NYC Spring temperatures and precipitation

[uncle W]

Spring temperature and precipitation...max temperature from 3/1 to 5/31...
year.....ave temp....precip"....max temp......
1869..........47.2......10.15................................

1870..........48.6......10.27..........
1871..........52.2......12.61..........
1872..........47.1........8.71..........
1873..........47.1........9.94..........
1874..........45.7......13.13..........
1875..........45.8........7.99...........
1876..........47.2......14.88......87
1877..........47.7........9.24......88
1878..........52.3........8.43......84
1879..........50.6........9.76......86

1880..........51.5........8.18......96
1881..........48.4........9.96......93
1882..........48.2........8.37......80
1883..........47.0........8.03......82
1884..........48.5......11.18......86
1885..........46.6........4.95......87
1886..........50.2......12.08......86
1887..........47.5........6.20......87
1888..........44.7......13.13......84
1889..........51.5......11.00......91

1890..........48.3......10.80......81
1891..........47.8........8.44......82
1892..........47.4........9.73......81
1893..........46.7......13.50......85
1894..........51.0........7.27......85
1895..........49.3........7.59......96
1896..........50.6........9.06......92
1897..........50.9......10.83......81
1898..........50.6......12.75......86
1899..........49.9........8.60......88

1900..........47.7........9.23......90
1901..........47.9......18.52......85
1902..........51.3........9.22......86
1903..........54.2........7.97......89
1904..........48.8........9.25......89
1905..........50.6........6.60......81
1906..........50.1......16.47......90
1907..........48.5......11.08......85
1908..........52.3......13.16......88
1909..........49.1......11.17......83

1910..........53.0........7.51......82
1911..........48.7........8.12......86
1912..........50.1......16.63......89
1913..........52.7......15.69......89
1914..........49.6......10.43......95
1915..........50.1........7.10......92
1916..........47.4......11.33......81
1917..........47.3......11.00......84
1918..........52.7......11.15......91
1919..........51.8......12.99......92

1920..........48.9......13.26......82
1921..........55.2......10.19......89
1922..........52.4......11.30......86
1923..........49.0........8.37......86
1924..........48.5......14.47......75
1925..........51.9........9.43......91
1926..........47.7........6.81......83
1927..........50.2........8.95......90
1928..........48.9........9.73......80
1929..........52.6......14.09......93

1930..........50.8........7.96......91
1931..........51.0......13.00......93
1932..........49.4......11.11......90
1933..........51.1......16.46......90
1934..........50.4......13.11......90
1935..........51.0........5.06......89
1936..........52.5......11.72......92
1937..........50.4......10.90......93
1938..........52.9........8.96......89
1939..........51.1........9.93......96

1940..........47.5......17.80......83
1941..........52.5........7.70......96
1942..........54.0........8.78......92
1943..........49.6......10.44......89
1944..........51.2......11.91......92
1945..........55.3......11.23......86
1946..........54.0......11.44......87
1947..........49.4......11.63......86
1948..........51.1......14.35......87
1949..........53.3........9.49......92

1950..........47.9........7.05......82
1951..........52.6......12.99......90
1952..........52.0......13.83......83
1953..........53.6......18.31......90
1954..........51.7........9.05......85
1955..........53.5........8.32......90
1956..........48.1......10.01......89
1957..........52.7......10.17......87
1958..........50.8......12.58......82
1959..........53.4........7.01......94

1960..........50.0........8.98......87
1961..........50.1......12.91......85
1962..........53.6........7.23......99
1963..........52.8........7.04......86
1964..........52.7........8.23......94
1965..........52.3........6.97......94
1966..........51.3........7.89......85
1967..........47.5......13.50......81
1968..........52.6......14.67......82
1969..........53.8......10.39......97

1970..........51.6......11.00......93
1971..........50.8......10.99......85
1972..........51.1......16.86......86
1973..........53.1......16.16......86
1974..........52.8......13.88......92
1975..........51.3........9.74......93
1976..........53.2......10.56......96
1977..........55.2......12.87......92
1978..........50.7......14.26......90
1979..........54.9......14.67......94

1980..........53.8......21.00......90
1981..........54.4........8.17......87
1982..........52.4......10.66......84
1983..........52.2......29.15......85
1984..........50.1......22.66......85
1985..........55.5........9.04......88
1986..........55.2........7.07......94
1987..........54.1......12.28......97
1988..........52.5........9.57......91
1989..........52.2......19.43......86

1990..........52.9......17.86......91
1991..........56.3......11.95......93
1992..........50.5........9.86......93
1993..........52.9......12.48......92
1994..........52.7......13.01......91
1995..........52.9........6.39......87
1996..........50.7......12.78......96
1997..........51.0......11.09......83
1998..........54.6......19.07......87
1999..........53.0........9.98......89

2000..........53.9......11.34......93
2001..........52.5......11.32......92
2002..........53.6......10.63......96
2003..........50.5......11.20......88
2004..........54.1......12.87......87
2005..........51.1......11.18......87
2006..........54.0......10.98......88
2007..........51.0......20.28......91
2008..........52.5......10.86......84
2009..........53.1......11.61......92

2010..........57.1......16.69......92
2011..........53.7......16.65......89
2012..........56.9........9.90......89
2013..........52.0......12.21......90

1870-79......48.4......10.50......
1880-89......48.4........9.31......96
1890-99......49.2........9.86......96
1900-09......50.1......11.27......90
1910-19......50.3......11.20......95
1920-29......50.5......10.66......93
1930-39......51.1......10.82......96
1940-49......51.8......11.48......96
1950-59......51.6......10.93......94
1960-69......51.7........9.78......99
1970-79......52.5......13.10......96
1980-89......53.2......14.90......97
1990-99......52.8......12.45......96
2000-09......52.8......12.23......96
2010-13......54.9......13.86......92

1870-
2009..........51.0......11.32......95
1980-
2009..........52.9......13.19......96

Top ten
warmest................coolest...............wettest....................driest
57.1 in 2010.....44.7 in 1888......29.15" in 1983......4.95" in 1885
56.9 in 2012.....45.7 in 1874......22.66" in 1984......5.06" in 1935
56.3 in 1991.....45.8 in 1875......21.00" in 1980......6.20" in 1887
55.5 in 1985.....46.6 in 1885......20.28" in 2007......6.39" in 1995
55.3 in 1945.....46.7 in 1893......19.43" in 1989......6.60" in 1905
55.2 in 1986.....47.0 in 1883......19.07" in 1998......6.81" in 1926
55.2 in 1977.....47.1 in 1873......18.31" in 1953......6.97" in 1965
55.2 in 1921.....47.1 in 1872......17.86" in 1990......7.01" in 1959
54.9 in 1979.....47.2 in 1876......17.80" in 1940......7.04" in 1963
54.6 in 1998.....47.2 in 1869......16.86" in 1972......7.05" in 1950

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[uncle W]

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[uncle W]

Spring 2012 averaged 56.9...second warmest on record to 2012...Precipitation was 9.90"...First time since 1999 that Spring had less than 10" of precipitation...May's minimum temperature of 49 ties 1982 for the highest on record...

[uncle W]

with met spring about to start March can still be wintry......March average temperature is going up over the last few decades...the 2010's are only averaging 0.3" of snowfall for the three years...I hate using the words over due but we are...
March decade averages...
decade....temp...high...low...max...min...ave max ave min...precip...snow...B.S.
1870's.....37.0....44.1...30.5....na.....3........na.......na.......4.13"....4.2"....6.0"
1880's.....35.4....40.4...30.0....72.....5.....60.1.....12.8.....3.32"....5.9"..21.0"
1890's.....37.6....45.6...32.6....71.....7.....61.2.....16.1.....3.60"....8.2"..12.0"
1900's.....39.8....47.8...33.4....74.....7.....64.8.....15.5.....3.92"....5.2"....6.5"
1910's.....39.1....44.8...32.4....78.....7.....68.9.....16.7.....4.03"....7.9"..14.5"
1920's.....41.2....48.4...35.7....84...10.....72.6.....16.2.....3.45"....2.8"....7.3"
1930's.....40.2....45.2...36.5....77.....9.....67.2.....17.0.....4.13"....3.0"....5.6"
1940's.....41.6....51.1...35.1....86.....7.....70.1.....18.7.....3.63"....5.2"..18.1"
1950's.....40.5....43.4...36.4....71...11.....65.9.....20.6.....4.21"....6.2"..11.8"
1960's.....40.8....43.7...33.3....79.....8.....72.2.....17.9.....3.43"....6.1"..14.5"
1970's.....42.4....46.9...38.7....81...14.....69.2.....20.6.....4.27"....2.3"....5.0"
1980's.....42.8....45.8...36.7....82...13.....71.6.....16.9.....4.95"....3.0"....8.6"
1990's.....42.4....45.4...38.9....86...11.....72.8.....18.0.....4.52"....5.7"..10.6"
2000's.....42.7....47.2...39.4....78...11.....68.5.....18.8.....3.90"....3.5"....8.3"

2010's.....45.4....50.9...40.1....78...20.....72.0.....25.3.....5.19"....2.1"....4.0"
1870-
2009 ......40.3....45.7...35.0....78.....9.....68.1.....17.4.....3.96"....4.9"..10.7"
1980-
2009.......42.6....46.1...38.3....82...12.....71.0.....17.9.....4.46"....4.1"....9.2"
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March extremes...
warmest.......coldest.........wettest.........driest.........snowiest...least snowiest
51.1 1945...30.0 1888...10.69" 2010...0.80" 2006...30.5" 1896.....0 1878
50.9 2012...30.5 1872...10.54" 1983...0.90" 1885...25.5" 1916.....0 1894
49.8 1946...30.6 1885...10.41" 1980...0.94" 1866...22.3" 1888.....0 1903
48.4 1921...32.3 1887.....8.79" 1876...0.96" 2012...21.5" 1914.....0 2012
48.2 2010...32.4 1916.....8.76" 1953...1.02" 1910...21.1" 1956.....T 2008
47.8 1903...32.6 1896.....7.72" 2001...1.19" 1981...19.2" 1941.....T 2002
47.7 2000...32.7 1883.....7.70" 1912...1.25" 1905...18.5" 1960.....T 1995
46.9 1979...33.3 1960.....7.41" 1977...1.26" 1995...17.4" 1967.....T 1988
46.8 1977...33.4 1900.....6.64" 1993...1.33" 1927...17.0" 1890.....T 1986
46.4 1973...34.1 1875.....6.47" 1913...1.35" 1894...15.9" 1958.....T 2010*
Warmest temperature...Coldest
86 3/29/1945......... 3 3/05/1872
86 3/31/1998......... 4 3/01/1869
85 3/13/1990......... 5 3/01/1875
84 3/21/1921......... 5 3/01/1884
84 3/28/1945......... 5 3/06/1872
83 3/20/1945......... 6 3/13/1888
82 3/16/1990......... 7 3/04/1943
82 3/28/1921......... 7 3/07/1890
82 3/30/1998......... 7 3/18/1916
82 3/29/1985......... 7 3/13/1885
............................ 8 3/19/1967

warmest monthly min
33 1942
30 1973
29 1931
29 2010
28 1903
27 1958
27 2008

27 2013
26 1971
26 1945
26 1946
26 1941
26 1898
Coldest monthly max
49 1887
50 1893
53 1901
54 1881
55 1900
55 1906
56 1892
56 1970
57 1958
57 2001
Biggest snowfalls
21.0" 3/12-14/1888
18.1" 3/7-8/1941
14.5" 3/3-4/1960
14.5" 3/1-2/1914
12.0" 3/15-16/1896
11.8" 3/20-21/1958
11.6" 3/18-19/1956
10.6" 3/13-14/1993
..9.8" 3/21-22/1967

[uncle W]

April 2013 ends up averaging 53.0...-0.3 from the 1980-2009 average...+2.0 from the long term average...Precipitation was 1.31"...5th driest on record...max was 82 and the min was 33...

April stats...
April decade averages...
NYC Central Park obs since 1870...
decade......temp...high...low...max...min...ave max ave min...precip...snow...B.S.
1870's........47.9...53.3...41.1....na...20..........na........na........3.86"....1.8"....10.0"
1880's........48.5...52.9...46.0....84...21.........77.6.......27.4.....2.92"....0.7".....3.0"
1890's........49.3...52.3...46.4....90...24.........79.1.......28.2.....2.59"....0.8".....3.0"
1900's........49.6...52.2...46.6....84...24.........77.7.......30.4.....3.94"....0.6".....5.0"
1910's........50.6...55.1...47.8....92...22.........79.6.......29.3.....3.78"....2.3"....10.2"
1920's........50.2...56.1...47.3....90...12.........82.6.......28.3.....3.62"....0.9".....8.5"
1930's........49.9...53.7...47.9....89...28.........79.0.......31.9.....3.46"....0.6".....6.4"
1940's........51.4...56.9...46.1....91...24.........79.7.......31.5.....3.33"....1.1".....6.5"
1950's........52.4...55.0...48.2....85...23.........81.1.......31.7.....3.82"....1.0".....4.2"
1960's........52.1...55.9...49.0....91...28.........82.9.......31.8.....3.33"....0.1".....1.2"
1970's........52.2...55.2...47.9....96...25.........84.2.......29.1.....3.82"....0.1".....0.4"
1980's........53.3...56.2...51.2....88...21.........79.9.......31.8.....5.59"....1.0".....9.6"
1990's........53.2...55.7...50.5....91...23.........81.3.......32.4.....3.77"....0.1".....0.7"
2000's........53.5...56.1...49.8....96...29.........86.3.......32.0.....4.67"....0.5".....4.0"
2010's........55.0...57.9...53.0....92...33.........85.3.......35.6.....3.31"....trace trace

1870-
2009..........51.0...54.8...47.6....na...na.........80.8.......30.4.....3.72"....0.8".....5.2"

1980-
2009..........53.3...56.0...50.5....na...na.........82.5.......32.1.....4.68"....0.5".....4.8"

 

[uncle W]

May 2013 ends up averaging 62.8...8.00" of precipitation...

May stats...
Posted 28 April 2010 - 10:00 PM
Average Temperature and precipitation...
decade....temp...high...low.....max/min temp ave/max/min/90+days/ ave precipitation...
1870's....60.3...63.3...58.8....................................................2.......2.50"
1880's....61.3...67.9...56.6......96......35......87.2......40.9.........6.......3.07"
1890's....60.8...67.0...57.8......96......32......85.7......41.6.........6.......3.67"
1900's....60.7...63.4...56.2......90......37......86.6......41.5.........2.......3.41"
1910's....61.5...65.3...54.3......95......36......86.8......41.7.........4.......3.39"
1920's....60.2...64.6...57.3......93......37......84.2......41.5.........2.......3.59"
1930's....63.0...64.9...59.9......96......40......90.5......43.5.......19.......3.23"
1940's....62.5...67.0...59.2......96......35......88.8......42.7.........8.......4.52" trace of snow in 1946
1950's....61.9...66.4...58.7......94......38......87.2......41.7.........6.......3.29"
1960's....62.2...66.4...55.2......99......36......88.3......41.6.......11.......3.02"
1970's....62.7...65.8...59.5......94......36......89.0......41.1.......10.......5.00" trace of snow in 1977
1980's....63.6...66.0...60.2......97......41......88.0......43.7.......10.......4.39"
1990's....62.7...68.7...59.4......96......40......89.4......44.0.......11.......4.16"
2000's....62.2...65.2...58.7......93......41......86.2......43.4.........8.......3.66"
2010's....64.4...65.3...62.8......92......41......90.0......44.5.........3.......5.38"
1870-
2009......61.8...65.9...58.0.........................87.5......42.2.........8.......3.64"
1980-
2009..... 62.8...66.6...59.4.........................87.9......43.7.......10.......4.07"

warmest.........coolest...........wettest............driest......
68.7 in 1991...54.3 in 1917...10.24" in 1989...0.30" in 1903
67.9 in 1880...55.2 in 1967.....9.74" in 1984...0.34" in 1887
67.0 in 1944...55.2 in 1907.....9.15" in 1978...0.57" in 1964
67.0 in 1896...56.6 in 1882.....9.10" in 1990...0.62" in 1880
66.4 in 1965...57.3 in 1924.....8.51" in 1908...0.72" in 1905
66.4 in 1959...57.4 in 1901.....8.39" in 1972...0.89" in 1939
66.0 in 1986...57.7 in 1869.....8.00" in 2013...0.95" in 1877
65.8 in 1975...57.8 in 1891.....7.61" in 1940...1.05" in 1935
65.7 in 1993...58.0 in 1888.....7.58" in 1948...1.09" in 1899
65.6 in 1980...58.2 in 1893.....7.06" in 1968...1.18" in 1944

warmest temperatures...
99 5/19/1962
97 5/29/1969
97 5/30/1987
96 5/20/1996
96 5/22/1941
96 5/27/1880
96 5/29/1987
96 5/31/1895
95 5/25/1880
95 5/26/1880
95 5/27/1914
coldest temperatures...
32 5/06/1891
34 5/05/1891
35 5/01/1880
35 5/09/1947
36 5/11/1913
36 5/10/1966
36 5/10/1947
36 5/09/1977
36 5/03/1874
36 5/01/1876
coldest max days...
43 5/3/1873
43 5/5/1891
44 5/7/1967
44 5/5/1917
44 5/9/1977
45 5/1/1917
45 5/2/1962
45 5/5/1978
45 5/6/1891
46 5/25/1967+
warmest min. days...
76 5/31/1987
75 5/31/1895
74 5/09/2000
74 5/20/1996
74 5/27/1908
74 5/29/1969
74 5/30/1987
73 5/25/1880
73 5/28/1959
73 5/30/1986+



Warmest monthly minimum...
49 in 2012
49 in 1982
48 in 1899
48 in 1910
47 in 1942
47 in 1944
47 in 1969
47 in 1991
46 in 2011
46 in 2000
46 in 1999 + =and other years...
coldest monthly maximum...
75 in 1924
79 in 2005
79 in 2003
79 in 1983
79 in 1928
79 in 1927
79 in 1915
80 in 1968
80 in 1882