May 2026

[nycwinter]

i would not mind a brief warmup its been so cold lately even with the heat on i feel cold..

[SACRUS]

62 / 51 and on the way to upper 70s to low/mid 80s today.  A touch warmer tomorrow with some mid 80s and some stray 90.  About the same Monday before stronger heat  low - mid 90s Tue / Wed.  Wed front / clouds timing the caveat.  Front comes through Wed night into Thu with the next shot at rain / showers / thunderstorms >.50.  Cools down Thu - Sat before warming back up as ridge builds over Memoridal day weekend. Overall warmer beyond with next shot at heat 5/26 - 5/30.

 

 

 

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 92 (1951)
NYC: 90 (1951)
LGA: 90 (1951)
JFK: 83 (1993)

 

Lows:

EWR: 40 (2016)
NYC: 42 (1878)
LGA: 41 (1983)
JFK: 43 (1983)

Historical:

1858: Richmond, Va. Area - Chesterfield County, VA Terrible Hail Storm Damage - Sunday, May 16, 1858: A terrible hail storm occurred in Chesterfield County last evening. Some of the stones were of the size of hen's eggs. Vegetation was destroyed, the ground strewn with the leaves and branches of trees, and a great many windows broken. The hail was from two to three feet deep in some places in the roads. The train from Petersburg last evening came in contact with a fallen tree, and the engine and cars were much damaged. The storm is unprecedented. The New York Times, New York - May 17,1858 by Stu Beitler

1874 - The Mill Creek disaster occurred west of Northhampton MA. Dam slippage resulted in a flash flood which claimed 143 lives, and caused a million dollars property damage. (David Ludlum)


1883: A three-day flood was in progress throughout the Black Hills of South Dakota which resulted in damages over one million dollars in the Rapid City area. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1898: Heavy hail many windows broken in Baltimore along with 1.38 inches of precipitation.

1899: A tornado causing F4 damage moved east northeast from 3 miles northwest of Greeley in Delaware County, Iowa to northwest of Colesburg into Clayton County, Iowa. At least five farms were hit. The tornado narrowed to only 75 yards near Colesburg and swept away all buildings including homes on three of the farms. Two people were killed in one family and four others may have died later. Four men were caught in the one mile from Colesburg and two of them were killed as they looked for shelter. A tombstone of some kind was reportedly carried for two miles. This tornado killed 4 people, all in Clayton County and injured 14 others. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1911: Record maximum temperature for Washington, DC for the date is 93 °F. (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA)
 

1924 - The temperature at Blitzen OR soared to 108 degrees to set a state record for the month of May. The record was later tied at Pelton Dam on the 31st of May in 1986. (The Weather Channel)

1943: A late season storm brought 10 inches of snow to Cheyenne, WY. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1946: A severe hailstorm at San Antonio, TX caused $5 million dollars damage and injured 20 people. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1952 - High winds in the Wasatch Canyon of Utah struck Ogden and Brigham City. Winds at Hill Air Force Base gusted to 92 mph. (The Weather Channel)

1968: A tornado skipped for 45 miles from south of Wabash to New Haven, IN. A woman was killed when her mobile home was blown across a highway and demolished. New Haven was hardest hit with 15 homes damaged. Planes were damaged at the Wabash Airport. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1975: Wildwood, Fla.--One man was killed by lightning and one injured in an open field as they were running for shelter. (Ref. Lightning-The Underrated Killer.pdf)

1983: A very strong spring storm dumped heavy snow across the Front Range in Colorado. Strong winds of 20 to 40 mph with gusts to 55 mph produced blizzard conditions at times. The Foothills received 1 to 2 feet of snow with 4 to 12 inches along the Foothills. Blowing snow whipped the snow into drifts several feet deep closing schools and highways. Power outages occurred; with 20 square miles of Denver blacked out. Hundreds of passengers were stranded as only half of runways were open at Stapleton International Airport. The high temperature at Denver the next day of just 40° set a record low maximum. Much of the snow melted on the 18th as temperatures rebounded into the middle and upper 50s causing widespread street flooding. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1987 - It was a summer-like day as thunderstorms abounded across the nation. Thunderstorms in Texas drenched Guadelupe County with more than three inches of rain resulting in flash flooding. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather from Florida to New York State. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the north central U.S. Havre, MT, reported a record high of 95 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather in the south central U.S. Thunderstorms spawned twenty tornadoes, and there were 180 reports of large hail and damaging winds. A tornado at Cleburne, TX, caused 30 million dollars damage. A violent (F-4) tornado touched down near Brackettville, TX, and a strong (F-3) tornado killed one person and injured 28 others at Jarrell, TX. Thunderstorms also produced softball size hail at Shamrock, TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas to the Upper Ohio Valley. Thunderstorms spawned seventeen tornadoes, including a twister which killed one person and injured another north of Corning, AR. There were 128 reports of large hail or damaging winds. Strong thunderstorm winds killed one person and injured six others at Folsomville, IN, and injured another five persons in southeastern Hardin County KY. In Arkansas, baseball size hail was reported near Fouke and near El Dorado. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1991: At least 6 tornadoes struck parts of northeastern Oklahoma. The strongest rated an F2, struck Catoosa, causing an estimated $130,000 dollars in damage, but no injuries. Severe thunderstorms produced hail 5 inches in diameter at Wichita, KS. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
 

1995: On this date through the 17th, 6.55 inches of rain fell at St. Louis, MO. This is the fifth greatest 24-hour total amount of precipitation for that location. 5.73 inches of rain fell at Columbia, MO making it the sixth greatest 24-hour total amount of precipitation for that location.

1997: Sioux City, Iowa: Sioux City sets daily high and low records on same day: 91 °F and 22 °F, respectively. The record is fortuitous as on no earlier spring date was the record low temperature so high, and on only one May date was the record high any lower. (Ref. WxDoctor)
3.2 inches of snow fell at Marquette, MI bringing their seasonal accumulation to 272 inches to establish the all-time record seasonal snow total for Marquette County Airport. It was also the fifth consecutive day with measurable snow, setting the record for consecutive days with measurable snow during the month of May. While mid-May snow is unusual, it's not the latest in the season it has ever snowed at Marquette. The latest measurable snow there is 0.2 inches on 6/2/1910. The latest date with at least 1-inch of snow is 5/29/1947 with 2.1 inches of snow falling. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1999: As a mother and daughter were driving to a more substantial shelter from their mobile home in Logan, IA when a tornado began to overtake their car. They followed the old advice of seeking shelter in a ditch. As they huddled in the ditch, a large piece of farm equipment and a car fell on them, killing the daughter and injuring the mother. Such incidents have caused Meteorologists and safety experts to question the old standard advice of leaving your car to seek shelter in a ditch when a tornado approaches. The most important advice is not to be caught out during a tornado situation.
Lightning struck a home at Rochester, MN blowing a hole in the wall of the kitchen as well as blasting the bark off a tree in the backyard. In addition, the lightning also set off an explosion in a nearby sewer, which damaged three homes and caused a gasoline leak. Several neighborhoods were evacuated. Damage was estimated at $25,000 dollars. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2002: Most rivers across central and southeast Illinois were flooding, due to runoff from heavier rain several days earlier. The Embarras River at Lawrenceville, IL crested at record levels on this date, while the Sangamon River crested from the 14th through this date at 2nd to 3rd highest levels on record. The Illinois River would crest later in the month around the third highest level on record. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2006: Lightning caused a fire that ruined a refurbished World War II barracks on the FAU campus in Boca Raton, Florida. The the barracks was made of Dade County pine the 21,000 square feet barracks was dedicated 10 days before the fire and was nominated for the National Registry of Historical Places. (Ref. Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2007 Accord Publishing, USA)

2010: Hail to softball size pounded a northwest to southeast track across the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, metro area. Many expensive homes in Nichols Hills had total roof damage; many windows shattered in homes and vehicles. Hail fog obscured what appeared to be a snow-covered ground after the storm. (Ref. Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2012 Accord Pub. 2011, USA)

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Today’s going to be a sneaky moderate abrose jet day. Some gusts near 40 along the south shore late this afternoon.


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[Stormlover74]

Perfect day

[bluewave]

While it would nice to pick up some soaking rains with the sharp cold front following the near to record heat this week, these fronts have had a tendency to dry out crossing the mountains before reaching the coast.

 

[NEG NAO]

[ForestHillWx]

It was a cool over night camping trip with my daughter’s troop; hit 42 at 5:00 am. Perfect now. 

[MANDA]

Worked out in the yard all morning from about 8:00 to 12:30.  Started out pretty cool but once the sun hit where I was working it got warm.  As somewhat gusty breeze still made it feel very pleasant.  Soil is VERY DRY! 

[jm1220]

4 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Today’s going to be a sneaky moderate abrose jet day. Some gusts near 40 along the south shore late this afternoon.


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Gusting to 30 at JFK now. Barrier islands stuck in the low 60s. What heat? 

[Prue11]

1 hour ago, MANDA said:

Worked out in the yard all morning from about 8:00 to 12:30.  Started out pretty cool but once the sun hit where I was working it got warm.  As somewhat gusty breeze still made it feel very pleasant.  Soil is VERY DRY! 

It’s bone dry!

[SACRUS]

Gorgeous day to 83 golden sunshine and nice breeze.

[steve392]

Nice day out minus the strong winds! 

[IrishRob17]

1 hour ago, steve392 said:

Nice day out minus the strong winds! 

and pollen…

[Stormlover74]

1 hour ago, steve392 said:

Nice day out minus the strong winds! 

It's literally every day.  And yeah not great for the allergies either 

[495weatherguy]

2 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

It's literally every day.  And yeah not great for the allergies either 

The winds on LI(Melville)are awful.  Persistent and gusty, even when not in the forecast.  Every day the winds pick up like we live at the beach

[donsutherland1]

Tomorrow will be a summerlike day. Temperatures will top out in the middle and perhaps upper 80s.  The warmest spots in New Jersey could approach 90°. 

Even as Monday will be a bit cooler than Sunday, the warmth will likely continue through the middle of next week. Temperatures could rise into the upper 80s and perhaps the lower 90s on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday could still be warm. Afterward, it will turn much cooler.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +1.6°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +0.9°C for the week centered around May 6. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +1.50°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +0.55°C. El Niño conditions are rapidly developing and will likely be in place in the next few weeks.

The SOI was -23.11 today. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +1.368 today. 

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 63% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal May (1991-2020 normal). May will likely finish with a mean temperature near 64.0° (0.8° above normal). 

Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 1.5° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value. 

 

[psv88]

75 today. The pool is up to 80. Summa 

[jm1220]

46 minutes ago, psv88 said:

75 today. The pool is up to 80. Summa 

It’s gonna be a good week for us other than the Ambrose Jet making it north of the LIE. Probably low 80s most days on the southerly wind but no nasty sandblaster like on the beaches. 

[doncat]

83 high today after am low of 47. Still just 0.44" rain for month and 12.61" for year.

[WestBabylonWeather]

1 hour ago, psv88 said:

75 today. The pool is up to 80. Summa 

Definitely felt like summer. That a good pool temp for this early. 

[bkviking]

18 hours ago, NEG NAO said:

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Mid 60s on Memorial Day weekend smells like wet, cloudy weather., northeast winds, etc, .. that particular weekend usually has problems most years.

[IrishRob17]

30 minutes ago, bkviking said:

Mid 60s on Memorial Day weekend smells like wet, cloudy weather., northeast winds, etc, .. that particular weekend usually has problems most years.

Summa?

[SACRUS]

75 / 60 mostly sunny.  Mid 80s to the seasons 1st,2nd or in some cases 3rd 90 today.  Fall back a bit Monday but some push 90 inland.  Peak heat Tue / Wed - wed need to watch timing with the front but mid to perhaps upper 90s in the hottest  spots.  GFS / Euro split with next weekend / memorial day with trough cutting off between Fri - Sun and onshore flow vs more tame normal- ish on the euro.  Ridge pushing back east by the follwing week.

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 94 (1974)
NYC: 92 (1974)
LGA: 94 (2017)
JFK: 89 (1974)


Lows:

EWR: 39 (1956)
NYC: 39 (1956)
LGA: 38 (1983)
JFK: 42 (1983)

 

Historical:

 

 

 

1794: An "uncommon frost" in all of New England destroyed crops. The account was published in the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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: A three-day flood in the Black Hills of western South Dakota resulted in a million dollars damage at Rapid City. (Ref. David Ludlum)
 

1896: An estimated F5 tornado tracked 100 miles through northeastern Kansas and extreme southeastern Nebraska. Seneca, Oneida, Sabetha, and Reserve, Kansas sustained severe damage. While passing through Reserve, the tornado was 2 miles wide. 25 people were killed, and 200 were injured. The cost was estimated at $400,000.

1960 - Salt Lake City UT received an inch of snow. It marked their latest measurable snowfall of record. (The Weather Channel)

 

1979: A reading of 12 degrees at Mauna Kea Observatory established a record low for the state of Hawaii.

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)

1991: The severe weather that began the previous day persisted into this day producing flash flooding over the western and central parts of Oklahoma. Rainfall accumulations of nearly 9 inches flooded many low lying areas and houses in the Weatherford area. In Kingfisher, flood waters covered 64 square blocks of town, and forced the evacuation of 600 people. The National Guard was called in to help in the evacuation as the flood waters reached 6 to 8 feet deep in a few places. The floods washed out 11 major bridges in Lincoln County. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 

1997: Today’s 2 inch snowfall was the last measurable total for the 1996-97 snow season in Herman, MI. The total for the season: 384.0 inches, a new MI record. The previous record was set during the 1995-96 season: 347.0 inches (also in Herman). Herman averages 239.7 inches per season.

1998: Hail the size of tennis balls pelted Dryden and Fort Francis, Ontario Canada in a 5-minute blitz. Damage to auto glass and house roofs were extensive (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

[WeatherGeek2025]

Summer

[nycwinter]

not to bad outside a little warm but their was  nice breeze blowing.

[LoboLeader1]

86F here as of noon.

[nycwinter]

81 at the park 55 dewpoint.

[MANDA]

Some of the NJ hot spots are flirting with 90 degrees this afternoon.

NJ April climate summary:

https://www.njweather.org/content/thermal-whiplash-april-2026-recap-and-20252026-snow-season-overview