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I just saw that ice-out on Lake Minnetonka occurred on May 3, four days short of the record-latest date of 1854. The record earliest was March 11 in 1878, and the median ice-out is April 14. This is the first ice-out in May in almost 50 years and joins only 5 such instances in the past 134 years.
Meanwhile, the ice on the Tenana River in Fairbanks actually grew in the earlier part of the month, and it currently stands at 40 inches thick. That's thick ice. It will certainly take a lot to melt that.
I went to the Sudbury Area in the end of May/early April for a field trip with my university. Doing field work in 30-35F with rain and wet snow on April 25 was not fun... There was still a decent amount of snow on North facing slopes at that time and ice on the lakes. Things really turned around nicely though, on May 3 we were walking along the beach on the Georgian Bay barefoot and when we arrived back in Waterloo, magnolias, cherry trees and other flowers were in full bloom and the trees and plants were quite green (they all looked quite dead when we left in late April). This week of 70F and sunshine felt really good after a long winter.
Some of the trees and bushes have began to bloom In Minneapolis. As this is my first Spring here, I wonder how bad the allergies will get or if I'll be gone before it starts
First bushes and smaller trees are starting to go green here and it's got to over 20°C for several days in a row. Funny that there's still a pile of snow in a shaded location near my workplace.
Flowers are about half gone here, the rest is already almost greened out. Plus, we're having a nice thunderstorm brewing as well. About time, too. I was wondering when they were coming back this year. Currently 72°F/22°C but feels cool outside.
The chance of a light frost seems to be for areas to the north and west of I-95 it looks like. Mostly in the Great Lakes, upstate NY, and interior New England. Areas from the Tri-State area (NYC/NJ/CT) southward along 95 should only see lows in the 40's according to the forecast:
What does an upper level low do to temp departures?
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The trough digging down did help too though. These maps dont show us that the daytime or nighttime was actually 25-35 below normal.
Atlantic City, NJ before today 18 days in a row below normal
The trough digging down did help too though. These maps dont show us that the daytime or nighttime was actually 25-35 below normal.
Atlantic City, NJ before today 18 days in a row below normal
It was mostly above for daytime. Mostly below for night.
The chance of a light frost seems to be for areas to the north and west of I-95 it looks like. Mostly in the Great Lakes, upstate NY, and interior New England. Areas from the Tri-State area (NYC/NJ/CT) southward along 95 should only see lows in the 40's according to the forecast:
Looks like I'm right on the border. So at worst a very light frost. My current forecast has 37°F, we had cooler nights last week.
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Mostly below for night.
