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73/62 dew points up so much more muggy

Lat measurable rain was April 1st for many. April EWR: 0.26 (4/1) NYC: 0.38 (4/1)

Some breaks of sun and not much on radar east of PA.

Records: Highs: EWR: 88 (1960) NYC: 87 (1941) LGA: 86 (1941) Lows: EWR: 25 (1943) NYC: 28 (1943) LGA: 28 (1943) Historical: 1921 - Two mile high Silver Lake, CO, received 76 inches of snow in 24 hours, the heaviest 24 hour total of record for North America. The storm left a total of 87 inches in twenty-seven and a half hours. (David Ludlum) 1927 - New Orleans LA was drenched with 14.01 inches of rain, which established a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. (The Weather Channel) 1949 - A hailstone five inches by five and a half inches in size, and weighing four pounds, was measured at Troy NY. (The Weather Channel) 1958 - A tornado 300 yards in width skipped along a five mile path near Frostproof FL. A 2500 gallon water tank was found one mile from its original position (it is not known how much water was in the tank at the time). (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in the Southern Atlantic Coast Region. A tornado killed one person and injured seven others near Mount Dora FL. Drifts of hail up to two feet deep were reported in Davidson and Rowan counties in North Carolina. Myrtle Beach SC was deluged with seven inches of rain in three hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Death Valley, CA, was soaked with 1.53 inches of rain in 24 hours. Snow fell in the mountains of southern California. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Showers and thunderstorms soaked the eastern U.S. with heavy rain, pushing the rainfall total for the month at Cape Hatteras NC past their previous April record of 7.10 inches. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1990 - Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced severe weather from west central Texas to west central Arkansas during the late afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms spawned a tornado which caused more than half a million dollars damage at Fort Stockton TX, produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Dennison TX, produced baseball size hail at Silo OK and near Capps Corner TX, and drenched southeastern Oklahoma with up to 4 inches of rain in two hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1998: An F3 tornado hits downtown Nashville causing extensive damage but no loss of life. An additional 62 tornadoes touched down in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. These tornadoes caused 12 fatalities and approximately 120 injuries. 2000: What a difference a day made (with the help of a strong cold front). Yesterday's 86 degrees in Goodland, Kansas, tied the record high for the date. Today's high of 29 degrees was also a date record high, but a record low high. It was a new record by 3 degrees.

Low of 60 overnight after a high of 90. Now 62 and cloudy. Could see some breaks in clouds before pm shower/storms. Looks to clear later Sun (4/16). Cool Mon (4/17) - Wed (4/19) before brief warm up Thu (4/20) and Fri (4/21). Back and forth cooler and warm the last 10 days, guidance has shifted a bit cooler more towards normal overll in the period.

4/14 EWR: 93 NYC: 91 TEB: 90 BLM: 90 LGA: 89 New Brnswck: 88 ACY: 85 PHL: 84 ISP: 84 TTN: 84 JFK: 82

4/14 EWR: 93 NYC: 91 TEB: 90 BLM: 90 LGA: 89 New Brnswck: 88 ACY: 85 PHL: 84 ISP: 84 TTN: 84 JFK: 82

A solid hour with mostly sunny conditions may push temps above 90 in the spots teetering on the verge.

NYC 91 / EWR 92 Fast fwd 2-3-4 months and thats NYC 87 / EWR 92

EWR had a record high of 92 April 7 2010

Noon ROund up NYC: 88 EWR: 87 TEB: 86 New Brnswck: 85 LGA: 85 BLM: 85 ISP: 83 JFK: 80 PHL: 79

Up to 81/50

Records: Highs EWR: 88 (2022) NYC: 85 (1941) LGA: 84 (1941) Lows: EWR: 26 (1950) NYC: 26 (1950) LGA: 27 (1950) Historical: 1873 - A famous Easter blizzard raged across Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. Gale force winds blew the wet snow into massive drifts, however there were few deaths due to the sparse population and due to the gradual increase of the storm. (David Ludlum) 1886 - A devastating tornado, 800 yards in width at times, cut a twenty mile path through Saint Cloud MN killing 74 persons. The bottom of the Mississippi River was said to have been seen during the tornado's crossing. Eleven persons were killed at a wedding party near the town of Rice. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) 1912: On her maiden voyage, the RMS Titanic rammed into an iceberg just before midnight. The "unsinkable ship" sank two hours and forty minutes later into the icy water of the Atlantic Ocean near Newfoundland, Canada. Tragically, 1,517 passengers including the crew were lost. A nearby ship, the Carpathia, rushed to the Titanic and was able to save 706 people. 1922: The Mississippi River reached a record height of 21.3 feet at New Orleans, Louisiana, and the river was still rising, with the crest still a week away. Understandably, the City of New Orleans was nervous as reports of levees failing upriver reached the city. A crevasse below New Orleans would relieve the pressure on the town's strained levees on the 27th, spared the city from disaster. 1935: Black Sunday refers to a particularly severe dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935, as part of the Dust Bowl. During the afternoon, the residents of the Plains States were forced to take cover as a dust storm, or "black blizzard," blew through the region. The storm hit the Oklahoma Panhandle and Northwestern Oklahoma first and moved south for the remainder of the day. It hit Beaver around 4:00 p.m., Boise City around 5:15 p.m., and Amarillo, Texas, at 7:20 p.m. The conditions were the most severe in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, but the storm's effects were felt in other surrounding areas. 1987 - A storm system moving slowly northeastward across the Middle Mississippi Valley produced severe thunderstorms which spawned three tornadoes around Ottumwa IA, and produced up to four inches of rain in southeastern Nebraska, flooding rivers and streams. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - A weather disturbance off the southern coast of California brought parts of southern California their first rain in six weeks. Rain-slickened roads resulted in numerous accidents in southern California, including a ten car pile-up at Riverside. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Late afternoon thunderstorms in northern Florida soaked the town of Golden Gate with 4.37 inches of rain in about two hours, resulting in local flooding. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in southeastern Texas during the mid morning hours. Thunderstorms produced dime size hail at Galveston, and wind gusts to 59 mph at Port Arthur. Afternoon thunderstorms over southeast Louisiana spawned tornadoes south of Bogalusa and at Rio. (Storm Data)

Down to 57 and already up to 68. More clouds than yesterday but more mid/upper 80s and some isolated 90s in the CNJ-NE-NJ /MYC metro corridor, unless more clouds get in the way later during the afternoon. Cloudy wet weekend (showers) as Gulf systems pushes up the EC. Mon (4/17) looks a bit wetter as front slows throughs the area and much cooler Mon (4/17) - Tue (4/18). Warm back up by Wed (4/19) with building support for a 2 day stronger warmth by Thu (4/20) and Fri (4/21). Back and forth but overall bias warm the last 10 days of the month.

4/13 EWR: 92 NYC: 90 TEB: 90 LGA: 89 New Brnswck: 88 BLM: 88 ACY: 87 TTN 86 PHL: 86 JFK: 85 ISP: 84

First of the season and first widespread April 90s since 2010. 4/13 EWR: 92 NYC: 90 TEB: 90 LGA: 89 New Brnswck: 88 BLM: 88 ACY: 87 TTN 86 PHL: 86 JFK: 85 ISP: 84

2 PM Roundup EWR: 91 NYC: 89 LGA: 87 New Brnswck: 87 TEB: 87 ACY: 86 BLM: 86 TTN: 83

Weekend looks cloudy / showers and winds coming onshore - big contrast. Somewhat of a cutoff in the gulf moves up the EC. not a huge rainmaker in any sense. Can see the clouds over GA/FL Al

Already 77 here on way to first 90.

Additional record highs EWR: 86 (1977) PHL: 89 (1977) NYC: 88 (1977) New Brnswck: 87 (1977) LGA: 85 (1977) TTN: 85 (1977) JFK: 85 (1977) ACY: 83 (2018) ISP: 72 (2018)

Records: (in jeopardy) EWR: 86 (1977) NYC: 88 (1977) LGA: 85 (1977) Lows: EWR: 26 (1940) NYC: 25 (1874) LGA: 31 (1950) Historical: 877 - The second coastal storm in just three days hit Virginia and the Carolinas. The first storm flattened the sand dunes at Hatteras, and widened the Oregon inlet three quarters of a mile. The second storm produced hurricane force winds along the coast of North Carolina causing more beach erosion and land transformation. (David Ludlum) 1955 - The town of Axis, AL, was deluged with 20.33 inches of rain in 24 hours establishing a state record. (The Weather Channel) 1986 - A major spring storm quickly intensified bringing blizzard conditions to much of the Northern Plains Region. Up to 18 inches of snow was reported in North Dakota, and in South Dakota, winds gusting to 90 mph whipped the snow into drifts fifteen feet high. Livestock losses were in the millions of dollars, and for some areas it was the worst blizzard ever. (Storm Data) 1987 - Thunderstorms in northern Texas produced wind gusts to 98 mph at the Killeen Airport causing a million dollars property damage. Two airplanes were totally destroyed by the high winds, and ten others were damaged. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Low pressure off the Atlantic coast produced high winds across North Carolina, with gusts to 78 mph reported at Waves. The high winds combined with high tides to cause coastal flooding and erosion. About 275 feet of land was eroded from the northern tip of Pea Island. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Thunderstorms in central Florida produced golf ball size hail and a tornado near Lakeland FL. Fair and mild weather prevailed across most of the rest of the nation. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1990 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in central Oklahoma and north central Texas. Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced up to six inches of golf ball size hail along I-40 near El Reno, and produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Okarche. Thunderstorms over north central Texas produced softball size hail northwest of Rotan, and high winds which injured two persons southeast of Itasca. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1999: A two-mile-wide area of wind-driven hail pounded residences and farm equipment for about a 5 mile stretch at least as far as State Highway 158 in west Texas near Midland/Odessa. Hail grew up to about golf ball size and winds peaked at approximately 80 mph. The wind-driven hail broke windows in houses and blasted paint off the wooden siding. The strong winds took roofs off several mobile homes and at least one single-family house. Utility crews stated that the winds downed a total of 27 poles. The American Red Cross determined that 324 units were affected with 18 mobile homes and four houses destroyed. About 50-60 families were at least temporarily displaced. 2004 - The latest measurable snowfall on record hits Jackson, TN, causing six traffic fatalities. 2006 - The University of Iowa campus is hit by an F2 tornado. The storm severely damaged many buildings in the area, including a sorority and a local church. No fatailities were reported in the storm that caused more than $12 million in damage.

Last April widespread 90s in the area 2010

Low of 52 to 67 already. 90s in the warmer spots very possible EWR, NE-NJ , CNJ. Fri last day of the surge of strong warmth with another shot at 90s but more clouds in the way. Winds go more S / SE by the weekend with system in the gulf moving through. Coller Clouds / wet Sat and Sun. Cooler Mon (4/17) - Thu (4/20). Back and forth and overall bias warmer than normal with perhaps a day or two of strong warmth the last 10 days of the month.

2023 forecast Looking at 2002.... 90 degree days EWR: 31 - 36 LGA: 24 - 31 NYC: 17 - 22 Believe we turn wetter late Jul / Aug/ Core heat June / Early Jul, second surge late Aug. Sep cooler.

Records: Highs: EWR: 90 (1977) NYC: 90 (1977) LGA: 86 (1977)) Lows: EWR: 27 (1976) NYC: 22 (1874) LGA: 29 (1976) HIstorical: 1927 - A tornado wiped out the town of Rock Springs, TX, killing 72 persons and causing 1.2 million dollars damage. The tornado, more than one mile in width, destroyed 235 of 247 buildings, leaving no trace of lumber or contents in many cases. Many survivors were bruised by large hail which fell after the passage of the tornado. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) 1934 - Winds atop Mount Washington, NH, averaged 186 mph for five minutes, with a peak gust of 231 mph, the highest wind speed ever clocked in the world. (David Ludlum) 1934: Winds atop Mount Washington New Hampshire, averaged 186 mph for five minutes, with a peak gust of 231 mph, the highest wind speed ever clocked in the world at that time. In a report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), that record was toppled in 1996 at Barrow Island, Australia during Typhoon Olivia. The new world record is now 253 mph. The 316 mph wind speed recorded at Moore, Oklahoma on 5/3/1999 logged during an F5 tornado was not recorded at ground level. 1987 - A cold front crossing the central U.S. produced heavy snow in the Central Rockies, and severe thunderstorms over Kansas and Oklahoma. Snowfall totals ranged up to 16 inches at Red Mountain Pass CO. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 87 mph at Ponca City OK. Winds associated with the cold front itself gusted to 69 mph at Tucumcari NM. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Snow blanketed the Southern Appalachians. Totals in North Carolina ranged up to 17 inches at Mitchell. Winds at Flat Top Mountain gusted to 80 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Twenty-two cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Elkins WV with a low of 15 degrees, and Baton Rouge LA with a reading of 37 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) 1990 - Arctic air invaded the central U.S. Lincoln, NE, reported a record low of 17 degrees. Thunderstorms developing along the arctic cold front produced heavy snow in north central Kansas, wind gusts to 61 mph at Midland TX, and wind gusts to 69 mph at Rawlins WY. Warm weather prevailed in the southwestern U.S. Las Vegas NV reported a record high of 91 degrees, and on the 13th, Sacramento CA reported a record high of 95 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 2010 - One-inch diamemter hail falls in Fresno, CA. Two condominiums are destroyed by thunderstorms in California's San Joaquin Valley. Up to three funnel clouds were also seen in the region.