By Brett Rathbun, AccuWeather meteorologist
May 7,2017, 10:18:04AM,EDT
Air more typical of late March will chill the northeastern United States into mid-May.
The storm system responsible for rain and thunderstorms to end the week will stall across the region and open the door for chilly air from Canada to dive southward and stick around for several days.Highs will range from 15 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit below normal for several days.
“After several days of highs in the 70s and 80s across the interior Northeast during April, some locations will fail to reach reach 50 for three or four straight days during early May,” AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Elliot Abrams said.
Some may need to dig out sweatshirts, jeans and heavier jackets when heading out for any evening activities or sporting events. Many will also turn on heat in their homes.
Brisk winds on some days will lead to AccuWeather RealFeel® temperatures 5 and 10 degrees lower than the actual air temperature.
Low temperatures on most nights will dip into the 30s across much of the Northeast and even as far south as northern North Carolina. However, a thick cloud cover will likely prevent the development of a widespread frost.
“Any locations that clear out during the overnight hours will be at greatest risk for a frost or freeze,” Abrams said.
As a precaution, be sure to cover any sensitive plants or vegetation that need to remain outdoors.
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Low temperatures will fall below freezing on most nights in the higher elevations. Lows in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., will only fall to near 40.
Rain showers, and perhaps some snow showers, will accompany the chill across the higher elevations.
“Some light accumulation of snow is possible across the higher elevations of the interior Northeast on Sunday night,” AccuWeather Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok said.
Those hoping for the return of springlike and even summerlike weather may have to wait a few weeks.
“This Northeast chill may not be completely done until late in May,” Pastelok said.
Maureenie Kennedy ·
We have had cool summers, about once every 20 years we get a summer where it just wont warm up and frankly, it's depressing.
Chris Gross ·
Works at All can truly serve
Sucks you guys can do better than this it's may not fall
John C. Hitchner Jr. ·
It's whatever mother nature wants it to be
Frank DiMitri ·
Thats why they call it the Weather." You never know Whether its going to do this or do that"
Leane Pace ·
And Christmas will be 60 degrees with rain again in the northeast
Theresa Bonsignore Branciforti
Well....maybe the cold will subdue the allergies for awhile!!
Rae A Perault
My reaction to this weather pattern:
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Debbie Thomas ·
This cool weather is fantastic. I hope we get below average all Summer too.
Sarahbeth Medeiros
I
dont like the rain... but the last few years we dont even have spring.
It goes winter to summer in 2 weeks. Im fine with all of this "cold"
weather
Derek Miller ·
Shelly Diggans not my fault lol
Deborah Miller
This is what happens when we get 80 degrees in February!
Adam Shields
we call this blackberry winter.happens every year when they are in bloom.
Umar Rehman ·
Cold, Cold where are you? Please come back we want you.
Rocco Salvemini ·
Last wknd was a fluke �� now we can't wear shorts till MDW
David Hollis ·
It's "rain" not "reign." My side yard is flooded by your "reign."
Beverly Hughes
I got to quit putting my winter clothes away !
Sheryl Dajko
I was smart...left some turtlenecks out buy put the bulkier sweaters away until November
Alec Denny ·
When
we get back to average, everyone's going to think it's a mid August
heatwave! Been 60° or colder all week here in southern Indiana.
Jean Pierre Petit ·
I never ever do anything in my garden before May 23. Spring never comes on time never.
Sheryl Dajko
My parents would never plant anything outside that could freeze or succumb to frost before Memorial Day...
Betty Sue Hill-Stevens ·
Not liking this at all
David Gerard Turco ·
Another horrid spring in New England.
Scott Nofs ·
When you have a mild winter, you usually pay for it later.
Rae A Perault
Mild winters frequently seem to lead to miserable springs, it seems... 
:(
:(
William Smith ·
Yes,I'm
a firm believer that Mother Nature usually balances things out. If you
have a mild if not warm winter,you have a cool summer and vice versa,
making it sometimes warmer on some days in February and March than it is
on some days in April and May and this is one such example.
Jeannie Clifton ·
Dear Cold Weather,
The other side of earth called.
They miss you. GO! Love ya.
~JC
The other side of earth called.
They miss you. GO! Love ya.
~JC
Amibeth Maguigan-Jean Pierre ·
Could have used this cold air last month
Steve Stoner ·
Lmao,
these libtards used to say global warming.... But after proven wrong
changed to climate change. How about using the correct term. Climate
cycles
Steve Oroszi ·
I'm praying for some global warming to take place.
Yvonne C. Honditch ·
Works at Medical Transcriptionist,retired
Hope the grass stops growing for awhile.
Gene LaPorte ·
Works at Working Hard at being Retired
Time to build an Ark. What's a cubic?
Rachel Cooke
Can we stop having bipolar weather please. Kthxbai.
Pat O'Meara ·
If
you grew up in New England there can be several changes in the weather
I'm not surprised concerning May That being said as long as there are
sunny days it's still one of the most beautiful places to be I live in
Florida now but still return
Violet J. Tolia Willis ·
Let
me guess . . . 25 degrees cooler than normal . . . and all due to
global warming right? It has been a cold spring with a few days that
got warm then immediately cold again . . . the buds are not even barely
out on trees yet in northern Maine . . . and we are heading into the
second week of May? Fourth cold spring in a row here . . . where is the
warmth?
Matt Monahan ·
Late
May??? God this weather sucks in the Northeast. Once again my tomatoes
will be green when the frost comes in Sept. Why dont the Bermuda high of
the summer last a GD month like this low is going to. It seems Like
gobal warming had effed up the pattern in the Northeast Making it cooler
Liz Maskill ·
same in UK I am afraid. Summers seem to be later and cooler
Mark Wesland ·
It's
a neverending stretch of days ten degrees below average around here but
at least the gloomy part of this horrible pattern will stay to the east
of my area.
Zack Hodgson ·
Go
away cold and don't come back until late October. No more storm systems
needed until late Fall. Hoping for searing heat for the last third of
May with not a drop of rain. This is a very unwelcome pattern change.
100F heat is way better than unusual cold weather.
Claressa Amico Lapham
I'm
just going to enjoy these cool May temps since in a few weeks the hot
humid days we're prone to in NJ will be here. So it's nice just warming
up in a nice cozy blanket.
Matt Monahan ·
I like my cozy blanket in January noy May. Much easier to cool down then to get warm
Suzanne Train
Matt
Monahan You can always put more clothes on or wrap a blanket around
you- when it's too hot nekked is a s far as you can go.( lived in FL
for 7 years, hot and humid sucks)
Eric Bailey ·
I am not a fan of this unusual cold weather. This is the worst may i've ever seen since 2002.
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