April 2026

[Brian5671]

85/86 here keeps flipping back and forth.  Just your run of the mill +30 day

[IrishRob17]

After a low of 51, got ot 86 as a high, 84 now. 

[psv88]

NAM had Islip at 71. It hit 78. It stinks 

[MANDA]

Nice outside.  Too warm inside.  A/C turned on for first time this season on second floor.  With sun pouring in the temperature up there was 78 degrees.  No thanks.  Still cool on the main floor 73 degrees.  A very comfortable 68 degrees down in the Man Cave.  Pollen season underway with green dust building up on everything.  Another reason to keep the windows closed.

Beautiful outside though.  Low humidity, a nice breeze and temperature 84 down from a high 85.

Will be watering the grass seed again this evening.  Could use some rain.

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Ambrose jet starting to kick in. JFK down to 71 gusting to 26 out of the south. Should continue to increase.


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[Prue11]

Made it up to 84 currently 74 

[jm1220]

1 hour ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Ambrose jet starting to kick in. JFK down to 71 gusting to 26 out of the south. Should continue to increase.


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Not terrible, temps still around 60 on the beaches and JFK 17mph. Looks like dodged a bullet today. 

[TWCCraig]

65.5 and breezy, made it to 78.8

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Not terrible, temps still around 60 on the beaches and JFK 17mph. Looks like dodged a bullet today. 

Surprising, the wind has basically stopped here. Could be good for storms later. Holding on to some instability


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[donsutherland1]

Tomorrow and Thursday will feature exceptional early season warmth. Temperatures will likely peak in the middle and upper in most of the region. Records will likely be challenged tomorrow. 

Daily Records for April 15:

Albany: 86°, 2003
Bridgeport: 81°, 1960
Hartford: 88°, 1941
Islip: 78°, 2002, 2024
New York City-Central Park: 87°, 1941
New York City-JFK Airport: 80°, 1960, 2002, 2006
New York City-LaGuardia Airport: 86°, 1941
Newark: 88°, 1960
Philadelphia: 88°, 1941
White Plains: 83°, 1960

Some of the guidance suggests that the hot spots could approach or reach 90° during the height of the warmth. Long Island will be cooler with highs peaking in the 70s due to onshore breezes. However, there is a chance that Islip could approach or reach 80° on Wednesday.

Following the bout of early season heat, readings will return to the 70s to end the week and start the weekend. It will turn cooler on Sunday. A sharp cold shot is possible early next week.

Generally dry conditions will also persist through at least Friday.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +1.5°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +0.2°C for the week centered around April 8. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +1.30°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +0.07°C. Neutral ENSO conditions will continue through at least mid-spring.

The SOI was -9.45 today. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was -1.087 today. 

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 84% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal April (1991-2020 normal). April will likely finish with a mean temperature near 56.6° (2.9° above normal). 

Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 3.6° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value. 

 

[SnoSki14]

4 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

As much as I dislike the heat, its hard for me to consider this swamp ass weather with the dews relatively low when compared to what has become normal around here in the summer. 

Dews are in the mid to upper 50s so it's def not a dry heat but definitely no swamp weather 

[MJO812]

[Santa Claus]

still 85/56, breezy, perfect night

[SACRUS]

to 88 today warmest on the year and warmest since Oct 5th

[SACRUS]

[steve392]

11 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

Please hold together for some okish rain.  

[Picard]

We got a little light show and a few rumbles and drops from that area in western NJ.  Looks to be fading, but made for a neat sky right after sunset.

[Santa Claus]

oh now there’s a bunch of storms

[steve392]

Sone pretty good rumbles of thunder.  Storms drying up the further east they make it. 

[SACRUS]

Today's HIghs:
 

TEB: 89
EWR: 89
ACY: 88
BLM: 88
New Brnswck: 88
PHL: 88
NYC: 87
LGA: 86
HPN: 84
TTN: 84
JCK: 80
ISP: 78

[bluewave]

Where was this blocking in early March?

 

 

[SACRUS]

72 / 57 in the peak of the heat today / tomorrow with mid 80s to low 90s.  Friday still very warm but falls back to the upper 70s - low/ 80s.  Weekend is warm but clouds look to cap tems on Saturday and timing of the front sunday  / storms.  Cooler week near / below normal 4/20 - 4/28.

 

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 88 (1960)
NYC: 87 (1941)
LGA: 86 (1941)
JFK: 80 (2006)

 

 

Lows:

EWR: 25 (1943)
NYC: 27 (1943)
LGA: 28 (1943)
JFK: 33 (1962)

 

Historical:

 

1921 - Two mile high Silver Lake, CO, received 76 inches of snow in 24 hours, the heaviest 24 hour total of record for North America. The storm left a total of 87 inches in twenty-seven and a half hours. (David Ludlum)

1927 - New Orleans LA was drenched with 14.01 inches of rain, which established a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. (The Weather Channel)

1944: The maximum temperature for the date is 89°F. in Washington DC. (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA)
 

1949 - A hailstone five inches by five and a half inches in size, and weighing four pounds, was measured at Troy NY. (The Weather Channel)

1956: An F4 tornado passed along the western and northern fringes of Birmingham, AL during the afternoon. The twister killed 25 people along its 20 mile path. Most of the deaths occurred in the Stacey Hollow and McDonalds Chapel communities. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1958 - A tornado 300 yards in width skipped along a five mile path near Frostproof FL. A 2500 gallon water tank was found one mile from its original position (it is not known how much water was in the tank at the time). (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in the Southern Atlantic Coast Region. A tornado killed one person and injured seven others near Mount Dora FL. Drifts of hail up to two feet deep were reported in Davidson and Rowan counties in North Carolina. Myrtle Beach SC was deluged with seven inches of rain in three hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Death Valley, CA, was soaked with 1.53 inches of rain in 24 hours. Snow fell in the mountains of southern California. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Showers and thunderstorms soaked the eastern U.S. with heavy rain, pushing the rainfall total for the month at Cape Hatteras NC past their previous April record of 7.10 inches. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1990 - Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced severe weather from west central Texas to west central Arkansas during the late afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms spawned a tornado which caused more than half a million dollars damage at Fort Stockton TX, produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Dennison TX, produced baseball size hail at Silo OK and near Capps Corner TX, and drenched southeastern Oklahoma with up to 4 inches of rain in two hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

 

1998: An F3 tornado hits downtown Nashville causing extensive damage but no loss of life. An additional 62 tornadoes touched down in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. These tornadoes caused 12 fatalities and approximately 120 injuries. Click HERE for more information from the NWS Office in Nashville.

 

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Should be the warmest day of the season today on the island. High launching pad and limited onshore flow. Not a drop of rain last night.


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[psv88]

2 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Should be the warmest day of the season today on the island. High launching pad and limited onshore flow. Not a drop of rain last night.


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Yea low of 60. Impressive for mid April

[jm1220]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Where was this blocking in early March?

 

 

Yep, so far next week is looking ghastly. 

[jm1220]

3 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Should be the warmest day of the season today on the island. High launching pad and limited onshore flow. Not a drop of rain last night.


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Low 70s even at the beaches this morning. 

[Rmine1]

“Noseeum” season in full swing. 

[Picard]

According to Mesonet, Manhattan only dropped to 71 overnight.  When is the last time that happened in April?

[TWCCraig]

6 minutes ago, Picard said:

According to Mesonet, Manhattan only dropped to 71 overnight.  When is the last time that happened in April?

April 14th, 2023 had a low of 70 in Central Park

During the 2002 April heatwave the minimums were 74 and 76 on the 17th and 18th

These may be the only instances of 70+ mins in April for NYC