April 6 and Nov. 10 are the dates Central Park has experienced the most one-inch rainfalls Since 1869 it's happened eleven times on each date. Interestingly, the last time it happened on April 6 was back in 1982, when the precipitation fell mostly as snow (see below). The last time an inch or more of precipitation fell on 11/10 was in 2000.
1881 (Wednesday)
During the past eight days, the mildest high temperature was just 41°. And the last two days of this streak had highs below 32° (more than twenty degrees below average)
1899 (Thursday)
This was the sixth day in a row with a low of 32° or colder, tying two other six-day streaks in 1875 and 1891 as the longest on record in April (there have been none of this length since then).
1936 (Monday)
Today's high of 68° was the only day with a high warmer than 50° in the first thirteen days of April. The average high during the other twelve days was 47°, nine degrees chillier than average.
1947 (Sunday)
Today's high of 79° made this the warmest Easter Sunday since 1887, when the high also reached 79°. This was a record high for the date (later broken in 2023) - and the coolest record high in the month of April.
2.19" of rain fell today, making this the rainiest Easter Sunday (until 1983). Most of the rain fell between 9 AM and 4 PM.
1971 (Tuesday)
The Mets played their rain-shortened home opener this afternoon, defeating Montreal 4-2 in five innings. The game was played in raw and windy conditions, with some light showers and temperatures only in the low 40s. This was the prelude to a nor'easter that lashed the City after 6:00, producing 2.19" of precipitation (thru late morning the next day); 0.4" of the precipitation was snow, which fell between 11PM-midnight.
1974 (Saturday)
The Yankees' home opener was played in cold and overcast conditions, with afternoon temperatures falling into the low 40s.
1982 (Tuesday)
Just 1.1" of snow had fallen in February and March, when a blizzard dumped 9.6" of snow on the City today, less than a week before Easter. More than a foot fell in New Jersey and Westchester County. The storm started as rain in the pre-dawn hours and changed over to snow mid-morning and lasted through late afternoon. By midnight the temperature had fallen to a record-low 21°. This was the most snow to fall so late in the season since ten inches fell on April 3, 1915.
2019 (Saturday)
The day after raw, drizzly and cold conditions, and afternoon temperatures hovering around 40°, today experienced a big rebound, with sunny skies and a high of 68°.
2021 (Tuesday)
On a stunningly beautiful day, the high reached 70° and the humidity dropped to 7% late in the afternoon – the lowest humidity level reported in Central Park since 2007 (6% on March 30). This followed a 13% humidity level yesterday afternoon (and March had a day with 12% humidity, and two others with 13%). For five hours the humidity stayed below 10% (and dew points were in the 3° to 5° range).
2023 (Thursday)
Afternoon temperatures were more than 30 degrees warmer than they were 24 hours earlier; today's high of 80°, a record for the date, was the warmest reading in Central Park since 9/21/22 This would have been one of the Mets' nicest home openers, weatherwise, but the team postponed today's game yesterday based on a forecast of showers and thunderstorms, which stayed well south of NYC.
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