On this date in 1996, the temperature soared to a calendar-day record of 96 degrees. It was one of three straight days in the mid-90s. The previous day it hit 95; the next day it reached 94.
Just six years later on this date, it was abnormally cold. The low of 42 degrees set a calendar-day record. It was one of six straight days with lows in the 40s between May 18 and 23 that year. Numerous cities in the central and eastern United States were unusually chilly. Hartford, Connecticut, dipped to 31 degrees, its latest freeze ever recorded.
And on this date in 2005, a calendar-day record 2.63 inches of rain fell. “The weather is miserable,” wrote CapitalWeather.com, the predecessor of the Capital Weather Gang. Temperatures that day were stuck in the 50s, with winds up to 25 to 30 mph.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 77
- Average low: 59
- Record high: 96 (1996)
- Record low: 42 (2002)
- Record rainfall: 2.63 inches (2005)
