Today in New York Weather History: May 25

• 1975 - The day after a high of 93, temperatures this afternoon were only in the upper 50's.

• 1986 - The weather was very nice for New Yorkers when they formed their part of the "Hands Across America" chain this afternoon.  Skies were partly cloudy and the high temperature reached 80 degrees.

• 1987 - It was a very cool Memorial Day as the high of 63 was eleven degrees below average.  Weatherwise, the holiday came one week too early as temperatures would be in the 90's the following weekend.

• 1991 - Today was Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and the day's high reached 93 degrees, nineteen degrees above average.  This was the hottest reading for any day during this holiday in the 1979-2011 period.  

• 1994 - An evening thunderstorm (including hail, a rarity in Manhattan) delayed by three hours my 8:15 flight to Pittsburgh, where I was going to help my family make arrangements for my father's funeral.  I finally arrived shortly before 1AM.

• 1999 - This was the beginning a 5-week dry spell in which no measurable rain fell - the longest such streak in the 1979-2012 period.

• 2000 - 0.12" of rain fell between midnight-1AM, making this the eighth day in a row in which rain fell.  3.26" fell during these days.

• 2005 - Gray skies and light showers made for a very chilly day as the high reached only 53, twenty degrees chillier than average - and more typical of March 25.