sun returns. The temperature will surge into the 70s in much of the region.

Monday could be the warmest day of the week with widespread readings in the upper 70s and lower 80s. The hottest spots could reach the middle or upper 80s with perhaps a few 90° highs. May will likely start out with warmer to much warmer than normal temperatures.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -0.2°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +0.7°C for the week centered around April 10. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -0.17°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +1.03°C. The ongoing basinwide El Niño event is fading. Neutral conditions could develop later in the spring.

The SOI was -3.10 today.

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was -0.814 today.

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 100% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal April (1991-2020 normal). April will likely finish with a mean temperature near 55.6° (1.9° above normal).