October 2026

[kat5hurricane]

The rain is relentless, consistently heavy for the last 2-3 hours. These tropical systems usually overperform.

[sussexcountyobs]

1.95" so far. Still steady rain. 53.7°

[dWave]

A little more windy than I anticipated..

[SACRUS]

1.80 in the bucket and still going, was hoping the split models showing less were right but had a feeling this would exceed 1-2 inches

[BobbyHolikWillFindYou]

2.28 on the Passaic/Clifton border. What a waste of a fall day. Half an inch my a**.

[steve392]

Approaching 2" in little ferry atm.

[Brian5671]

Looks like the back edge starting to come through NJ-over a bit earlier than forecast

[FPizz]

2.13" on my station

[MJO812]

Minneapolis hit 90 today.

[guinness77]

9 hours ago, BoulderWX said:

Perfect rainy day to have an excuse to do nothing but watch football. 

For the 5th Sunday in a row. 

[jm1220]

20 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Minneapolis hit 90 today.

TS Rachel phasing in with the western trough pumped the ridge over the Plains. 

[WestBabylonWeather]

Wild day. Spent it inside at Roosevelt field 

on the way back to Babylon the rain was terrible everyone was doing 40 on the highway 

trying for the city tomorrow. Looks like it should be decent. 

[JerseyWx]

Just under 2 inches here.  Damp and chilly day.

Week ahead looks pretty good, just have to see if there's a blip on Friday.

[Stormlover74]

Thundering now

[SI Mailman]

Just heard thunder here.

2.11 inches so far

[bluewave]

21 hours ago, MarcmmKU said:

Wow. It's amazing how month after month we ge these massive +10F areas encompassing huge swaths of the conus. And little to no cool anomalies at all! In the past if the west torched then the east was cool and vice versa, but for the past 7 months its just been conus wide torch.

Even when we had our colder months from November to February, they were getting record +10 months in the West.

So the geographic footprint of the cold was very small in the East. The shrinking size of the winter cold pools since the 2015-2016 super El Niño is part of the reason that 2025-2026 was our first colder longer term temperature winter since 2014-2015.

Prior to the 2015-2016 winter, we would usually get a cold winter every few years. This was the first 11 year hiatus between cold winters. The chart below is for the entire Northeast which has been in the same boat as our local area.
 

[jm1220]

Ended up wetter than the split-shafting models had but thankfully nothing like what we would’ve seen if Isaias remained a coherent system like Ida. I think it’s a given the next 4-5 months will be stormy here so time to get used to it. Hopefully 2-3 of them in winter can be snow. 

[WeatherGeek2025]

Chilly this morning but expecting a nice Sunny day in a few hours probably around 70 today in the city!

[straphanger]

Definitely felt like an overachiever storm here with 1.57" recorded yesterday.  Just constant rain from about 0900 through 2400 yesterday.

[uofmiami]

Storm total of 1.52” in Syosset & 1.48” in Muttontown. 

[FPizz]

13 hours ago, FPizz said:

2.13" on my station

Finished with 2.21"  Heard some thunder as well last night.

[weathermedic]

Finished with 1.66 at my station

[psv88]

1.59”

[bluewave]

Impressive how most of the weekends this year have had at least some measurable precipitation. Next significant storm appears to be set for Friday. But the way things have been going, we could have some lingering rain into early Saturday. 

 

 

[SACRUS]

64 / 55 clearing out and drying out while warming up the next 72 hours.  Very warm peaking with 80s in the warmest spots on Wed before we slide into a two day chill this coming weekend 10/17-10/18 before that a rainy Friday, then ridging pushes east by the 19th and overall warmer beyond there.

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 88 (1954)
NYC: 86 (1954)
LGA: 86 (1954)
JFK: 83 (1969)


Lows:

EWR: 35 (1996)
NYC: 35 (1876)
LGA: 41 (1964)
JFK: 38 (1996)



Historical: 

 

1836 - A third early season storm produced heavy snow in the northeastern U.S. Bridgewater NY received 18 inches, a foot of snow fell at Madison NY, and for the third time all the mountains of the northeastern U.S. were whitened. (David Ludlum)

1906: Charlotte, NC recorded its' earliest freezing temperature with a morning low of 31°. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)
 

1918 - Forest fires ravaged parts of Minnesota from the Duluth area northeastward, claiming the lives of 600 persons. Smoke with a smell of burnt wood spread to Albany NY and Washington D.C. in 24 hours. Smoke was noted at Charleston SC on the 14th, and by the 15th was reported in northeastern Texas. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)

1918: On October 10, 1918, two men working near a railroad siding northwest of Cloquet, Minnesota, saw a passenger train pass by the siding, and soon after, that discovered a fire burning through grass and piles of wood. The fire could not be contained, and by October 12, fires had spread through northern Minnesota. At least 450 lives were lost, and 52,000 people were injured or displaced, 38 communities were destroyed, 250,000 acres were burned.

1942:  A tropical storm moved in across eastern North Carolina into central Virginia on October 12, 1942. Torrential rains fell from October 12-16 in Northern Virginia and Maryland. It caused the worst river flood in the history of the Virginia and DC. The hardest hit was the mid portion of the Rappahannock River and the Shenandoah River. On the Rappahannock, damages came to $2.5 million (1942 dollars) and most of that was in Fredericksburg, where the river rose to 41 feet (27 feet above flood stage). On the Shenandoah River, a stage of almost 50 feet was reached at Riverton on the morning of the 16th. Flood stage is 22 feet and it broke the record set by the March 1936 flood by 12 feet! The Potomac at Washington reached 17.6 feet (flood stage is seven feet). Areas of Alexandria and Arlington were seriously flooded. The Anacostia River flooded as well as 6 feet of water was across the boulevard in Bladensburg. Ten to 12 inches of rain fell from Fredericksburg to Warrenton. Seventeen inches were recorded in Front Royal. In Shenandoah National Park, along Skyline Drive, rainfall totals reached 18 to 19 inches. To the south, Nelson County received 16 inches. Another maxima of 12 to 16 inches fell from near Paw Paw, West Virginia south along the Shenandoah Mountains to west of Harrisonburg. About 6 to 8 inches fell over much of central and western Maryland. Highways and bridges were washed away across the region. Over 1,300 people were left homeless in Albemarle, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Warren Counties in Virginia. About 750 people were displaced from homes in Maryland. Hundreds of homes were flooded in Georgetown. Miraculously, only one person died. Transportation was interrupted for three days. Severe damage occurred to crops: peanuts, cotton, sweet potatoes, soybeans, shocked corn and late hay. The heavy rains caused a million bushels of apples to drop before they were picked. 1942 Storm Track - Underground Weather

1962 - The "Columbus Day Big Blow" occurred in the Pacific Northwest. It was probably the most damaging windstorm of record west of the Cascade Mountains. Winds reached hurricane force, with gusts above 100 mph. More than 3.5 billion board feet of timber were blown down, and communications were severely disrupted due to downed power lines. The storm claimed 48 lives, and caused 210 million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)

1950: Charlotte, NC recorded their latest 90° reading ever. (Ref. Wilson Weather History)

1954: Boston, Massachusetts had a maximum temperature of 90 °F the highest temperature for October. They also had 90 °F on October 7th 1963. (Ref. NOAA Boston Weather Events)


1962: The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest Coast of the United States. It is considered the benchmark of extratropical wind storms. The storm ranks among the most intense to strike the region since at least 1948, likely since the January 9, 1880 "Great Gale" and snowstorm. Click HERE for more information from the University of Washington.

 

1979: The lowest barometric pressure ever recorded occurs in the center of Typhoon Tip on this day. A fly reconnaissance mission recorded the low pressure of 870 hPa or 25.69 inHg. Typhoon Tip was the most extensive tropical cyclone on record with a wind diameter of 1380 miles at its peak.

1981: Hurricane Norma crossed from the Pacific over Mexico and into Southwestern Texas. 25.00 inches of rain fell in the area around Gainesville and Bridgeport, TX. The elephant from the Gainesville Zoo reportedly survived the massive flooding by holding its trunk above the water. (Ref. Wilson Weather History)

1987 - Floyd, the only hurricane to make landfall the entire season, moved across the Florida Keys. Floyd produced wind gusts to 59 mph at Duck Key, and up to nine inches of rain in southern Florida. Sixteen cities in the Ohio Valley and the Middle Mississippi Valley reported record low temperatures for the date. Record lows included 27 degrees at Paducah KY, and 24 degrees at Rockford IL and Springfield IL. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Twenty cities in the Upper Midwest reported record low temperatures for the date, including International Falls MN with a reading of 17 degrees. The town of Embarass MN reported a morning low of 8 degrees. Snow showers in the northeastern U.S. produced five inches at Corry PA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Temperatures again warmed into the 80s in the Central Plains Region and the Middle Mississippi Valley, with 90s in the south central U.S. Six cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Fort Smith AR with a reading of 92 degrees. Strong winds along a cold front crossing the Great Lakes Region and the Ohio Valley gusted to 61 mph at Johnstown PA. (The National Weather Summary)

2005: On this date through the 14th, on its way to setting a local record for the month, Central Park in New York City received 8.5 inches of rain over the 3-day period. 16.73 inches fell during October to eclipse a 102-year record. (Ref. Wilson Weather History)

2006:  With 0.3 inches of snow falling at O'Hare International Airport, giving Chicago its earliest measurable snowfall. The previous earliest date was 10/18/1972 and in 1989.Snow Trivia for Chicago - NWS (Ref. WxDoctor)

2008: Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho from the 10th to the 12th:
A significant winter storm brings heavy snowfall to areas of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho over three days. The city of Red Lodge, Montana records its highest 24-hour snowfall total with 42 inches of snow. Glasgow, Montana also sets a new October 12th record when 12.8 inches of snow falls. (Ref. WxDoctor)

[MANDA]

Solid soaking areawide.    1.88" here.

[SACRUS]

Strong ridging builds east after the 2 day chilly weather this coming weekend in the 10/19 - 10/26 period.    Brunt of the warmth into the GL/Midwest.

[gravitylover]

1.9

[Mr Senior]

2.48" rain fell from 8:20 am - 9:30 pm imby yesterday in North Haldeon, NJ