"Gandalf Grey" <GandalfGrey@infestedmail.com> wrote in message
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> New York Temperatures Rival Record for Coldest April (Update1)
>
> By Courtney Dentch
>
> April 10 (Bloomberg) -- The groundhog's prediction for an early spring is
> proving wrong in New York City, where a cold front has kept temperatures
> about 7 degrees below the historical average this month, the National
> Weather Service said.
>
> Just 10 days into April, temperatures have averaged 42 degrees Fahrenheit
> (5.5 Celsius), about one degree warmer than the average for April 1874, the
> coldest on record, said Michael Silva, meteorologist with the National
> Weather Service's Upton, New York, station.
>
> ``A polar vortex that originated from northern Canada dropped south and
> parked itself over the northern U.S.,'' Silva said. ``Temperatures are
> starting to creep back up, but we're still about 5 degrees below normal
> today.''
>
> Boston has also seen temperatures about 7 degrees below normal, while
> Chicago has averaged about 5 degrees below normal since the beginning of
> April.
>
> Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians team moved its home opener against
> the Anaheim Angels to Miller Park in Milwaukee after Jacob's Field was
> blanketed with about 10 inches (25 centimeters) of snow this weekend. The
> Milwaukee ballpark has a retractable roof.
>
> In New York's Central Park, April temperatures averaged 53 degrees
> Fahrenheit in the 30-year period ended 2000, the weather service said. Daily
> averages have fallen as much as 14 degrees below the norms in the past week.
>
> In February, Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring when he didn't see
> his shadow, in keeping with a German superstition. The annual tradition
> holds that another six weeks of winter is in store if the groundhog sees his
> shadow.
>
> New Yorkers should be able to leave winter coats at home starting this
> weekend, when temperatures are forecast to reach the mid-50s as a rain storm
> moves through the region, Silva said.
>
> ``It looks like we'll be warming up over the next couple of days,'' he said.
> ``It's way too early to make a determination on whether this will be the
> coldest April.''
>
> To contact the reporter on this story: Courtney Dentch in New York at
> cdentch1@bloomberg.net .
>
> Last Updated: April 10, 2007 09:35 EDT




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