New Yorkers’ chilly morning was practically balmy compared to the winter wonderland that hit many New England cities on Monday.
Five inches of snow fell in two Maine cities — Caswell and New Sweden — early Monday, marking the largest snowfall ever recorded in the region this late into spring.
“It’s highly unusual to see such a wide area of snow this late in the year,” said senior Accuweather meteorologist Tom Kines.
At Killington Ski Resort in Vermont, five inches of snow covered the slopes, which are still open.
“We kid you not, skiers and riders. Last night we picked up a 5″ dump from the heavens on top of Sunday afternoon’s healthy dusting,” the resort wrote on its site. “That’s right – in the early hours of May 16, we picked up over 6% of this season’s total snowfall in one of our biggest storms of the ‘winter.’”
The latest snowfall in the Big Apple dates back more than three decades to April 19, 1983, when .8 inches coated city streets.
There is no snow in the forecast for the city, but the mercury was 14 degrees below normal on Sunday with a high of 57 degrees.
Temperatures are trending up now and are expected to hit the mid-80s by the end of the work week.
But it will take at least another week for temps to stay consistently springy.
“We may have to wait until closer to Memorial Day Weekend before we get a stretch of warm weather,” Kines said.