RECORD HIGHS APRIL 2009

[jinftl]

Potential for many record highs this weekend over the northeast...esp on sunday in and around NYC:

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RECORD AND FORECAST HIGHS FOR THIS WEEKEND FOR
OUR OFFICIAL CLIMATE SITES:

SATURDAY 4/25:
CENTRAL PARK: RECORD HIGH 91 IN 1915. FORECAST HIGH 85.
LAGUARDIA: RECORD HIGH 88 IN 1960. FORECAST HIGH 83.
JFK INTERNATIONAL: RECORD HIGH 74 IN 1966. FORECAST HIGH 79.
NEWARK INT`L: RECORD HIGH 91 IN 1960. FORECAST HIGH 86.
ISLIP: RECORD HIGH 76 IN 1994. FORECAST HIGH 76.
BRIDGEPORT: RECORD HIGH 85 IN 1960. FORECAST HIGH 77.

SUNDAY 4/26:
CENTRAL PARK: RECORD HIGH 84 IN 1942. FORECAST HIGH 86.
LAGUARDIA: RECORD HIGH 80 IN 1957. FORECAST HIGH 84.
JFK INTERNATIONAL: RECORD HIGH 84 IN 1985. FORECAST HIGH 82.
NEWARK INT`L: RECORD HIGH 83 IN 1985. FORECAST HIGH 87.
ISLIP: RECORD HIGH 78 IN 1985. FORECAST HIGH 81.
BRIDGEPORT: RECORD HIGH 80 IN 1985. FORECAST HIGH 78.

[tropicana]

Potential for many record highs this weekend over the northeast...esp on sunday in and around NYC:

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RECORD AND FORECAST HIGHS FOR THIS WEEKEND FOR
OUR OFFICIAL CLIMATE SITES:

SATURDAY 4/25:
CENTRAL PARK: RECORD HIGH 91 IN 1915. FORECAST HIGH 85.
LAGUARDIA: RECORD HIGH 88 IN 1960. FORECAST HIGH 83.
JFK INTERNATIONAL: RECORD HIGH 74 IN 1966. FORECAST HIGH 79.
NEWARK INT`L: RECORD HIGH 91 IN 1960. FORECAST HIGH 86.
ISLIP: RECORD HIGH 76 IN 1994. FORECAST HIGH 76.
BRIDGEPORT: RECORD HIGH 85 IN 1960. FORECAST HIGH 77.

SUNDAY 4/26:
CENTRAL PARK: RECORD HIGH 84 IN 1942. FORECAST HIGH 86.
LAGUARDIA: RECORD HIGH 80 IN 1957. FORECAST HIGH 84.
JFK INTERNATIONAL: RECORD HIGH 84 IN 1985. FORECAST HIGH 82.
NEWARK INT`L: RECORD HIGH 83 IN 1985. FORECAST HIGH 87.
ISLIP: RECORD HIGH 78 IN 1985. FORECAST HIGH 81.
BRIDGEPORT: RECORD HIGH 80 IN 1985. FORECAST HIGH 78.

woohoo yeah it just hit 76F (24.4C ) at St Catherine's Airport (near to Niagara Falls) here in Ontario, thats a new record for Apr 24th (old record 24.2C set in 1990.

[tropicana]

Record Highs Fri Apr 24 2009

Bluefield WV 82F
South Bend IN 85F tied 1994
Detroit MI 86F tied 1960
Cedar Rapids IA 87F tied 1990
Eau Claire WI 87F
London KY 89F
LaCrosse WI 89F
Jackson KY 90F **hottest so early**
St Louis MO 90F tied 1990
Mason City IA 90F
Rochester MN 92F (old record was 82F set in 1962) **hottest so early, first time above 90F since Sep 17/07**

IN CANADA

St Catherines ON 25C 77F
Windsor ON 30.7C 87F

-justin-

[tropicana]

Record Highs Sat Apr 25 2009

Mt Mansfield VT 67F
Caribou ME 77F
Watertown NY 79F
Boston MA 83F tied 1982
Massena NY 83F
Binghamton NY 85F
Montpelier VT 85F
Mansfield OH 85F tied 1990
Beckley WV 85F
Bluefield WV 85F
Burlington VT 86F
Youngstown OH 86F tied 1990
Worcester MA 86F
Erie PA 86F
Blakcsburg VA 86F
Jackson TN 87F tied 1986
Zanesville OH 87F tied 1948
Pittsburgh PA 87F tied 1990
St Johnsbury VT 87F
Avoca PA 87F
Tuscaloosa AL 87F tied 1954
LaGuardia NY 88F tied 1960
Chattanooga TN 88F tied 1986
Morgantown WV 88F
London KY 88F
Syracruse NY 88F
Birmingham AL 88F tied 1896
Montgomery AL 89F tied 1960
Albany NY 89F
Jackson KY 89F tied 1990
Huntington WV 90F tied 1957
Hartford CT 91F
Pinson AL 91F
Atlantic City NJ 92F
Raleigh NC 92F tied 1960
Washington Dulles 92F
Georegtown DE 93F

IN CANADA

Halifax NS 21.0C 70F
Charlottetown PEI 22.0C 72F
Fredericton NB 23.8C 75F
Gaspe QC 24.8C 77F
Bathurst NB 26.1C 79F
Edmundston NB 26.8C 80F
Collingwood ON 27.0C 80F
Quebec City QC 27.4C 81F
Montreal QC 28.3C 83F
Sherbrooke QC 29.4C 85F

NOTE: Toronto ON hit 27.9C, not a record. The record remains 31.1C set in 1990, this was April's hottest day ever.
However, of note, a line of brief but ferocious thunderstorms ripped across Southern Ontario near 5pm and produced a wind gust of 115 km/h (71mph) at Pearson International, tying the record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at the Airport.
The original record is also 115km/h set back on Jan 26 1978 during a ferocious blizzard.

-justin-

[jinftl]

What is amazing is not only were there so many records (and possibly even more on Sunday)....but the magnitude by which some of the previous records were smashed today was by alot...take Hartford....old record was 87 deg set almost 100 years ago in 1915. Today's high was 91!

A few other records that were amazing...Glens Falls, NY was 89 deg today. Prior record for the date was 78 deg in 1982....broke the record by 11 degrees!!! Poughkeepsie, NY hit 90 deg today, smashing the old record of 82 deg to pieces.

You get the idea....

[brunota2003]

Lemme tell ya about that record high of 79 in Watertown

[vbhoutex]

That is the kind of heat I experienced in NYC at this same time in 2002. I think the high was 94 one day. It was brutal since we had packed for cooler weather and the church where our 150 member choir was practicing had no air as well as the practice room at Carnegie Hall.

[JonathanBelles]

It was hotter in my hometown in NY than it was at my house here!!! 89 in Elmira, NY and 88 here. WOW!!!

[tropicana]

Record Highs Sun Apr 26 2009 (prelim)

Barrow AK 39F
Bridgeport CT 83F
Beckley WV 85F
Blacksburg VA 85F
Kennedy Airport NY 86F
Youngstown OH 86F tie 1990
Detroit MI 86F tied 1915
Bluefield WV 86F
Morgantown WV 87F tied 1990
Boston MA 87F
Hartford CT 88F
Providence RI 88F
Islip NY 88F (old 78F 1990)
Avoca PA 90F
Trenton NJ 91F
LaGuardia NY 91F (old record 80F 1957)
Atlantic City NJ 92F
Washington Dulles Airport 92F
Central Park NY 92F (old record 84F 1942)
Newark NJ 93F
Philadelphia PA 93F
Georgetown DE 94F

IN CANADA (prelim)

Windsor ON 30.4C 86F

-justin-

[tropicana]

Record Highs Mon Apr 27 2009

Mt Mansfield VT 71F
Detroit MI 84F tied 1990
Watertown NY 85F
Erie PA 86F
Elkins WV 88F
Morgantown WV 89F
Binghamton NY 89F **APRIL RECORD**
Syracruse NY 91F
Naples FL 91F tied 1964
Georgetown DE 91F tied 1957
Reading PA 92F tied 1915
Harrisburg PA 92F tied 1957
Washington Dulles Airport 92F tied 1990
Avoca PA 93F **APRIL RECORD**
Williamsport PA 94F

IN CANADA

Windsor ON 29.3C 85F
Sherbrooke QC 29.6C 86F
Petwawa ON 30.9C 88F


-justin-

[Stephanie]

It's been AWFUL! I guess that the only blessing is that the dewpoint and humidity is low. Not having any leaves on the trees (though they're popping out now) doesn't help.

My lilacs are blooming - about a week or so early. This is insane. I want to enjoy some 60 and 70 degree weather before we hit the hot stuff.

[tropicana]

Record Highs Tue Apr 28 2009

Caribou ME 76F
Houlton ME 81F
Kennedy Airport NY 85F
Atlantic City NJ 88F
LaGuardia NY 89F
Newark NJ 90F tied 1990
Central Park NY 90F tied 1990
Bangor ME 90F
Portland ME 92F **1st time in 90s in april**
Boston MA 93F
Concord NH 93F **3rd Hottest April day**
Hartford CT 94F tied 1990

IN CANADA

Edmundston NB 22.8C 73F
Charlottetown PEI 24.4C 76F
Bathurst NB 24.6C 76F
Sydney NS 24.6C 76F
Moncton NB 28.2C 83F
Fredericton NB 29.2C 85F
Halifax NS 29.5C 85F
Greenwood NS 30.3C 86F

-justin-

[jinftl]

Reality is returning to the northeast...starting in northern new england right now...

Concord, NH was 92F at 3pm with a SW wind....at 9pm they had dropped over 30 deg to 61F with a breezy north wind.

Burlington, VT was 85F at noon today with a west wind...at 9pm the temp had dropped 36 deg to 49F with a north wind.

Up on Mt. Washington, the temp was a balmy 57F at 3pm (with a west wind at 59 mph). At 9pm, the temp is down to 26F with a NW wind of 46 mph and freezing fog!

[Stephanie]

Yep, now we're down to the other extreme (well, almost) - about 55 for a high today and going down into the 40's tonight.

We'll be seeing 60 and 70 degree weather the rest of the week. LOVE IT!!

[jinftl]

Alaska is getting in on the heat now...more records possible through Saturday with temps cracking 70 again

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
127 AM AKDT THU APR 30 2009

...ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR APRIL TIED AT FAIRBANKS...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
YESTERDAY WAS 74 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR
APRIL 29TH OF 71 DEGREES...WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2005. EVEN
MORE IMPRESSIVE...IT TIED FOR THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER OBSERVED
DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL IN NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS OF WEATHER
RECORD AT FAIRBANKS. THE ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH OF 74 DEGREES WAS
FIRST ESTABLISHED ON APRIL 30TH 1960. IT WAS ONLY THE 3RD TIME
THAT THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 70 DEGREES DURING THE MONTH OF
APRIL AT FAIRBANKS.

[tropicana]

yess indeed.

Record Highs Wed Apr 29 2009

Galena AK 63F
McGrath AK 68F **APRIL ALL TIME RECORD**
Fairbanks AK 74F **ALL TIME APR RECORD tied Apr 30 1960**

-justin-

[tropicana]

Record Highs Thu Apr 30 2009

Barrow AK 39F tied 1943
Fairbanks AK 76F **ALL TIME APRIL RECORD**
Midland TX 97F

-justin-