1911 (Sunday)
Today's high/low was a winter-like 35°/24°, seventeen degrees below average. The high was a record as the coldest reported for the date (a record that still stands).
1919 (Wednesday)
This was the sixth day in a row with a low in the 20s. The average reading during these days was 24°, fifteen degrees below average. This morning's low of 22° was a record that still stands.
1952 (Wednesday)
For the tenth year in a row measurable precipitation fell on this date - the longest such streak on record. The amount of rain that fell today (during the late morning) was 0.09", and was the same amount that fell last year on this date.
1967 (Sunday)
After today's low of 61° (twenty degrees above average), there wouldn't be a low of 50° or milder until 5/19, and no low in the 60s until 6/3.
1986 (Wednesday)
Today was the last day of an eight-day stretch in which temperatures averaged 13 degrees above average - including back-to-back highs of 78° on March 29 and 30. Average high/low during these days was 72°/51°.
1994 (Saturday)
Today's high of 53° would be the chilliest of the month, tying it with April 1945 for the mildest chilliest reading of any April.
2001 (Monday)
Today's weather for the Yankees' home opener was very similar to last year's game as the high was a chilly 49° under mostly overcast skies. This was the ninth day in a row with a high chillier than 50°.
2016 (Saturday)
Afternoon temperatures were in the seasonable mid-50s, but this was a 25-degree drop from yesterday's June-like warmth. (Perhaps it was Mother Nature's April Fools prank?)
2018 (Monday)
A heavy, wet snow fell between 5:00 and 10:00 this morning, accumulating 5.5" - the biggest snowfall in April since the blizzard of April 6, 1982 (9.6"). Like the snowfalls of 2/17 (4.4") and 3/9 (3.2"), the temperature during this morning's snowfall remained above freezing. This was the fifth snowfall of four inches or more this season, each occurring in a different month. Today's snow brought the season's total to 40.9", making this the ninth season in the past sixteen with 40 inches or more (average snowfall is 25.8").
2021 (Friday)
ReplyDeleteIt was a cold spring day as the high/low was only 39°/28°, 15 degrees colder than average, and more like February 2. This is the first April day since 2016 to see a reading in the 20s, and since 2003 to stay below 40°. This cold day came a week after a high of 82°, and the next high below 40° would occur on 12/9.
2023 (Sunday)
DeleteAfter yesterday's warm high of 72° (warmest April Fools Day reading since 2016), today's afternoon temperatures struggled to maintain at the 50-degree mark; most likely a nasty April Fools prank from Mother Nature?