April 2025 Discussion/Obs

[LibertyBell]

8 hours ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

Apologies in advance if this was already mentioned (took a quick look at the last few pages and didn't see it referenced), but is this not the 2nd latest recorded snowfall, if not the latest, in the last 50 years there?

It's become very rare now, but this happened three times in the 80s (82, 83, 86).

April 1982 everyone who was alive then remembers, but we also had 1 inch of snow a week after that.

April 1983 on the 19-20th we had 1-2 inches of snow

April 1986 a T of snow on the 23rd 

Nothing in the 90s after April 10 (4/10/96 was the latest 4" at JFK)

2000s-- nothing after April 10th (April 7, 2003 4-8 inches, April 4, 2006 1 inch JFK).

2010s April 16, 2014 (1 inch), April 2 2018 (4-6 inches).

2020 Trace on May 9, 2020

So very few amounts of even a T after April 10th.

 

[LibertyBell]

10 hours ago, RU848789 said:

Do people think this looks right? Seems overdone for me, especially at lower elevations...

1 inch of snow in Brooklyn and 8-9 inches of snow in the southern Poconos just south of I-80? I don't think so lol.

The actual written amounts might be right though, are they from the PNS?

[LibertyBell]

24 minutes ago, bluewave said:

This wasn’t that big of a deal. Since LGA had accumulating snow and not just a T a few days later back in 2014. Then a T on 5-9-20. Maybe if the low temperatures were really cold like the maxes were yesterday they could have had a light accumulation.
 

2014-04-16

47

32

39.5

-14.4

25

0

0.05

0.2

2020-05-09

49

36

42.5

-19.2

22

0

0.03

T

 

4-16-2014 was our latest freeze in a VERY long time, we might not have had a later freeze in my lifetime, can you check to see when we had a later freeze than that, Chris? And since LGA is the local hotspot, I'm sure the lows at JFK, NYC and EWR were all colder than 32!!

 

[sussexcountyobs]

22 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

1 inch of snow in Brooklyn and 8-9 inches of snow in the southern Poconos just south of I-80? I don't think so lol.

The actual written amounts might be right though, are they from the PNS?

That map is definitely wrong. It shows 8-10 where I live, in reality it was 4-5".

[donsutherland1]

9 hours ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

Apologies in advance if this was already mentioned (took a quick look at the last few pages and didn't see it referenced), but is this not the 2nd latest recorded snowfall, if not the latest, in the last 50 years there?

No. A trace was recorded yesterday. Traces were also recorded on April 23, 2020; May 9, 2020; and April 21, 2021. Had it been measurable, it would have been the second latest in more than 50 years.

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, donsutherland1 said:

No. A trace was recorded yesterday. Traces were also recorded on April 23, 2020; May 9, 2020; and April 21, 2021. Had it been measurable, it would have been the second latest in more than 50 years.

Wait we had 2 late season snowfall events in 2020? I don't remember the one in late April, I thought that was a warm winter overall lol.

In 2020 did the park and all the city airports get a T of snow in both late season events, Don?

I don't remember the one in 2021 either, was that only for LGA or all the city airports and the park too, Don?

 

[LibertyBell]

17 minutes ago, sussexcountyobs said:

That map is definitely wrong. It shows 8-10 where I live, in reality it was 4-5".

so halve the snowfall amounts like we do with the NAM.

[donsutherland1]

7 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Wait we had 2 late season snowfall events in 2020? I don't remember the one in late April, I thought that was a warm winter overall lol.

In 2020 did the park and all the city airports get a T of snow in both late season events, Don?

I don't remember the one in 2021 either, was that only for LGA or all the city airports and the park too, Don?

 

The first one included occurred during the pre-dawn hours where there was a trace of snow/sleet.

[donsutherland1]

51 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

1 inch of snow in Brooklyn and 8-9 inches of snow in the southern Poconos just south of I-80? I don't think so lol.

The actual written amounts might be right though, are they from the PNS?

The map is wrong for Brooklyn. No measurable snowfall was reported in the City on the PNS. Moreover, JFK is the closest reporting stating to Brooklyn and the low was 38°. New York City's greatest snowfall accumulation with a low of 38° or above was 0.5" on March 18, 1899. At that time, the City's urban footprint was much smaller than it is today.

393 
NOUS41 KOKX 121800
PNSOKX
CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-130600-

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
200 PM EDT Sat Apr 12 2025

...SNOWFALL REPORTS...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Provider             

...Connecticut...

...Fairfield County...
New Fairfield                1.2 in    0530 AM 04/12   Trained Spotter      

...New Jersey...

...Bergen County...
Teterboro Airport             T in     0500 AM 04/12   ASOS                 

...Essex County...
Caldwell Airport              T in     0500 AM 04/12   ASOS                 

...New York...

...Orange County...
Chester                      3.5 in    0900 AM 04/12   Public               
Monroe                       3.0 in    0810 AM 04/12   Trained Spotter      
2 SSW Maybrook               2.6 in    0615 AM 04/12   Trained Spotter      
2 E Highland Mills           2.5 in    0800 AM 04/12   Public               
2 S Pine Bush                2.4 in    0705 AM 04/12   Public               

...Queens County...
NYC/La Guardia                T in     0400 AM 04/12   Official NWS Obs     
&&

[LibertyBell]

3 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

The map is wrong for Brooklyn. No measurable snowfall was reported in the City on the PNS. Moreover, JFK is the closest reporting stating to Brooklyn and the low was 38°. New York City's greatest snowfall accumulation with a low of 38° or above was 0.5" on March 18, 1899. At that time, the City's urban footprint was much smaller than it is today.

393 
NOUS41 KOKX 121800
PNSOKX
CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-130600-

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
200 PM EDT Sat Apr 12 2025

...SNOWFALL REPORTS...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Provider             

...Connecticut...

...Fairfield County...
New Fairfield                1.2 in    0530 AM 04/12   Trained Spotter      

...New Jersey...

...Bergen County...
Teterboro Airport             T in     0500 AM 04/12   ASOS                 

...Essex County...
Caldwell Airport              T in     0500 AM 04/12   ASOS                 

...New York...

...Orange County...
Chester                      3.5 in    0900 AM 04/12   Public               
Monroe                       3.0 in    0810 AM 04/12   Trained Spotter      
2 SSW Maybrook               2.6 in    0615 AM 04/12   Trained Spotter      
2 E Highland Mills           2.5 in    0800 AM 04/12   Public               
2 S Pine Bush                2.4 in    0705 AM 04/12   Public               

...Queens County...
NYC/La Guardia                T in     0400 AM 04/12   Official NWS Obs     
&&

I'm shocked they got half an inch of snow at 38, what kind of rates was that with and was that at night? I thought accumulating snow could not occur under 36 degrees, Don!!

 

[LibertyBell]

14 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

The first one included occurred during the pre-dawn hours where there was a trace of snow/sleet.

Don why is the media calling this storm a coastal low instead of a noreaster?

All coastal storms with a northeast wind should by definition be referred to as noreasters  Maybe if the NWS started naming noreasters this would force the media to start calling them noreasters.

 

[LibertyBell]

6 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

The map is wrong for Brooklyn. No measurable snowfall was reported in the City on the PNS. Moreover, JFK is the closest reporting stating to Brooklyn and the low was 38°. New York City's greatest snowfall accumulation with a low of 38° or above was 0.5" on March 18, 1899. At that time, the City's urban footprint was much smaller than it is today.

393 
NOUS41 KOKX 121800
PNSOKX
CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-130600-

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
200 PM EDT Sat Apr 12 2025

...SNOWFALL REPORTS...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Provider             

...Connecticut...

...Fairfield County...
New Fairfield                1.2 in    0530 AM 04/12   Trained Spotter      

...New Jersey...

...Bergen County...
Teterboro Airport             T in     0500 AM 04/12   ASOS                 

...Essex County...
Caldwell Airport              T in     0500 AM 04/12   ASOS                 

...New York...

...Orange County...
Chester                      3.5 in    0900 AM 04/12   Public               
Monroe                       3.0 in    0810 AM 04/12   Trained Spotter      
2 SSW Maybrook               2.6 in    0615 AM 04/12   Trained Spotter      
2 E Highland Mills           2.5 in    0800 AM 04/12   Public               
2 S Pine Bush                2.4 in    0705 AM 04/12   Public               

...Queens County...
NYC/La Guardia                T in     0400 AM 04/12   Official NWS Obs     
&&

Highest amount I found in our area was 6 inches at High Point, NJ

[Sundog]

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

4-16-2014 was our latest freeze in a VERY long time, we might not have had a later freeze in my lifetime, can you check to see when we had a later freeze than that, Chris? And since LGA is the local hotspot, I'm sure the lows at JFK, NYC and EWR were all colder than 32!!

 

All airports and major stations were either 32 or 31 degrees that morning. 

Definitely not radiational cooling. 

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, Sundog said:

All airports and major stations were either 32 or 31 degrees that morning. 

Definitely not radiational cooling. 

The only year when we might have possibly have had a later freeze would have been April 1983 when we had 1-2 inches of snow on April 19-20.

[bluewave]

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

The big deal was this kind of weird late season cold/snowfall isn't supposed to be happening anymore, so this is likely a one in 20 year event we just saw.

It's very rare to even get a T of snow after April 10th.

It just happened a few years ago several times at even later dates. The big change we have seen is that these April snow events are struggling to accumulate near the coast as it gets warmer. So we wind up with just a trace rather than an accumulation. 
 

 

 

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, bluewave said:

It just happened a few years ago several times at even later dates. The big change we have seen is that these April snow events are struggling to accumulate near the coast as it gets warmer. So we wind up with just a trace rather than an accumulation. 
 

 

 

That giant one prior to 1885 really sticks out, how much did we have in that one and what year was that in, Chris?

[donsutherland1]

Just now, LibertyBell said:

I'm shocked they got half an inch of snow at 38, what kind of rates was that with and was that at night? I thought accumulating snow could not occur under 36 degrees, Don!!

 

Full hourly information isn't available, but from the data that is available, it appears that that around 0.12" fell when the temperature was 39 and the wet bulb temperature was 38.

 

3 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

That giant one prior to 1885 really sticks out, how much did we have in that one and what year was that in, Chris?

That was April 1875. Snowfall amounts were:

April 7: 0.5"
April 13-14: 10.0" (April 13: 8.7"; April 14: 1.3"
April 25: 3.0"

Total Snowfall: 13.5"

[LibertyBell]

6 minutes ago, bluewave said:

It just happened a few years ago several times at even later dates. The big change we have seen is that these April snow events are struggling to accumulate near the coast as it gets warmer. So we wind up with just a trace rather than an accumulation. 
 

 

 

I just don't remember it being all that cold this late aside from the May 2020 event.  We don't even get a freeze after April 10th anymore aside from the April 16th very late freeze in 2014.   I think JFK's latest freeze on record is either April 19 or 20th.

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, donsutherland1 said:

Full hourly information isn't available, but from the data that is available, it appears that that around 0.12" fell when the temperature was 39 and the wet bulb temperature was 38.

 

That was April 1875. Snowfall amounts were:

April 7: 0.5"
April 13-14: 10.0" (April 13: 8.7"; April 14: 1.3"
April 25: 3.0"

Total Snowfall: 13.5"

wow four days of accumulating snowfall (not to mention the 3 inches on April 25th-- the latest accumulating snowfall at the park on record?) are both absolutely amazing!

4:1 sounds about right for what might have been the highest temperature for accumulating snowfall the city has ever seen-- has the city ever seen any accumulating snowfall with a temperature of 40+ Don?

 

[donsutherland1]

1 minute ago, LibertyBell said:

wow four days of accumulating snowfall (not to mention the 3 inches on April 25th-- the latest accumulating snowfall at the park on record?) are both absolutely amazing!

4:1 sounds about right for what might have been the highest temperature for accumulating snowfall the city has ever seen-- has the city ever seen any accumulating snowfall with a temperature of 40+ Don?

 

No. There is no record where NYC saw measurable snowfall with a low of 40 or above.

[bluewave]

10 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

wow four days of accumulating snowfall (not to mention the 3 inches on April 25th-- the latest accumulating snowfall at the park on record?) are both absolutely amazing!

4:1 sounds about right for what might have been the highest temperature for accumulating snowfall the city has ever seen-- has the city ever seen any accumulating snowfall with a temperature of 40+ Don?

 

April 1875 was very cold and snowy which would be a -10 by today’s much warmer climate normals. April 16th through the 22nd was close to what our average January temperstures are these days at only 34.1°. So not something we can experience anymore in the much warmer climate.

Climatological Data for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY - April 1875
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Sum	1500	1031	-	-	590	0	3.08	13.5
Average	51.7	35.6	43.7	-10.0	-	-	-	-
Normal	61.8	45.5	53.7	-	354	14	4.09	0.4
1875-04-01	61	39	50.0	1.9	15	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-02	65	48	56.5	8.1	8	0	0.06	0.0
1875-04-03	55	41	48.0	-0.8	17	0	0.34	0.0
1875-04-04	46	37	41.5	-7.7	23	0	0.31	0.0
1875-04-05	58	37	47.5	-2.1	17	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-06	54	M	M	M	M	M	0.00	0.0
1875-04-07	M	31	M	M	M	M	0.06	0.5
1875-04-08	51	33	42.0	-8.8	23	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-09	47	37	42.0	-9.2	23	0	0.02	0.0
1875-04-10	61	39	50.0	-1.6	15	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-11	66	47	56.5	4.5	8	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-12	48	35	41.5	-10.9	23	0	0.10	T
1875-04-13	35	30	32.5	-20.3	32	0	0.87	8.7
1875-04-14	52	30	41.0	-12.2	24	0	0.14	1.3
1875-04-15	57	41	49.0	-4.6	16	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-16	48	33	40.5	-13.5	24	0	0.10	T
1875-04-17	33	27	30.0	-24.3	35	0	T	T
1875-04-18	32	25	28.5	-26.2	36	0	T	T
1875-04-19	40	22	31.0	-24.1	34	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-20	41	29	35.0	-20.5	30	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-21	43	26	34.5	-21.3	30	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-22	51	28	39.5	-16.7	25	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-23	60	35	47.5	-9.0	17	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-24	59	35	47.0	-9.9	18	0	0.37	0.0
1875-04-25	51	34	42.5	-14.7	22	0	0.44	3.0
1875-04-26	61	41	51.0	-6.6	14	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-27	58	45	51.5	-6.4	13	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-28	46	42	44.0	-14.2	21	0	0.21	0.0
1875-04-29	54	40	47.0	-11.5	18	0	0.06	0.0
1875-04-30	67	44	55.5	-3.4	9	0	0.00	0.0

 

Time Series Summary for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending 4-16 to 4-22

1

1875-04-22

34.1

0

[LibertyBell]

20 minutes ago, bluewave said:

April 1875 was very cold and snowy which would be a -10 by today’s much warmer climate normals. April 16th through the 22nd was close to what our average January temperstures are these days at only 34.1°. So not something we can experience anymore in the much warmer climate.

Climatological Data for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY - April 1875
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Sum	1500	1031	-	-	590	0	3.08	13.5
Average	51.7	35.6	43.7	-10.0	-	-	-	-
Normal	61.8	45.5	53.7	-	354	14	4.09	0.4
1875-04-01	61	39	50.0	1.9	15	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-02	65	48	56.5	8.1	8	0	0.06	0.0
1875-04-03	55	41	48.0	-0.8	17	0	0.34	0.0
1875-04-04	46	37	41.5	-7.7	23	0	0.31	0.0
1875-04-05	58	37	47.5	-2.1	17	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-06	54	M	M	M	M	M	0.00	0.0
1875-04-07	M	31	M	M	M	M	0.06	0.5
1875-04-08	51	33	42.0	-8.8	23	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-09	47	37	42.0	-9.2	23	0	0.02	0.0
1875-04-10	61	39	50.0	-1.6	15	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-11	66	47	56.5	4.5	8	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-12	48	35	41.5	-10.9	23	0	0.10	T
1875-04-13	35	30	32.5	-20.3	32	0	0.87	8.7
1875-04-14	52	30	41.0	-12.2	24	0	0.14	1.3
1875-04-15	57	41	49.0	-4.6	16	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-16	48	33	40.5	-13.5	24	0	0.10	T
1875-04-17	33	27	30.0	-24.3	35	0	T	T
1875-04-18	32	25	28.5	-26.2	36	0	T	T
1875-04-19	40	22	31.0	-24.1	34	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-20	41	29	35.0	-20.5	30	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-21	43	26	34.5	-21.3	30	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-22	51	28	39.5	-16.7	25	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-23	60	35	47.5	-9.0	17	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-24	59	35	47.0	-9.9	18	0	0.37	0.0
1875-04-25	51	34	42.5	-14.7	22	0	0.44	3.0
1875-04-26	61	41	51.0	-6.6	14	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-27	58	45	51.5	-6.4	13	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-28	46	42	44.0	-14.2	21	0	0.21	0.0
1875-04-29	54	40	47.0	-11.5	18	0	0.06	0.0
1875-04-30	67	44	55.5	-3.4	9	0	0.00	0.0

 

Time Series Summary for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
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1

1875-04-22

34.1

0

If we ever get a February 2015 type anomaly in April it could happen again one day....

 

 

[LibertyBell]

23 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

No. There is no record where NYC saw measurable snowfall with a low of 40 or above.

Thanks Don, and is the 3 inches that fell on the 25th in 1875 Central Park's latest recorded accumulation of snow?

[LibertyBell]

24 minutes ago, bluewave said:

April 1875 was very cold and snowy which would be a -10 by today’s much warmer climate normals. April 16th through the 22nd was close to what our average January temperstures are these days at only 34.1°. So not something we can experience anymore in the much warmer climate.

Climatological Data for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY - April 1875
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Sum	1500	1031	-	-	590	0	3.08	13.5
Average	51.7	35.6	43.7	-10.0	-	-	-	-
Normal	61.8	45.5	53.7	-	354	14	4.09	0.4
1875-04-01	61	39	50.0	1.9	15	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-02	65	48	56.5	8.1	8	0	0.06	0.0
1875-04-03	55	41	48.0	-0.8	17	0	0.34	0.0
1875-04-04	46	37	41.5	-7.7	23	0	0.31	0.0
1875-04-05	58	37	47.5	-2.1	17	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-06	54	M	M	M	M	M	0.00	0.0
1875-04-07	M	31	M	M	M	M	0.06	0.5
1875-04-08	51	33	42.0	-8.8	23	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-09	47	37	42.0	-9.2	23	0	0.02	0.0
1875-04-10	61	39	50.0	-1.6	15	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-11	66	47	56.5	4.5	8	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-12	48	35	41.5	-10.9	23	0	0.10	T
1875-04-13	35	30	32.5	-20.3	32	0	0.87	8.7
1875-04-14	52	30	41.0	-12.2	24	0	0.14	1.3
1875-04-15	57	41	49.0	-4.6	16	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-16	48	33	40.5	-13.5	24	0	0.10	T
1875-04-17	33	27	30.0	-24.3	35	0	T	T
1875-04-18	32	25	28.5	-26.2	36	0	T	T
1875-04-19	40	22	31.0	-24.1	34	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-20	41	29	35.0	-20.5	30	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-21	43	26	34.5	-21.3	30	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-22	51	28	39.5	-16.7	25	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-23	60	35	47.5	-9.0	17	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-24	59	35	47.0	-9.9	18	0	0.37	0.0
1875-04-25	51	34	42.5	-14.7	22	0	0.44	3.0
1875-04-26	61	41	51.0	-6.6	14	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-27	58	45	51.5	-6.4	13	0	0.00	0.0
1875-04-28	46	42	44.0	-14.2	21	0	0.21	0.0
1875-04-29	54	40	47.0	-11.5	18	0	0.06	0.0
1875-04-30	67	44	55.5	-3.4	9	0	0.00	0.0

 

Time Series Summary for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
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1

1875-04-22

34.1

0

wild so no 70 degree temperature at all in April 1875 (similar to April 2020 in that respect) and the warmest day of the entire month was on the last day? Also, note 3 inches of snow with a low of 34.....kind of reminds me of April 2018, but more than 3 weeks later lol.

1875-04-25

51

34

42.5

-14.7

22

0

0.44

3.0

[SACRUS]

 

49 / 40 cloudy.  Drying out and we;ll see if clouds can clear out mostly by sunset.  Back to the 50s / near 60.  Much warm Mon / Tue before front comes in. Warming back up by Easter weekend as it looks now.  Ridging into the east to close the last 9 days of the month.  Rain this week <.50 .

[bluewave]

10 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

If we ever get a February 2015 type anomaly in April it could happen again one day....

 

 

February 2015 was a one-off type event that we won’t see again absent some massive volcanic eruption dramatically cooling the earths climate. 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 92 (2023)
NYC: 90 (1923)
LGA: 89 (2023)
JFK: 85 (2023)

Lows:

EWR: 26 (1940)
NYC: 25 (1874)
LGA: 31 (1950)
JFK: 30 (1950)

HIstorical:

1877 - 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)

 

1927: A tornado wiped out the town of Rock Springs Texas, killing 72 persons and causing 1.2 million dollars damage. The tornado was more than one mile in width and destroyed 235 of 247 buildings, leaving no trace of lumber or contents in many cases. Many survivors were bruised by large hail that fell after the passage of the tornado.  

 

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.

 

1945: A series of significant tornadoes raked Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Antlers, Oklahoma were nearly obliterated by a massive F5 tornado that zigzagged from southwest to northeast across the town. 69 people died in the twister. Another tornado killed eight people in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The disaster was overshadowed by the loss of President Franklin Roosevelt, who died suddenly at his vacation home at Warm Springs, Georgia. 

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)

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.

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A hopeful break in the recent wetness this week and into Easter weekedn.  Still looks like some light rain Tue / Fri evening.

 

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Daylight: 

13 H: 13 M

Sunrise: 6:20 AM  DST
Sunset : 7:34 PM DST

Roughly equivalent to Aug 29

 

Gained : 3H 58M from the Dec 21 lull

Adding an additional 2m36/34  seconds of daylight each day the next week

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29 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Thanks Don, and is the 3 inches that fell on the 25th in 1875 Central Park's latest recorded accumulation of snow?

Yes, that was its latest measurable snowfall.