May 2026

[MJO812]

86 here

Yuck

[MANDA]

15 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

86 here

Yuck

Look on the bright side.  We are only about 30 days away from the latest sunset and then we will SLOWLY start going the other way.  The hole is almost dug and we will soon starting filling it in.   

[uofmiami]

37 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

86 here

Yuck

90 in Orlando w/DP of 68 currently. Summer weather down here. Bringing the heat back with me the middle of the week. 

[steve392]

21 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

and pollen…

Not allergic to anything plant wise so i never have allergies.  But this is the first spring that nothing was coated in green pollen from all the trees. 

[nycwinter]

86 with a dewpoint of 52 feels chilly..

[IrishRob17]

35 minutes ago, steve392 said:

Not allergic to anything plant wise so i never have allergies.  But this is the first spring that nothing was coated in green pollen from all the trees. 

That's the big heavy pollen which isn't nearly as troublesome as the microscopic pollen that gets into nasal cavities. 

[gravitylover]

53 minutes ago, nycwinter said:

86 with a dewpoint of 52 feels chilly..

Ur fukt up

 

It's 90 here. My dumbass mowed the lawn. It looks pretty good 

[ForestHillWx]

It’s a tad warm in full sun, but low humidity and a nice breeze.

I’m installing a new stone walkway; getting a good sweat but it’s far from oppressive. 

Quick check on the weather, while cracking the first Yuengling of the day. Enjoy all! 

[rclab]

13 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

That's the big heavy pollen which isn't nearly as troublesome as the microscopic pollen that gets into nasal cavities. 

Rob within a few minutes of the beginning if my power walk I feel the pollen in my throat. Then clearing the throat and guarded choking begins. It eases as the warm season progresses. Presently it’s 89 in my slice of urban paradise.  The park, 8 miles to my north, is a NWS reported 84, as always …..

[nycwinter]

7 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

Ur fukt up

 

It's 90 here. My dumbass mowed the lawn. It looks pretty good 

the older you get you feel cold even in warm weather..

[IrishRob17]

7 minutes ago, rclab said:

Rob within a few minutes of the beginning if my power walk I feel the pollen in my throat. Then clearing the throat and guarded choking begins. It eases as the warm season progresses. Presently it’s 89 in my slice of urban paradise.  The park, 8 miles to my north, is a NWS reported 84, as always …..

Yeah, this is peak tree pollen time, it will start to drop off soon but not soon enough for those of us who feel the symptoms. 89/55 here now with a breeze which on the one hand feels good but on the other is making the pollen worse. 

[LoboLeader1]

90F here today, currently 88F as of 5:30 this afternoon.  AC time now in effect.

 

[psv88]

88 for the high. 80 now. Pool is 85

beautiful day on the sound 

[gravitylover]

1 hour ago, nycwinter said:

the older you get you feel cold even in warm weather..

Well yeah but, even my stiff, crusty old self had to turn on the AC today. It wasn't chilly. 

[Santa Claus]

the allergies exacerbate the heat somehow

[nycwinter]

42 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

Well yeah but, even my stiff, crusty old self had to turn on the AC today. It wasn't chilly. 

i had to take a extra shower at night just to warm up...

[nycwinter]

whenever i see the doc they take my temp it usually is in the 97 range lol..

[doncat]

91/65 temp split today.

[uofmiami]

87.9 & 87.3 back home for Muttontown & Syosset for highs today.

[IrishRob17]

1 hour ago, doncat said:

91/65 temp split today.

89/56 here

[SACRUS]

91 here today - 

Today's highs

TEB: 92
EWR: 91
ACY: 91
BLM: 90
New Brnswck: 90
LGA: 89
PHL: 89
NYC: 87
TTN: 87
JFK: 85
ISP: 84

[donsutherland1]

The temperature surged into the upper 80s to around 90° in the region. Boston also reached 90° today.

Tomorrow will be a bit cooler than today. However, temperatures will then rocket into the 90s for Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday and Wednesday coincide with 1962 and 1996 outbreaks of extreme heat in the Northeast during which May monthly records were set in many locations. Nevertheless, parts of the region could still approach or reach record values on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Records for May 19th:
Albany: 91°, 1903, 1962, 1986, 1989
Allentown: 97°, 1962
Atlantic City: 91°, 2017
Baltimore: 98°, 1962
Boston: 90°, 1949, 1986, 2017
Bridgeport: 89°, 2017
Hartford: 94°, 1962
Islip: 89°, 2017
New York City-Central Park: 99°, 1962
New York City-JFK Airport: 92°, 2017
New York City-LaGuardia Airport: 96°, 2017
Newark: 98°, 1962
Norfolk: 96°, 1880
Philadelphia: 96°, 1962
Poughkeepsie: 96°, 1962
Providence: 91°, 2017
Richmond: 97°, 1962
Sterling: 92°, 1996, 1997
Trenton: 96°, 1962
Washington, DC: 96°, 1911, 1997
Westfield: 90°, 2017
White Plains: 95°, 1962
Worcester: 92°, 1962

Records for May 20th:
Albany: 91°, 1962
Allentown: 92°, 1962, 1996
Atlantic City: 96°, 1996
Baltimore: 95°, 1962
Boston: 91°, 1996
Bridgeport: 97°, 1996
Hartford: 99°, 1996
Islip: 98°, 1996
New York City-Central Park: 96°, 1996
New York City-JFK Airport: 95°, 1996
New York City-LaGuardia Airport: 97°, 1996
Newark: 99°, 1996
Norfolk: 98°, 1996
Philadelphia: 94°, 1962, 1996
Poughkeepsie: 91°, 1962, 1975
Providence: 95°, 1996
Richmond: 97°, 2022
Sterling: 93°, 1996
Trenton: 94°, 1996
Washington, DC: 96°, 1996
Westfield: 86°, 2012
White Plains: 95°, 1996
Worcester: 91°, 1903

In addition, 2026 will become Central Park's second year on record that saw a monthly maximum temperature of 80° or above in March, and 90° or above in both April and May. Currently, 1977 with a March high of 81°, April high of 90°, and May high of 92° is the only such year. 2026 has seen a March high of 81° and April high of 90°.

Thursday will see temperatures top out in the lower 70s. Afterward, it will turn much cooler with highs only in the 60s on Friday and Saturday.

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 -27.48 today. 

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

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 60% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal May (1991-2020 normal). May will likely finish with a mean temperature near 63.7° (0.5° above normal). 

Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 1.2° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value. 

 

[winterwx21]

Had a high temp of 91 degrees. It will definitely be a 4 day heat wave here. 

[nycwinter]

doubt the city will be under 70 for a morning low looks like the so called backdoor front will have zero effect for the city forecast high is 90 for central park on monday..

[bluewave]

On 5/3/2026 at 10:21 AM, bluewave said:

Wonder if it will be possible to get some 90° heat and dry conditions around Memorial Day for a change? The last time there was 90° heat was back in 2022 but there was some rain on Saturday. All the other 2020s holiday weekends featured cooler to near average temperatures or rain on at least one of the days.

 

Data for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ
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2025-05-24	69	50	-6.0	0.02
2025-05-25	71	50	-5.3	T
2025-05-26	75	54	-1.6	0.00

 

Data for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ
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2024-05-25	81	63	6.2	T
2024-05-26	84	66	8.9	T
2024-05-27	78	66	5.6	0.33

 

Data for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ
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2023-05-27	80	54	0.6	0.00
2023-05-28	80	56	1.3	0.00
2023-05-29	79	59	2.0	0.00

 

Data for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ
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2022-05-28	79	66	5.8	0.24
2022-05-29	80	62	4.0	0.00
2022-05-30	91	62	9.2	0.00

 

Data for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ
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2021-05-29	52	49	-16.5	0.58
2021-05-30	53	48	-16.8	1.15
2021-05-31	76	51	-4.2	T

 

Data for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ
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2020-05-23	71	55	-2.2	0.79
2020-05-24	68	53	-5.0	T
2020-05-25	73	56	-1.3	T

Looks like we will keep the cooler with rain chances theme going again this year for the extended Memorial Day weekend.
 

 

[rygar]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Looks like we will keep the cooler with rain chances theme going again this year for the extended Memorial Day weekend.

 

I'm riding the AI models for this weekend lol

[SACRUS]

79 / 64 for many day 2 of the heatwave other just short i the mid - upper 80s.  Peak of the hot surge Tue/Wed mid - upper 90s in the warmest spots.  Wed timing with the front looks later in the pm with rain/showers/thunderstorms 0.25 - 0.50 where any stronger showers develop.   Thu - Memorial day looking cloud onshore-ish and good for lawns horrible for bbq and outside.  We'll see if the overall ridge can push the muck out sooner but 60s / or even 50s on Saturday another crapola memorial day weekend in an otherwise ridgy pattern. Beyond there heat spike in the 5/27 - 5/31 period as ridge pushes in.

 

[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)

1877: Record maximum temperature for Washington, DC for the date is 96 °F.

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)

1979: Baseball size hail fell from a severe thunderstorm over Hollis, in Harmon County, Oklahoma. The hail destroyed thousands of windows and damaged most of the roofs in the town. Two people were injured when they were hit by the hail. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
 

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)

1985: At Newark, NJ, the barometric pressure fell to 29.23 inches of mercury to establish an all-time record low reading for the month of May. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

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.

[bluewave]

32 minutes ago, rygar said:

I'm riding the AI models for this weekend lol

Yeah, that EC-AIFS frontal stall isn’t pretty. Let’s hope the front at least clears the area by Memorial Day. But the slow moving front and easterly winds signal is there for rain at least one day out of the three from Saturday to Monday. 

[Brian5671]

17 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, that EC-AIFS frontal stall isn’t pretty. Let’s hope the front at least clears the area by Memorial Day. But the slow moving front and easterly winds signal is there for rain at least one day out of the three from Saturday to Monday. 

It's like a yearly tradition.  But it is still May and Memorial day is early this year.