May 2025

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

That gust front had some better winds some severe warned storms we have had in the past, not that, thats saying much…

[IrishRob17]

24 minutes ago, MANDA said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14723605/Brooklyn-Bridge-hit-boat-jaw-dropping-footage-shocked-onlookers-watch-pier.html

Happened about 24 hours ago.  Not sure why just being reported now.  Ship was too tall it seems.

It happened tonight, the article has the wrong day. 

[WestBabylonWeather]

The wind is back 

[lee59]

After hitting 96 a few days ago International Falls Minn. will have temperatures near 32 the next few nights.

[LibertyBell]

7 hours ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

Can we have todays weather next Saturday sheesh 

Maybe, the last of the rain might be gone by Friday.

[LibertyBell]

6 hours ago, MJO812 said:

It looks like that. 50s and 60s next week.

Might be rain Wednesday-Friday and the sun comes back out after that.

[LibertyBell]

8 hours ago, Dark Star said:

They first said that there were no natural enemies, but I think I heard after the fact that indeed they did have new natural enemies here in the US.

why can't we train birds to eat all this crap?

There's plenty of birds here, what are they eating if not for these bugs?

 

[LibertyBell]

8 hours ago, Dark Star said:

With the nature of tornadoes, I don't think we can save many more lives.  If you warn someone of it coming, and it never materializes, people become numb to the warnings.  And in hurricanes, many people have to be pulled out of their homes to get them out.  The whole idea of blanket cutbacks is to see what is really needed and to find ways to become more efficient.  Everyone will rationalize that their department, their specific area is the most important.  The only way to find out what is most essential is to make cuts across the board and restore the areas that become obvious at a later date (hopefully sooner than later).  Also, many of the proposed cuts do not occur, or are negotiated down.  The government is too big to be able to surgically remove what is true waste.  Pharmaceutical companies are a good example.  There used to be people going to work at was once called "country club" environments, read a newspaper, and fall asleep.  

the night time tornado problem is a particularly difficult one to tackle, especially in rural areas.

 

[LibertyBell]

4 hours ago, SnoSki14 said:

The good news is that memorial day weekend may turn out mostly dry. No it won't too warm, definitely not summer like but that's OK. 

cool and sunny is just fine

[LibertyBell]

2 hours ago, MJO812 said:

I want it to rain all weekend. Too busy at work that weekend.

be happy with sunny and cool lol

[Snowlover11]

Beautiful outside now, nice breeze.

[LibertyBell]

53 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

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

 

81 was nice to see around here with mostly sunny all afternoon and a nice breeze

[bluewave]

Could be the best Noreaster of 2025 this week. While the Euro may be overdone on the intensity, the gradient should be tight enough for easterly gusts over 40 and very rough surf and wind driven heavy rain potential. It’s possible that with the low clouds and easterly flow, that some spots may not get out of the 40s for afternoon highs. This is impressive cold for late May when the average daily high is 73°.

 

 

 

 

[SACRUS]

 

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 
 

 

 

 

[SACRUS]

 

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.

[SACRUS]

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

Could be the best Noreaster of 2025 this week. While the Euro may be overdone on the intensity, the gradient should be tight enough for easterly gusts over 40 and very rough surf and wind driven heavy rain potential. It’s possible that with the low clouds and easterly flow, that some spots may not get out of the 40s for afternoon highs. This is impressive cold for late May when the average daily high is 73°.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 .

[SACRUS]

 

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

 

 

[bluewave]

30 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

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 5/20 for cool/wet days in the 50s and the same days in 2017 5/29 - 5/31 .

While it has been a warm spring for average temperatures, this will be only the 3rd spring since 2010 with no 90° heat.

 

Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ - Mar through May
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

2025	88	14
2024	90	0
2023	93	0
2022	98	0
2021	96	0
2020	86	0
2019	90	0
2018	94	0
2017	94	0
2016	96	0
2015	91	0
2014	88	0
2013	94	0
2012	92	0
2011	92	0
2010	95	0

[winterwarlock]

10 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

cool and sunny is just fine

not for me and the beach businesses....temps in the 60s with a wind at the shore isnt pleasant for the start of summer

 

this cool rainy weather sucks, we had some good warm sunny stretches but it was fools gold....now temps in 50s for two days this weekend and a cool friday barely in the low 60s heading into saturday

[LibertyBell]

23 minutes ago, bluewave said:

While it has been a warm spring for average temperatures, this will be only the 3rd spring since 2010 with no 90° heat.

 

Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ - Mar through May
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

2025	88	14
2024	90	0
2023	93	0
2022	98	0
2021	96	0
2020	86	0
2019	90	0
2018	94	0
2017	94	0
2016	96	0
2015	91	0
2014	88	0
2013	94	0
2012	92	0
2011	92	0
2010	95	0

yes this has not been a warm spring unless you go by average temperatures, which I find to be a very poor way to measure actual heat.

 

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, winterwarlock said:

not for me and the beach businesses....temps in the 60s with a wind at the shore isnt pleasant for the start of summer

 

this cool rainy weather sucks, we had some good warm sunny stretches but it was fools gold....now temps in 50s for two days this weekend and a cool friday barely in the low 60s heading into saturday

warm and sunny is always better but with the sun out it will feel much warmer

we can do without that nasty wind though

 

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Could be the best Noreaster of 2025 this week. While the Euro may be overdone on the intensity, the gradient should be tight enough for easterly gusts over 40 and very rough surf and wind driven heavy rain potential. It’s possible that with the low clouds and easterly flow, that some spots may not get out of the 40s for afternoon highs. This is impressive cold for late May when the average daily high is 73°.

 

 

 

 

99% of the forum will be wanting to accelerate warming after this week.

maybe when we get to +3c this nonsense will no longer be able to happen?

[SACRUS]

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.

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

3 hours ago, bluewave said:

Could be the best Noreaster of 2025 this week. While the Euro may be overdone on the intensity, the gradient should be tight enough for easterly gusts over 40 and very rough surf and wind driven heavy rain potential. It’s possible that with the low clouds and easterly flow, that some spots may not get out of the 40s for afternoon highs. This is impressive cold for late May when the average daily high is 73°.

 

 

 

 

Timing is impeccable. I start life guarding at jones beach Friday. Should make for a very interesting air show!

[Roger Smith]

In NYC data, only these three days failed to reach 50F after 18th:

May 19, 1950 _ 48F

May 25, 1967 _ 46F

May 27, 1961 _ 47F

(the month's warmest max, 99F, was on 19th of 1962)