October 2026

[FPizz]

4 minutes ago, nycwinter said:

i already had my heater on a few times last week during the raw cool weather because of the storm..

Pool is getting closed next week so figured I'd just let the temp drop, but just turned the heater on.  I can probably get the water to 80 tomorrow and take one last dip.  

[TriPol]

Why is it so darned cloudy out?

[Brian5671]

35 minutes ago, TriPol said:

Why is it so darned cloudy out?

What a bust of a week-forecasts were mostly sunny Tue-Fri--I've seen about 4 hrs of sun 

[psv88]

1 hour ago, FPizz said:

Pool is getting closed next week so figured I'd just let the temp drop, but just turned the heater on.  I can probably get the water to 80 tomorrow and take one last dip.  

my pool is currently 70...not sure its worth it...

[FPizz]

6 minutes ago, psv88 said:

my pool is currently 70...not sure its worth it...

Mine is 72.  Totally not worth it, but figured two days with the heat on and hopefully sun tomorrow might get it warm enough.  I haven't used it in a few weeks.

[nycwinter]

sun finally shows up in the city..

[Brian5671]

1 hour ago, psv88 said:

my pool is currently 70...not sure its worth it...

that'll cost you $200 to get it to 80

[psv88]

2 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

that'll cost you $200 to get it to 80

I’ll probably jump in tomorrow when it’s in the low 70s and call it a season 

[SACRUS]

Today;s Highs:  Great day

TEB: 83
PHL: 83
BLM: 82
ACY: 82
EWR: 81
New Brnswck: 80
TTN: 79
LGA: 78
NYC: 76
ISP: 74
JFK: 73

[LibertyBell]

5 hours ago, TriPol said:

Why is it so darned cloudy out?

 

4 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

What a bust of a week-forecasts were mostly sunny Tue-Fri--I've seen about 4 hrs of sun 

You guys need to forget the forecasts and remember some rules about fall and by extension winter weather in the northeast. It won't be completely sunny unless a cold front comes through. If it's going to be mild or even warm it will most likely be cloudy. 80 is low hanging fruit for early October it can be 80 right now with cloudy skies. That said a few peaks of sunshine are definitely possible even when it's warm just dont expect wall to wall sunshine.  But our usual fall pattern is mild or warm and cloudy/rainy and sunny and cool to cold. We'll have sunny and cool weather Saturday and again next week. But remember that mild or warm and cloudy/rainy and sunny and cool/cold pattern because that will repeat itself ad infinitum from now through the winter. Dont expect wall to wall sunshine until a cold front passes through. 

[FPizz]

2 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

that'll cost you $200 to get it to 80

Thats why having solar panels is nice. I have an electric heater, so its free 

[LibertyBell]

13 hours ago, bluewave said:

Another 80°+ day coming up on Friday. That will get Newark to 115 days this year. It will leave 2026 only 3 days behind 2015. Also 6 consecutive years in the top 10 for most 80° days.
 

Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ - Jan through Dec Top 10 for most 80° days
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

1	2015	118	0
2	2024	117	0
3	2021	116	0
4	2026	114	92
-	1994	114	0
5	2016	113	0
-	1993	113	0
-	1991	113	0
6	2011	111	0
-	2010	111	0
7	2023	110	0
8	2022	109	0
9	1959	108	0
10	2025	106	0
-	2007	106	0

Many el ninos in this list but the only hot summer years were 1991 and 1993 and 2010 and 2011. 1991 was exceptionally hot even with an el nino. 

[SACRUS]

19 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Many el ninos in this list but the only hot summer years were 1991 and 1993 and 2010 and 2011. 1991 was exceptionally hot even with an el nino. 

2016, 2021, 2022 and 2025 were hot summers.  

[psv88]

78 today 

[psv88]

37 minutes ago, FPizz said:

Thats why having solar panels is nice. I have an electric heater, so its free 

Yea I have the solar and the heat pump too. It will still take a bite out of your energy bank lol

[donsutherland1]

Tomorrow will be unseasonably warm days to mark the start of October. Highs will reach the upper 70s and lower 80s across the region.

It will turn somewhat cooler during the weekend and a strong cold front will likely move across the region Sunday or Sunday night. In its wake, New York City will see the temperature dip below 50° for the first time this season Tuesday morning. Wednesday morning will be the coldest morning so far this season with the temperature tumbling into the middle 40s in New York City and 30s in some distant outlying suburbs.
 
The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +4.7°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +3.1°C for the week centered around September 23. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +4.40°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +2.83°C. Both ENSO regions have set new all-time records. The ongoing strong El Niño, will continue to strengthen through the mid-fall. 

The SOI was -19.02 today.

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.121 today. 

 

[bluewave]

Warm spots from Philly to Newark could be closer to the AI in the mid to upper 80s with enough sun today. It’s possible some of the locally cooler spots across the region could dip under 40° next week with some frost. But looks like a quick warm up a few days later. Not much cold to work with so much warmth across the CONUS.
 

 

[winterwarlock]

Yeah looking like only 2 cool mornings with only 1 of those days cool all day and then lots of upper 60s to low 70s..maybe mid 70s by next Friday

[FPizz]

11 hours ago, psv88 said:

Yea I have the solar and the heat pump too. It will still take a bite out of your energy bank lol

True.  I still have a lot banked because I didn't use the heater this year except in late May.  Usually in Sept I run through most of the banked energy, but this year the weather wasn't the best to swim late in the season. I bank a ton from Oct-May.    

[SACRUS]

71 / 65 warmest day for a while  mid - upper 80s in the warmest spots.  Clouds / showers into WPA could push east by this evening otherwise a sunny warm day. Weekend split nice Satruday - cloudy and showery Sunday.  10/5 - 10/10  overall near normal beyond there ridge into the east with overall warmer into mid month.

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 96 (2019)
NYC: 93 (2019)
LGA: 95 (2019)
JFK: 95 (2019)


Lows:

EWR: 39 (1997)
NYC: 39 *1886)
LGA: 42 (2003)
JFK: 43 (2009)

Historical:

1858
A hurricane with category 1 winds hit San Diego, CA, the only documented hurricane to strike California in history. This occurred before official weather observations began. Winds of at least 75 mph were estimated based on damage and journalistic accounts. Extensive wind damage to property neared F2 tornado scale damage. Streets were swept clean by heavy rains. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1867: A hurricane struck Galveston, TX with a storm surge that produced $1 million dollars damage. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)
 

1882 - An early season windstorm over Oregon and northern California blew down thousands of trees and caused great crop damage in the Sacramento Valley. (David Ludlum)

1882:Louisiana was struck by major hurricane with winds reaching 100 mph and a 12-foot storm surge affecting the coast and bayous. 1,500 people were killed. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)


1899: Earliest frost @ WBO 33° and 4 consecutive dates rec. 1st - 4th. (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA)


1899: Boston, Massachusetts had a trace of snow today for the earliest recorded snow for the city. (Ref. NOAA Boston Weather Events)

1951: The center of a Tropical Storm crossed Florida from near Fort Myers to Vero Beach. Rainfall totals ranged from 8 to 13 inches along the track, but no strong winds occurred near the center. The strong winds of 50 to 60 mph were all in squalls along the lower east coast and Keys, causing minor property damage. The greatest damage was from rains that flooded farms and pasture lands over a broad belt extending from Naples, Fort Myers, and Punta Gorda on the west coast to Stuart, Fort Pierce, and Vero Beach on the east. Roadways damaged and several bridges washed out. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1953: An unseasonable heat ridge brought record heat from the Plains to the Appalachians. Several locations reported their warmest October temperatures on record including: Evansville, IN: 94°, St. Louis, MO: 94° (later tied), Springfield, IL: 93° (later tied), Louisville, KY: 92° (later tied then broken), Platteville, WI: 91°, Mondovi, WI: 90° and Duluth, MN: 86°. (Ref. Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link)

1959 - A tornado struck the town of Ivy, VA (located near Charlottesville). Eleven persons were killed, including ten from one family. (The Weather Channel)

1963: Hurricane Flora moved across the south coast of Haiti and then meandered across eastern Cuba for the next 5 days, lashing the island with winds of 100 mph or more for at least 100 hours. Astronomical rainfall amounts as much as 90 inches were reported near Velasco. More rain was reported at Guantanamo Bay from Flora than was reported during the entire year of 1962. Flora remains the 2nd deadliest hurricane ever in the Atlantic, with over 7,000 deaths. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1980: Several locations reported all-time October high temperature records including Palm Springs, CA: 116°, Borrego Springs, CA: 113 °F (This record was tied the next day), Yuma, AZ: 112°, Medford, OR: 99°, Eugene, OR: 94°, Blue Canyon, CA: 88° and Astoria, OR: 85°- since tied. (The Weather Channel)

1980 - The temperature at Blue Canyon, CA, soared to 88 degrees, an October record for that location. (The Weather Channel)

1981 - Severe thunderstorms raked Phoenix, AZ, with heavy rain, high winds, and hail up to an inch and a half in diameter, for the second day in a row. Thunderstorms on the 1st deluged Phoenix with .68 inch of rain in five minutes, equalling their all-time record. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - A fast moving cold front produced snow flurries from Minnesota to the Appalachian Mountains, and gale force winds behind the front ushered cold air into the Great Lakes Region. Valentine NE reported a record low of 25 degrees. Temperatures recovered rapidly in the Northern High Plains Region, reaching the lower 80s by afternoon. Jackson, WY, warmed from a morning low of 21 degrees to an afternoon high of 76 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Early morning thunderstorms in Georgia produced three inches of rain at Canton and Woodstock. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Flooding due to thunderstorm rains in the southeastern U.S. on the last day of September and the first day of October caused the Etowah River to rise seven feet above flood stage at Canton GA. Thunderstorms produced up to ten inches of rain in northeastern Georgia, with six inches reported at Athens GA in 24 hours. One man was killed, and another man was injured, when sucked by floodwaters into drainage lines. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2000: Tremendous rains fell across South Florida due to a developing sub-tropical storm. Miami picked up 12.24 inches of rain in 24 hours and 15 inches in 2 days. The storm would go on to become Tropical Storm Leslie.

2003: Alaska: Temperatures around 70 °F in many Alaska communities set many all-time October maximum records by as much as 17 °F. In Chalkytsik, the high of 75 °F broke the old record by 16 F degrees. Other daily record highs included: Fort Yukon: 70°, Fairbanks: 70°, Homer: 60° and Bettles: 57 °F. (Ref. WxDoctor)