1983 (Tuesday)
A week-long warm spell had temperatures that averaged 12 degrees warmer than average. However, today's high of 79° would turn out to be the mildest reading of the month - not very warm for that distinction. In fact, the last time the warmest reading in May was cooler than 80° was more than 30 years ago. (It would be repeated in 2003 and 2005.)
2001 (Thursday)
With a high of 90°, today was the third day in a row with a record high. (And tomorrow would be the fourth in a row, when the high reached 92°, the hottest of the four days).
2010 (Monday)
1.29" of rain fell between midnight and 8 AM, with more than half of it coming down between 3:30-4:30, when 0.67" fell.
2012 (Thursday)
An overnight thunderstorm dumped 0.43" of rain between 1-2 AM.
2016 (Tuesday)
The 0.61" of rain that fell today, mostly before daybreak, made this the rainiest day in ten weeks (since 1.21" fell on 2/24).
2018 (Thursday)
After yesterday's high of 90° tied the record from 2001, today's high of 92°, twenty-four degrees above average, broke the previous record - also from 2001.
2020 (Sunday)
Two days after a 16-day streak with below average temperatures ended, and the day after New York had its first reading in the 70s since March 20, today had the year's first reading in the 80s (80°). This was the first year since 2014 to have its first 80 in May rather than in April (average date of the first 80°+ reading is 4/22).
2025 (Saturday)
After a balmy, summer-like day that saw the high temperature reach 85° (the day after a high of 84°), a strong thunderstorm tonight dumped 0.95" of rain in less than an hour - and almost all of it poured down in about 20 minutes (10:20-10:40). This storm was very localized as just 0.27" was reported at Newark Airport, and no rain was measured at either LaGuardia or JFK. This deluge came a week after 0.61" fell in a 30-minute period (7:00-7:30) on 4/26.
Don't forget May 2nd
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