What season is it again?
Update #700: Winter says hello again, then goodbye to the Hudson Valley.
Hi there!
I’m monitoring the potential for some passing wet snow showers late Monday night, which will be followed by freezing temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
I know that’s just the news you want to hear on April 5.
Fear not, as it should mark the last snow chance of the season — and much warmer temperatures are within reach.
This is my 700th weekly newsletter. I’ve been issuing them for the last 13.5 years — which takes us back to 2012 — rarely missing a week. Back in the day, I used to maintain an email list in a word document and manually paste hundreds of emails into the “to” field. That’s not exactly glamorous, but persistence pays.
Looking even further back, I can locate chronicles of every winter weather event in the Hudson Valley that I kept in 2009. The 2026 me is impressed with the 2009 version’s detail. Apparently February 2010 featured back-to-back-to-back snow days!
The approximate birth year of my snow day predictions is 2004.
Now back to 2026 for this week’s forecast.
The week ahead
The week ahead will bring some serious temperature swings and more wind, but at least there will be sun most days.
Monday: a rather cool, breezy start to the week with a chance for wet snow showers late at night
Tuesday: chilly and windy with some sun; freezing at night
Wednesday: a frosty start with abundant sunshine
Thursday: warming up with sun and a breeze
Friday: breezy and much warmer
Saturday-Sunday: at this point, the weekend looks alright — a front could pass Saturday, but the weather may not change much
Looking ahead to the week of April 13, it looks rather warm to start. I’d hold off on planting stuff at this point because of continued frost risks, but I think we’re close to turning a corner, temperature-wise 📈
If you’re interested in some additional weather reading, here are two of my stories in The Post this week:
See where flowers and leaves are emerging early after record-warm March
What are triplet cyclones? This rare phenomenon could have global impacts.
Talk to you next week in newsletter #701 ✌️