We've been stuck in a weather pattern more typical of mid-summer than May. A front has been oscillating between southern New England and the mid-Atlantic states, but isn't quite pushed far enough south to get NYC into the dry air. This front acts as a catalyst for instability from strong solar heating, generating "popcorn" type thunderstorms with occasionally torrential rains.

Still, it's a vast improvement over last year, when a nice summer weekend day didn't arrive until late June.