April 2025 Discussion/Obs

[winterwarlock]

Will NW NJ see any snow or graupel today. Its in the low 30s there?

[MANDA]

35.6 degrees here with drizzle.  Rainfall last two days = .57".  Missed out on the heaviest stuff to the south and east the last two days but the .57" is welcome.

[Dark Star]

13 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Highs have been closer to average but lows have been warm with all the clouds

Closer, but most highs have also been above average.

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

40 and drizzle is a close second to my least favorite weather, which is 33 and drizzle. Looking forward to warm sunny days ahead. 

[jm1220]

8 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

40 and drizzle is a close second to my least favorite weather, which is 33 and drizzle. Looking forward to warm sunny days ahead. 

Maybe it’s your 8th least favorite after 33, 34, 35…. and drizzle? 

[bluewave]

+7 for the highs are still going to feel chilly in the early spring with the stronger winds, clouds, and rain. 
 

 

[Cfa]

42 and gross outside.

Snowing in Massachusetts.

Every time I think our climate sucks I look at New England and feel slightly better.

[Sundog]

4 hours ago, bluewave said:

Looks like Wednesday will be the last freeze potential for NYC until next fall or winter.

 

Kudos to the models for seeing this cold push 6 or 7 days out

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

26 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

Maybe it’s your 8th least favorite after 33, 34, 35…. and drizzle? 

Yeah. Something like that. One thing to look forward to is severe season. Which based on the prevailing pattern should be solid this year. The mid west flooding should add allot of moisture to the mix, and add the strong westerly’s we have been experiencing and it should be game on.

[Brian5671]

50 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Yeah. Something like that. One thing to look forward to is severe season. Which based on the prevailing pattern should be solid this year. The mid west flooding should add allot of moisture to the mix, and add the strong westerly’s we have been experiencing and it should be game on.

do we hang onto those fast westeries all summer though?

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Just now, Brian5671 said:

do we hang onto those fast westeries all summer though?

I mean, seasonally the jet heads north. Anytime we have a trough it would have access to that stronger jet though. Maybe I’m just looking for the silver lining in a currently shit weather pattern. I do think it’s a lock that this warm season is significantly wetter then last however. 

[winterwx21]

0.16" so far here today. Feels miserable out there at 42 degrees. One positive is all the rain we've been getting lately has gotten the cold weather vegetables off to a good start. My lettuce is growing very quickly. 

[LibertyBell]

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

The highs at places like JFK have been tied with 2012 and 2010  around 56.0°.

 

Time Series Summary for JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending March 1 through April 6th  high temperatures 

1	2012-04-06	56.7	0
2	2025-04-06	56.3	0
-	2010-04-06	56.3	0
3	2016-04-06	54.9	0
-	1973-04-06	54.9	0
4	1985-04-06	54.8	0
5	2020-04-06	54.6	0

I'm trying to remember the drier springs with big heat, have we been warmer than 2002 also (realizing the heat in 2002 began a little later.)

 

[LibertyBell]

19 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

I mean, seasonally the jet heads north. Anytime we have a trough it would have access to that stronger jet though. Maybe I’m just looking for the silver lining in a currently shit weather pattern. I do think it’s a lock that this warm season is significantly wetter then last however. 

most of us don't really like that lock lol, we've had more than enough wetness.

more wetness = more bugs

I've noticed far fewer bugs and mosquitos especially with nice dry heat

 

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, Cfa said:

42 and gross outside.

Snowing in Massachusetts.

Every time I think our climate sucks I look at New England and feel slightly better.

Yeah we don't have mud season here, at least I don't where I am.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

+7 for the highs are still going to feel chilly in the early spring with the stronger winds, clouds, and rain. 
 

 

aren't the highs supposed to be in the 60s now though?

[jm1220]

Goes to show how hard it is for long term drought to take hold here. I’m sure we’ll have the usual south shore drought once seabreeze/summer starts. 

[bluewave]

46 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

aren't the highs supposed to be in the 60s now though?

The first day of the year with a 60° average high is April 10th using the 91-20 climate normals.

[FPizz]

50 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Yeah we don't have mud season here, at least I don't where I am.

With warmer winters, mud season is pretty much October through April.  

[Poker2015]

58 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Yeah we don't have mud season here, at least I don't where I am.

Tell that to my swamp of a yard!!

[steve392]

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

Yeah we don't have mud season here, at least I don't where I am.

The way this spring has been going, it certainly feels like a mud season.  My yard hasn't fully dried out since dead of winter.  

[Dark Star]

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

+7 for the highs are still going to feel chilly in the early spring with the stronger winds, clouds, and rain. 
 

 

So despite the alleged perception, the daytime maximum temperatures are more above average than the night time minimums.  

[LibertyBell]

27 minutes ago, bluewave said:

The first day of the year with a 60° average high is April 10th using the 91-20 climate normals.

Thanks, I usually go by middle of month normals as a rough guide-- it's an easy way to remember what the normal temperature should be for the majority of the month-- here's how I remember it:

 

January 30s

February 40s

March 50s

April 60s

May 70s

June 80s

July 90s

August 80s

September 70s

October 60s

November 50s

December 40s

 

 

[Brian5671]

Nasty day here-rain just ended and it hasnt moved off 40-42 all day

[LibertyBell]

2 minutes ago, steve392 said:

The way this spring has been going, it certainly feels like a mud season.  My yard hasn't fully dried out since dead of winter.  

Yes this year is bad, also there's no drought lol.

[LibertyBell]

20 minutes ago, Poker2015 said:

Tell that to my swamp of a yard!!

Yeah this year is way worse than the last 2 years have been.

[Irishmick9]

3 hours ago, winterwarlock said:

Will NW NJ see any snow or graupel today. Its in the low 30s there?

Had some sleet here around 10:30 at 37 degrees but I am in a lower valley. I imagine up by High Point at least some flakes were flying.

[LibertyBell]

27 minutes ago, FPizz said:

With warmer winters, mud season is pretty much October through April.  

at least this winter was pretty dry (it would have been better with snow, we definitely were cold enough for snow.)

 

[bluewave]

1 minute ago, LibertyBell said:

at least this winter was pretty dry (it would have been better with snow, we definitely were cold enough for snow.)

 

It just wasn’t cold enough for much snow on the days that the precipitation fell due to the much warmer storm tracks. So NYC averaged 41.0° on the days with .25 or more of precipitation. While the overall average temperature including the dry days was 34.8°. 

[MANDA]

Not out of the 30's here today.  Was 35 at 6am and only 37.6 currently (3:00 p.m.)