April 9 has reported an inch or more of snow in Central Park in five years - the most times of any date in April. The last time it happened was in 2000. (The other years were 1907, 1916, 1917, and 1942.)
1917 (Monday)
One of April's biggest snowstorms dumped 6.5" (0.1" of it fell late last night). This brought the winter's total snowfall to 50.7" for the second year in a row. Snow fell on this date last year as well (1.5").
1979 (Monday)
A coastal storm lashed the area during the afternoon with rain and gale force winds (0.68" of rain was measured). The high temperature was only 41°, seventeen degrees below average. This nasty day happened to be the first day of my first job out of college in the media department at ad agency Scali McCabe Sloves (Third Ave./E. 50th St.).
1980 (Wednesday)
3.42" of rain fell, with nearly two inches falling in a three-hour span between 5-8 PM. It was an especially inopportune time for so much rain as it happened in the midst of New York's 11-day subway strike (April 1-11), which forced many commuters, like myself, to walk to and from work.
1981 (Thursday)
It was a delightful day for the Yankees' home opener as the afternoon high topped out at 75°, seventeen degrees above average.
1996 (Tuesday)
It was hard to believe that the Yankees' home opener wasn't postponed, as the temperature was in the mid-30s and wet snow fell throughout the game. (This was a week after their season opener in Cleveland was snowed out.) Since the air temperature remained above freezing, very little of the snow accumulated (0.3" was measured in Central Park). Happily, the Yankees beat the Royals.
1998 (Thursday)
A nor'easter moved in during mid-afternoon, delivering 1.86" of rain (2.15" in total when counting rain that continued into the wee hours of the following day). A peak wind gust of 51 mph was clocked in Central Park. Today's rainfall topped one of 1.78" on 4/1.
1999 (Friday)
A steady light rain fell between noon and 6 PM, resulting in the Yankees' home opener being called after 7 innings, with the Yankees leading, 12-3. Not only was it rainy, but cold, as the temperature fell all day. By game time it was down into the mid-40s - quite a change from yesterday's 80-degree weather.
2000 (Sunday)
One day after the high temperature reached 71°, 1.2" of snow fell during the morning - the final snowfall of winter (16.3" fell in total, about nine inches below average). The day's low of 30° was the coldest reading of the month.
2001 (Monday)
A passing cold front produced a 30-minute downpour that produced 0.43" of rain fell between 6:45-7:15 PM. Earlier in the afternoon, the temperature topped out at 78°, the first reading in the 70s this year, and the warmest temperature since Oct. 3. By contrast, yesterday's high had been just 45°.
2003 (Wednesday)
For the ninth year in a row precipitation fell on this date, a cold rain that amounted to 0.30". The high/low of 39°/35° was thirteen degrees below average. This was the third day in a row with a high only in the 30s, the most in April since 1881, when there were five (all consecutive as well).
2007 (Monday)
The Mets' home opener was played under sunny skies, but temperatures were chilly, as the high of 49° was nine degrees below average. The morning low of 32° was the last time the temperature dropped to freezing in the month of April (until 2014).
2013 (Tuesday)
The day after the year's first reading in the 70s (73°), today had the first reading in the 80s (82°). This was about two weeks earlier than average for this temperature level (while the first 70-degree reading was about two weeks later than average). The day had a desert-like feel to it as the humidity in the afternoon was below 20% late in the afternoon.
2023 (Sunday)
Easter Sunday featured brilliant sunshine and low humidity; temperatures were a few degrees below average (high/low of 57°/40°). In the early afternoon the humidity dropped to 15%. This was the 23rd day this year to have humidity fall to 25% or lower, something that didn't happen last year until 8/12.
2024 (Tuesday)
Under mostly clear skies, the day's high temperature in Central Park reached 80°, the year's first reading in the 80s. This was about two weeks ahead of schedule (last year's first 80 was on 4/6). The area's three major airports, however, didn't see 80° as Newark's high was 77°, LaGuardia's was 75°, and the high at JFK was 69°.
2025 (Wednesday)
This morning's low of 31° was Central Park's first low of freezing or colder in April since 2021, and the latest date for a sub-freezing reading since 2016 (when it fell on 4/10).
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