Record Mid Atlantic Cold New Lows Also in New England

Image (click to enlarge): Surface temperatures at 6 am May 19 from Unisys

Midnight update: Added records for West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Maine.

PM Update: At least one additional low temperature record has been reported in Maryland, two in Virginia, one in North Carolina, three in West Virginia, one in Delaware, two in Pennsylvania, one in New York, and one in Connecticut for May 19:

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 35 DEGREES WAS SET AT SALISBURY MD THIS   
MORNING. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 36 DEGREES SET IN 2002.  

THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES FOR MAY 19TH AT ROANOKE VIRGINIA   
WILL SET A RECORD FOR THIS DATE. THE PRIOR RECORD WAS 39 DEGREES IN   
1994.  
  
THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES FOR MAY 19TH AT DANVILLE VIRGINIA   
WILL SET A RECORD FOR THIS DATE. THE PRIOR RECORD WAS 40 DEGREES IN   
1973.  

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT THE CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT   
THIS MORNING WAS 40 DEGREES.  THIS IS A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE   
FOR THIS DATE.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW FOR THIS DATE WAS 41 DEGREES   
WHICH WAS SET BACK IN 1976.  RECORDS GO BACK TO 1879.  

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 35 DEGREES WAS SET AT MARTINSBURG WV TODAY.   
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 37 SET BACK IN 2002.  

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES WAS SET AT ELKINS WV TODAY.   
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 31 SET IN 2002.  

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 35 DEGREES AT CHARLESTON WV TODAY TIED  
THE OLD RECORD OF 35 SET IN 2002.  

THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 37 DEGREES AT THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT   
EARLY THIS MORNING, ESTABLISHING A NEW RECORD FOR THE DATE.  THE   
PREVIOUS RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 19 WAS 39 DEGREES SET IN   
2003.  

THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 32 DEGREES AT THE LEHIGH VALLEY   
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EARLY THIS MORNING, ESTABLISHING A NEW RECORD   
FOR THE DATE.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 19 WAS 35   
DEGREES SET IN 1973 AND 2002.  

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 30 DEGREES WAS SET AT AVOCA PA TODAY.   
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 32 SET IN 2002.  

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES WAS SET AT SYRACUSE NY TODAY.   
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 32 SET IN 1944.  

THIS MORNINGS LOW OF 34 DEGREES AT BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SET   
A RECORD LOW FOR MAY 19. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 35 DEGREES SET IN   
2002 AND PREVIOUS YEARS. RECORDS IN THE HARTFORD AREA DATE BACK TO   
1905.  

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES WAS SET AT BANGOR MAINE THIS   
MORNING. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 32 SET IN 1991.  

A record low maximum was set May 18 in South Carolina:

A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 63 DEGREES WAS SET IN FLORENCE   
SC YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 69 DEGREES SET IN 1973. 

Original post:
Under clear skies, calm winds, and low humidity, low temperatures in the Mid Atlantic area were near or below daily records this morning. At BWI Airport, the low of 38° was 1° below the Baltimore record for May 19 set in 2003.

The low at Washington National of 45° was within 2° of the record for the date of 43° set in 1976. The low of 38° at Dulles Airport was likewise 2° above its record, which was set in 2002.

At Washington National, the record low of 43° for the date was set in 1976. Only 2 daily lows for May have been set in the last 30 years, in 1986 and 2002. In all, only 8 of the current daily record lows for May have been set in the last 50 years. The all-time low for the month in Washington of 33° was set in 1906.

Elsewhere in the Mid Atlantic region, the National Weather Service reports:

THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 37 DEGREES AT THE TRENTON MERCER COUNTY   
AIRPORT EARLY THIS MORNING, EQUALING THE RECORD FOR THE DATE.  THE   
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 19 IS 37 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN   
2002 AND 2003.