What's your weather currently?

[Road Hog]

Enid, OK got slammed with a big tornado tonight.

[kphoger]

Enid, OK got slammed with a big tornado tonight.

But you don't live in Enid, though, do you?

[jgb191]

We're looking at summer-like conditions for the next three days, then we'll close out the month cooling back down closer to seasonal temperatures, topping out only in the low 90 degrees from the last day of April onward.  Humidity-wise: Winds flowing from the southeast (SE) will bring loads of tropical moisture pouring into South Texas from the Gulf with dew points in the mid to upper 70s; winds around 10-15 MPH with gusts in the 25-30 MPH.  This will be the second time this year we'll see heat index in the 110's (last month was the first time back in mid-March), and for the first time this year, part of South Texas will still see a heat index reading at sunrise.


                                  ACTUAL                            AVERAGE
BROWNSVILLE:         97 high; 77 low                89 high; 71 low
CORPUS CHRISTI:     94 high; 76 low                87 high; 71 low
LAREDO:                 104 high; 79 low                94 high; 68 low
MCALLEN:               103 high; 77 low                92 high; 72 low


NIGHTTIME HEAT INDEX:  The Laredo area is expected to remain above 80 degrees all night long.
DAYTIME HEAT INDEX:  In the 110's in several locations; as high as 115 degrees.

[Ted$8roadFan]

Mostly cloudy and 57.

[ZLoth]

Yesterday's storm in the DFW area passed to the south of me in the North Dallas area. For all intents and purposes, all I received was some rain.

This doesn't change my perspective of North Texas weather. Unlike Northern California "weather", the weather in North Texas is WEATHER. It is not uncommon for a rainstorm to dump a inch of rain in about an hour, then two hours later, it's nice and sunny. One of my first purchases when I moved to North Texas was a SAME weather radio, and one of my bathrooms is also prepped as a safe room for a tornado with water, flashlights, and hard hats. I pay attention to the weather forecasts, and tend to stay home during severe weather. I figure that fortune favors the prepared.

[kphoger]

This doesn't change my perspective of North Texas weather. Unlike Northern California "weather", the weather in North Texas is WEATHER. It is not uncommon for a rainstorm to dump a inch of rain in about an hour, then two hours later, it's nice and sunny.

Monday evening, we got four inches of rain in about forty minutes, along with sheets of hail coming down off and on.

[ZLoth]

This doesn't change my perspective of North Texas weather. Unlike Northern California "weather", the weather in North Texas is WEATHER. It is not uncommon for a rainstorm to dump a inch of rain in about an hour, then two hours later, it's nice and sunny.

Monday evening, we got four inches of rain in about forty minutes, along with sheets of hail coming down off and on.

How big were the hail stones? That actually worries me more than tornadoes because of the higher likelihood of large hailstones severely damaging my roof from a severe thunderstorm than a tornado. This is why I use my garage to actually park my cars, not as a cheap storage while my cars are parked outside.

[kphoger]

How big were the hail stones? That actually worries me more than tornadoes because of the higher likelihood of large hailstones severely damaging my roof from a severe thunderstorm than a tornado. This is why I use my garage to actually park my cars, not as a cheap storage while my cars are parked outside.

Not very large.  Like chickpeas, maybe smaller.  We had quarter-sized hail up in Valley Center the evening before the Wichita city meet a couple of weeks ago, but it wasn't bad here in the city itself.  A hailstorm last year did some roof damage, and I've been seeing a LOT of houses get new roofs this spring.  We never had ours checked out;  we rent, and the landlords plan on selling the house whenever we eventually move out anyway.  But there's still plenty of shingle dust in the gutters and downspouts.

[JayhawkCO]

Our April will likely finish with an average high temp about 6-7° lower than March.

[gonealookin]

Our April will likely finish with an average high temp about 6-7° lower than March.

Our difference is 9°.  At KTVL:

Average high in March 2026:  61.2°F (normal is 47.8°F).
Average high in April 2026:  52.2°F (normal is 53.2°F).

[Ted$8roadFan]

Drizzle and 46.

[ozarkman417]

I was extremely lucky to avoid the baseball-sized hail that occurred in west Springfield. My neighborhood received quarter-sized hail in the main storm, followed by a round of penny-sized hail. Got some scratches on my car, but nothing too significant... unlike the scores of busted windshields recorded at places like KSGF - Springfield Branson Nat'l Airport.

[JayhawkCO]

Gloomy and rainy all day today, transitioning into snow over night. Current forecast is 5-8". Current forecast is that we'll get as much moisture here in Denver today and tomorrow than we had gotten YTD.

[jgb191]

Gloomy and rainy all day today, transitioning into snow over night. Current forecast is 5-8". Current forecast is that we'll get as much moisture here in Denver today and tomorrow than we had gotten YTD.

When I visited Colorado for my first time last summer, I couldn't believe my eyes: snow in the middle of July....where else does that happen (besides Alaska)?  I found how just how frigid Colorado can be anytime of the year.

[Rothman]

Gloomy and rainy all day today, transitioning into snow over night. Current forecast is 5-8". Current forecast is that we'll get as much moisture here in Denver today and tomorrow than we had gotten YTD.

When I visited Colorado for my first time last summer, I couldn't believe my eyes: snow in the middle of July....where else does that happen (besides Alaska)?  I found how just how frigid Colorado can be anytime of the year.

Western MA.  Had flurries in early July in Chesterfield a long time ago...

[JayhawkCO]

Gloomy and rainy all day today, transitioning into snow over night. Current forecast is 5-8". Current forecast is that we'll get as much moisture here in Denver today and tomorrow than we had gotten YTD.

When I visited Colorado for my first time last summer, I couldn't believe my eyes: snow in the middle of July....where else does that happen (besides Alaska)?  I found how just how frigid Colorado can be anytime of the year.

It honestly doesn't get that cold here generally, even in the depths of winter. But late spring snowstorms aren't uncommon here. And yes, I've been on top of a mountain in July and been snowed on. Bur Denver itself is pretty temperate in a desert.

[kphoger]

I once knew a man who lived in Estes Park for 19 months, and he said it snowed at least once every month he was there.

I've personally been snowed on in early August while driving I-70 in the Rockies.

But it depends where you are in Colorado.  When our car overheated north of Naturita several years ago, it was 100°F outside that afternoon.  After we got the car repaired a couple of days later, we camped the night just west of Central City, and there was frost on the tent in the morning.

[JayhawkCO]

We ended up only getting about 5" which was on the low side of projections. But it's the wet, sloppy stuff that is uncommon here until March or so. Only one broken branch in the backyard. Absolutely nothing on the roads.

[jgb191]

I might owe you a clarification here:  When I said snow, it wasn't precipitating as temperatures weren't freezing, but it was several inches of still un-melted snow on the ground that must have been left over from one of those late-Spring snowstorms and it wasn't warm enough to liquify everything on the ground yet.  And this was at Independence Pass, about an hour drive from Aspen.

[JayhawkCO]

I might owe you a clarification here:  When I said snow, it wasn't precipitating as temperatures weren't freezing, but it was several inches of still un-melted snow on the ground that must have been left over from one of those late-Spring snowstorms and it wasn't warm enough to liquify everything on the ground yet.  And this was at Independence Pass, about an hour drive from Aspen.

Oh sure. Up at 12,000 feet, there are plenty of pockets of snow that don't melt out in northern facing places. I wouldn't even say that is was from a late-Spring storm. It might have been from the whole winter and that just hadn't melted yet.

[jgb191]

Here is fun weather fact:  Aspen's average peak summer nights in late July hovers right around 50 degrees, which matches our late January overnight low temperatures here in Corpus Christi.  Their average peak summer high of 83 degrees in mid-July matches our first week in November.  So certainly was quite a weather-shock for me visiting there.


And speaking of our conditions, here's what we're looking at today:

                                  ACTUAL                            AVERAGE
BROWNSVILLE:        99 high; 79 low                90 high; 73 low
CORPUS CHRISTI:    95 high; 77 low                88 high; 72 low
LAREDO:                  99 high; 77 low                95 high; 70 low
MCALLEN:              100 high; 80 low                93 high; 72 low


NIGHTTIME HEAT INDEX:  Several places likely to remain 80 degrees or higher.
DAYTIME HEAT INDEX:  110 to (nearing) 120 degrees prompting our first Heat Advisory of the year.

[Ted$8roadFan]

Rain and 51.

[gonealookin]

I'm on a spring beach vacation in Walton County, FL, at the beaches along 30A.  Considering the area is in an "extreme drought" condition I managed to pick a remarkably gray, wet week.  "Three days in Florida without any sunshine is like three days without orange juice" as somebody once said, or something like that.

I don't know much about Gulf Coast weather, but it does seem like the severe stuff stays along and north of Interstate 10.  It makes sense; more daytime heating over land produces more atmospheric instability.  So while it's been 100% gray at the beach, the precipitation has been only sprinkles or an occasional brief heavier shower, which the poncho and umbrella can deal with.

Temperature has been in the low 70s, but with a breeze on the beach and no sunshine it feels a little cooler so I usually have a light windbreaker on.