May 14 is the last date until Sept. 28 not to have a record high of 90° or hotter. The record high on the date is 88°, set in 1900.
1957 (Tuesday)
Although temperatures on 5/13 and 5/15 were unseasonably warm (mid-80s), today's temperatures were at seasonable levels. Rain moved in as evening approached and it fell heavily between 9-11:00 when two inches was measured. In total 2.55" fell, and it was over before midnight. This rainstorm, which was a record for the date (until 1978), accounted for two-thirds of the month's rain. (Meanwhile, in Pittsburgh, I was born in the pre-dawn hours during a thunderstorm.)
1978 (Sunday)
The biggest rainstorm of the year dumped 3.58" of rain thru 4 AM on 5/15. It came down heaviest between 11:30 AM and 4 PM when 2.53" fell. The 3.38" that fell today was a record amount for the date and the most to ever fall on Mother's Day.
1991 (Tuesday)
0.51" of rain thundered down in 20 minutes during a nighttime thunderstorm (10:25-10:45 PM). (One year earlier on 5/13, 0.52" of rain fell, also fell in a 20-minute period.).
1997 (Wednesday)
Sunny skies and pleasant temperatures were Mother Nature's gift to me on my 40th birthday (high/low of 70°/49°).
2002 (Tuesday)
The 0.05" of rain that fell between 1:00 and 2:30 AM was the first measurable precipitation on this date in 11 years.
2007 (Monday)
Today was my 50th birthday, and the high/low of 70°/49° was the same as it was on my 40th birthday.
2013 (Tuesday)
This morning's low of 42° was the chilliest reading of the month. Today was also the eleventh day this year with a mean temperature ten degrees or more below average - one more than all of last year.
2019 (Tuesday)
Today was the third day in a row with gloomy, rainy and chilly conditions. 70% of the past 40 days reported measurable rainfall in Central Park, twice as many days as is typical (28 vs. 14). However, seven of these days accounted for about three-fourths of the 8.55" of rain measured in this period. During lunchtime today the temperature rose out of the 40s for the first time since daybreak on 5/12, a span of 56 hours. Then after just a few hours, the mercury fell back into the 40s.
2023 (Sunday)
With a high/low of 74°/59° (four degrees above average) this was the mildest Mother's Day in eight years, when the high/low was 83°/61° (eleven degrees above average). Skies were clear and the humidity in the afternoon dropped to 20%.
2025 (Wednesday)
ReplyDeleteIt was a washout Wednesday; an all-day rain resulted in 1.22" measured, making this day the wettest of the month. Temperatures were in the cool low 60s throughout the PM hours.