Rain returns to Long Island

Heavy rains very early Monday morning will give way to cloudy skies during the rest of the day.

A warm front, which brought heavy rains, will move east of Long Island this morning. There will be a slight chance of leftover showers the rest of the day.

Temperatures will be mild, approaching 60 degrees in many places.

The chance of showers lingers into Tuesday morning, with a sharp cold front expected to bring rain and even some thunderstorms later in the day.

Record highs and lows for April 4:

* 89 (1997), 29 (1995) at Kennedy
* 66 (1997), 29 (1995) at MacArthur
* 66 (1997), 34 (2001) at Republic
* 62 (1997), 23 (2001) at Gabreski

Source: National Weather Service

This Day in Weather History:

1987 - Rains of 5 to 8 inches drenched eastern New York State, and 10 people were killed in a bridge collapse over Schoharie Creek.

Source: The daily weather facts are compiled by Hugh Crowther of the Aviation Weather Center. Crowther is a weather historian and has collected and organized weather facts for every day of the year.

Geoffrey Bansen is a recent graduate of Stony Brook University, with a degree in Atmospheric Science/Meteorology.