May 2025

[TWCCraig]

Despite the wind, the past couple of days had near perfect weather. Feels like a fall morning but with the bonus of a longer day and higher sun angle.

Someone the other day mentioned Gypsy moths, you can see where they're taking over. Lots of defoliation occurring in some areas

[Sundog]

46 minutes ago, Sundog said:

Another beautiful morning, though this morning felt more like a fall morning, except that the Sun has already been up for an hour and a half. 

 

4 minutes ago, TWCCraig said:

Despite the wind, the past couple of days had near perfect weather. Feels like a fall morning but with the bonus of a longer day and higher sun angle.

Haha, I thought literally the same thing. 

[wdrag]

No change in considerations for Wed afternoon-Thu night 2" g 50 part of LI and s CT.  No thread as of today, per prior consideration of low stream flows and higher FFG, excepting parts of central and nw NJ. Am pretty of a gale as we're now 48-60 hours in advance for the LI shores.  Regarding verification... it's how thorough we look and what we dismiss as poor siting etc.  When you're out there gusting 35 knots... it becomes a significant threat to to general non-mariner.

We'll see how OKX responds tomorrow regarding possible hazards.

[SACRUS]

 

54 / 38 off a low of 41.  Sunny and cool a bit less breezy highs around 70 / low 70s.   Clouds to EPA and look to arrive in the next 6 - 8 hours or 2PM - 4PM.  Miserable stretch of weather Wed - Sat (AM)  showers Wed with cool onshore flow developing as trough cuts off highs in the 50s the next 3 days, coastal develops off the ULL near NJ coast and winds and rain Thu - Fri AM.  Clouds and some showers linger Friday into Saturday (AM).  1.00 - 3.00 inches in the heaviest spots E/NE sections. 

Slowly clears out Saturday but stays cool.  Sunny Sunday and Monday /Memorial Day but highs only approaching 70 / low 70s. 

Trough remains into the northeast to close the month with next cutoff around 5/28 - 5/29 with rain.   

Warmer air from the west/rockies heads east/north to open next month and a much warmer period by the first weekend next month.

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 99 (1996)
NYC: 96 (1996)
LGA: 97 (1996)
JFK: 95 (1996)


Lows:

EWR: 41 (2002)
NYC: 43 (2002)
LGA: 44 (2002)
JFK: 42 (2002)

 

 

Historical:

 

 

1892: Snow and high winds pelted western New England, leaving 10 inches on the ground at Strafford, VT.

1894 - A record late snow of two to eight inches whitened parts of central and eastern Kentucky. Lexington KY received six inches of snow. (The Weather Channel)

1916 - A tornado struck the town of Codell, KS. A tornado struck the town on the same day the following year (1917), and a third tornado hit Cordell on May 20th in 1918. (The Weather Channel)

 

1949: Eight or more tornadoes were involved along an 85 mile long track across the counties of Gray, Ford, Hodgeman and Pawnee. Newspapers in the area used headlines such as Tornado army attacks Kansas to describe the record breaking number of tornadoes, at least 40 that hit the central and western part of the state. No people were killed, but hundreds of animals perished. Four funnels were seen moving northeast about 6 miles northwest of Dodge City. A tornado moved northeast from 7 miles southwest of Coldwater, KS and just missing that town, and ending at Wilmore. The "huge rotating column" sent the entire town of Coldwater running to storm cellars. Most of the $200,000 damage was at Wilmore, as the entire town was torn apart. This is only one of two days in recorded U.S. history up to this time when 100 or more tornadoes occurred. The other was April 3, 1974.

1957 - A tornado touched down to the southwest of Kansas City and traveled a distance of seventy-one miles cutting a swath of near total destruction through the southeastern suburbs of Ruskin Heights and Hickman Mills. The tornado claimed the lives of forty-five persons, and left hundreds homeless. It was the worst weather disaster of record for Kansas City. About all that remained of one house was a small table and a fish bowl atop, with the fish still swimming about inside the bowl, rather unconcerned. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)

1987 - Thunderstorms in southern Texas produced grapefruit size hail, near the town of Dilley ("by dilly"), and produced wind gusts to 73 mph at Lake Amistad. The large hail broke windows, killed small animals, and damaged watermelon. Thunderstorms developing along a warm front produced severe weather from Indiana to the Dakotas. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail at Denver IA, and wind gusts to 80 mph in southern Henry County IL. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Thunderstorms in the south central U.S. produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Omaha, NE, and wind gusts to 80 mph at Midland and Dallas, TX. Temperatures in California soared into the 90s and above 100 degrees. San Jose CA reported a record high of 97 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Pre-dawn thunderstorms produced large hail in eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas. Later in the morning thunderstorms in North Carolina produced dime size hail at Hanging Dog. Thunderstorms also produced severe weather from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Central Plains Region later that day and night, with baseball size hail reported around Lawn, Novice and Eola TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather across the southeastern quarter of the nation through the day and night. Severe thunderstorms spawned six tornadoes, including one which injured two persons at Algoma, MS, and another which injured nine persons at Rogersville, MO. There were 119 reports of large hail or damaging winds. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail at Houston MO and damaging winds which killed one person at Toccoa GA. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

 

2002: A cold wave across the eastern and central U.S. led to many cities recording record low temperatures for this day. Among them was Hartford, CT where the low of 31° was the latest in the season below freezing temperatures have been recorded. This cold wave began two days earlier with 54 record daily lows set, followed by another 96 on the 19th.

[jm1220]

Going to TX for Memorial Day weekend. Will be quite a shock to the system going from 50s in a nor’easter to possible mid 90s. 

[MJO812]

53 right now

Beautiful 

[bch2014]

I have begun intense model-watching, as I am getting married in Westhampton on Saturday 5/31. Weather looks unsettled at 240+ range... Crossing my fingers!

[Stormlover74]

4 minutes ago, bch2014 said:

I have begun intense model-watching, as I am getting married in Westhampton on Saturday 5/31. Weather looks unsettled at 240+ range... Crossing my fingers!

Congrats!

But honestly this far out it's a crapshoot

[SnoSki14]

We hit 42 in Somerset this morning. Felt very fall like with the breeze too. 

Perfect afternoon weather though 

[bluewave]

These strong winds have been the common denominator this year. We set the new record for strongest average daily wind gusts since January. Nearly 35 mph which is a first for the winter into spring.

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?_wait=no&q=140&network=NY_ASOS&station=LGA&syear=1900&sday=0101&eday=0519&varname=avg_wind_gust&w=none&thres=1&year=2025&_r=t&dpi=100&_fmt=png
 

 

[forkyfork]

you cold lovers have a long 4 months ahead of you

[uofmiami]

1 hour ago, jm1220 said:

Going to TX for Memorial Day weekend. Will be quite a shock to the system going from 50s in a nor’easter to possible mid 90s. 

I'll be doing that tomorrow, heading to S FL.  Have a safe trip & enjoy the heat.

[steve392]

32 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

you cold lovers have a long 4 months ahead of you

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[cleetussnow]

43 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

you cold lovers have a long 4 months ahead of you

They had a good run so far this year.

[bluewave]

On 5/19/2025 at 8:46 AM, SACRUS said:

Just short in LGA and NYC but notable is the 2002 chill

EWR:  Hi / Low (rainfall)

5/18: 56 / 44 (1.51)
5/19: 60 / 39
5/20: 59 / 41
5/21: 63/ 43
5/22: 69 / 44

The record low maxes for the 22nd should be in play.

EWR…56°…..2003

NYC….54°…..1894

LGA…..57°…..2003

JFK…..55°……1967

ISP……54°……2003

[Sundog]

48 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

you cold lovers have a long 4 months ahead of you

You heat lovers have the whole planet's atmospheric changes on your side. 

Let us enjoy a handful of cool crisp mornings. 

[Sundog]

1 minute ago, cleetussnow said:

They had a good run so far this year.

That's news to me. March and April were above to well above normal. And so far so is May. 

[cleetussnow]

2 minutes ago, Sundog said:

That's news to me. March and April were above to well above normal. And so far so is May. 

Djf

[SnowDemon]

I love how you can time the low frequency of forky posts with cold snaps. 

[nycwinter]

5 minutes ago, SnowDemon said:

I love how you can time the low frequency of forky posts with cold snaps. 

forky only posts when he is sure hot weather is coming..

[SACRUS]

 

Looks like about 96 hours of clouds starting later this afternoon.

[MANDA]

Just great weather (a bit windy) last few days.  Low was 41 here this morning.  

Great sleeping with the windows open and the blankets up!

Not going to go on much longer so I'm enjoying it while it's here.

The muggy and sultry weather will be here soon enough.  Meanwhile everyday without it is one less day we have to deal with it.

 

 

[forkyfork]

8 minutes ago, SnowDemon said:

I love how you can time the low frequency of forky posts with cold snaps. 

a bunch of people here don't post at all when april starts

[LibertyBell]

15 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

I get that, I was just pointing out cool and dry is worse for plants then cool and wet. It’s tends to dry out the leaves regardless of lack of frost. Tonight is a great example, low of 49 forecast with a gusty wind. Not a great night for warm weather vegetables. Thursday nights forecast low is also 49 but it will be raining which will help lock in moisture in broadleaves like those of Italian Eggplant. 

I was shivering last night and this morning!  The only good thing about this weather are the gorgeous deep blue skies, blue skies are good for the soul :-)

 

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, Sundog said:

You heat lovers have the whole planet's atmospheric changes on your side. 

Let us enjoy a handful of cool crisp mornings. 

it's too cold for my liking, but I love the deep blue skies.

I have a space heater to keep me warm lol.

[Dark Star]

6 hours ago, Sundog said:

The Euro loves to jack up the winds.

My guess is that the models don't account for surface friction and that most of the time, the mixing down gets "stuck" at the lowest levels?  Winds are the hardest thing to predict.  It used to be how much snow was going to fall from any one particular system.  Of course, if you ask me, it has been unusually windy over the last 10 years or so?

[Brian5671]

2 hours ago, nycwinter said:

forky only posts when he is sure hot weather is coming..

yep can't wait for the 240 hr Euro heatwave runs to be posted daily!

[Dark Star]

2 hours ago, forkyfork said:

a bunch of people here don't post at all when april starts

That would be me, whoops, I just did...

[donsutherland1]

5 hours ago, bch2014 said:

I have begun intense model-watching, as I am getting married in Westhampton on Saturday 5/31. Weather looks unsettled at 240+ range... Crossing my fingers!

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding.