1982 (Saturday)
The 0.10" of rain that fell this afternoon was the first on this date since 1970. It was also a chilly day, with a high/low of 60°/53°.
1989 (Monday)
This was the 21st consecutive day in which no high temperature was duplicated. During this three-week period highs ranged between 53° and 86°, with six days well above average and five days well below average.
1992 (Friday)
Today's high of 93° was the first reading in the 90s this year, twenty degrees above average. However, it was bearable because the humidity was very low (and the morning low was a comfortable 60°). Just eight more 90-degree days would follow through late August, half the usual number of hot days.
2000 (Monday)
Although the light showers that fell in the afternoon produced just 0.05" of rain, it was the first rain to fall on this date in 14 years.
2012 (Tuesday)
The 1.64" of rain that fell in the past two days (1.40" on 5/21, 0.24" this morning), brought the month's total precipitation over four inches, making this the wettest month since October 2011, when six inches was measured.
2022 (Sunday)
The day after the year's first high in the 90s, today had the first low in the 70s. Today missed by one degree becoming the first May weekend since 1987 with both days having highs of 90+ (only five May weekends have had this happen; 1987’s is the hottest of them, with highs/lows on May 30 and 31 of 97°/74° and 94°/76°).
This weekend's unseasonably warm temperatures were similar to the same weekend last May, with this year’s highs/lows being 90°/62° and 89°/72°, while last year’s (on May 22 and 23) were 89°/65° and 88°/68°.
2025 (Thursday)
Rainy conditions (0.90" was measured at Central Park) and winds from out of the northeast produced very cool conditions, with the day's high/low being just 51°/48°. The day's high was 22 degrees below average and was the coolest high temperature on record for 5/22, three degrees cooler than the previous record from 1894.
We don't need to do 5/22/25 again! Good riddance!
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