May 2026 Obs/Discussion

[tamarack]

26 this morning.  That's the median for May's coldest.  (Median max is 85.)   Sun beginning to return after 2 hours of light showers.

[mreaves]

16 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Awful last night, can't count how many times the heat kept kicking in. Was literally like February with how much the heat kept consistently coming on. At least its warmed up out but that wind negates it a bit. 

Quite the snowstorm about to unfold for Denver too lol...bufkit spitting out a foot of snow on NAM/GFS for Denver lol. 

You weren't warmed by the thoughts of the Canadiens advancing in the Stanley Cup playoffs?

[SouthCoastMA]

Haven't used the heat in a few weeks and just gutted our way through some cool weather. Oil is way too expensive now. I think the worst is over though and milder times are ahead. 

[weatherwiz]

3 minutes ago, mreaves said:

You weren't warmed by the thoughts of the Canadiens advancing in the Stanley Cup playoffs?

I would have been on fire had the Bruins advanced too, setting up a B's/Canadiens second round matchup.

What sucks about the current playoff format is the Bruins/Canadiens will never face each other in the conference finals...unless the league goes back to 1-8 formatting which doesn't sound like will be happening anytime soon. 

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

34F in July of 1956 and 34F in August of 1956.

9 of the first 12 years of that Coventry station back in the the 1950s and 1960s saw July min temps in the 30s.

Good luck with that today.

Looking at that reminds me of when Dendrite posts the old CON data and it just looks so far fetched to what we see these summers at night.

Yeah there’s some yore with those temps. May be the Maple Hollow guy.

[SouthCoastMA]

The wind is capping the mild today. hovering in the upper 50's/low 60s

[dendrite]

More standing wave BS this afternoon. We’ve been blocked by a thin line of clouds for hours.

[mreaves]

50 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I would have been on fire had the Bruins advanced too, setting up a B's/Canadiens second round matchup.

What sucks about the current playoff format is the Bruins/Canadiens will never face each other in the conference finals...unless the league goes back to 1-8 formatting which doesn't sound like will be happening anytime soon. 

The format sucks and is nearly incomprehensible.  

[weatherwiz]

4 minutes ago, mreaves said:

The format sucks and is nearly incomprehensible.  

Yeah not a fan of it at all. Who knows, maybe this will be bought up during the next CBA meetings which will be shortly (they've already been addressing some topics). 

[Damage In Tolland]

28 minutes ago, dendrite said:

More standing wave BS this afternoon. We’ve been blocked by a thin line of clouds for hours.

We wave break south 

Happy bday !

[weatherwiz]

It is sooooo depressing when you see big CAPE building into the upper-Midwest and Great Lakes region then watch it just get destroyed and shunted to our southwest when you loop it. Very depressing 

[vortex95]

3 hours ago, powderfreak said:

 

Oh I wasn’t saying put your plants in the ground.

But you cannot say that currently you’d expect 5/26 to be the mean last freeze in whatever climate we’ve got going.

Sure, could pop a 30F on June 1st… but you know what I was getting at.

Go look at those summer minimum temps from 1955-1975 and tell me that’s not different from what we see on average lately.  It’d be entertaining to see mid-30s in CT valleys in July, always a chance.

 

7/1/1988 34 for a low Barre Falls MA.  Frost in SNE in July?  MWN 4" snow 6/30-7/1/1988, its most snow in the summer.  Go figure, this was sandwiched in-between big heat in mid-June and after 7/4.  One of the hottest summers on record for the area and the U.S.  And the drought?  $60B in damages, by far the costliest natural disaster for the country up to this time.  Yellowstone burned continuously from June to November.

July 1988 here was one of most active tstm months on record for SNE.  MQE had 15 days w/ thunder for its all-time record.  ASH also had 15 tstm days (43 total for the year).  Derecho ALB to BOS on 6/22.

[vortex95]

2 hours ago, weatherwiz said:

Awful last night, can't count how many times the heat kept kicking in. Was literally like February with how much the heat kept consistently coming on. At least its warmed up out but that wind negates it a bit. 

Quite the snowstorm about to unfold for Denver too lol...bufkit spitting out a foot of snow on NAM/GFS for Denver lol. 

40" in the mountains.  ACATT: WHY CAN'T....

[ma blizzard]

25 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

7/1/1988 34 for a low Barre Falls MA.  Frost in SNE in July?  MWN 4" snow 6/30-7/1/1988, its most snow in the summer.  Go figure, this was sandwiched in-between big heat in mid-June and after 7/4.  One of the hottest summers on record for the area and the U.S.  And the drought?  $60B in damages, by far the costliest natural disaster for the country up to this time.  Yellowstone burned continuously from June to November.

July 1988 here was one of most active tstm months on record for SNE.  MQE had 15 days w/ thunder for its all-time record.  ASH also had 15 tstm days (43 total for the year).  Derecho ALB to BOS on 6/22.

Impressive for 7/1!

[Lava Rock]

40" in the mountains.  ACATT: WHY CAN'T....

Landing in DIA soon. Need to get out Weds at 945am. We'll see.

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[Damage In Tolland]

Are all locations in New England  summerin” like this? Must be by now 

 

 

 

[CoastalWx]

Wind gusts to 50 tomorrow. Let’s rip down some leafed out Norway maples 

[kdxken]

54 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Are all locations in New England  summerin” like this? Must be by now 

 

 

 

Yeah hot May coming in. 

 

 

[Damage In Tolland]

15 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Wind gusts to 50 tomorrow. Let’s rip down some leafed out Norway maples 

We roar 

[kdxken]

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

We roar 

We cold.

 

[kdxken]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Are all locations in New England  summerin” like this? Must be by now 

 

 

 

That looks two days early at least. 

 

[Damage In Tolland]

Everything points to Big pattern flip post mid month. Energy Mets also all over it . These silly tweets 

[powderfreak]

Turned into a great afternoon.

Got up to 67F and sunny after 40s and rain this morning.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

45 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Everything points to Big pattern flip post mid month. Energy Mets also all over it . These silly tweets 

Week 3?  Week 4?   
We just don’t know. 

[dendrite]

55 minutes ago, kdxken said:

We cold.

 

Return of the Judah

[vortex95]

4 hours ago, ma blizzard said:

Impressive for 7/1!

Yes, note the large 546 thk pool over much of the NE. Tons of SHRA/TSRA w/ hail to marginal svr levels across the region 6/30 and 7/1.

[CoastalWx]

18 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Return of the Judah

Mmmmmm….bullshit your theory it is…brah ha ha haha

[vortex95]

3 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

Landing in DIA soon. Need to get out Weds at 945am. We'll see.

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HRRR shows "PT time."  Over 40" in the mtns.  Thought it seemed high but GFS/ECMWF/UKMET all show 30"+ same area.  Why not?  Upslope flow this time of year w/ a lot more moisture available than even March (DEN snowiest month).

Scott probably still "MEH!" 

[Ginx snewx]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Everything points to Big pattern flip post mid month. Energy Mets also all over it . These silly tweets 

Lol just tell Chris eventually he will be right 

[CoastalWx]

21 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

HRRR shows "PT time."  Over 40" in the mtns.  Thought it seemed high but GFS/ECMWF/UKMET all show 30"+ same area.  Why not?  Upslope flow this time of year w/ a lot more moisture available than even March (DEN snowiest month).

Scott probably still "MEH!" 

Why can’t we get that?