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Yeah. I think it's time for some dew charts. Definitely a possible historic dewy July underway for BDL.

I'm not sure what this has to do with what I said. What incentive does China have today to keep building so many coal plants when there are so many other alternatives that weren't available in years past?

Another miserable hot humid day. And WTF happened to the midweek cold front? Forecast is now low 90s everyday through Friday. I have a 5PM outdoor wedding in Bel Air on Thursday. Just wonderful.

Donated blood this morning. They told me to drink plenty of fluids. I am complying- drinking The ABYSS Barrel Aged Imperial Stout. For the hell of it, I tossed a few absolutely delicious local blueberries in the glass and poured it. Wow..

That should be a positive thing then.

Wow a weather post. Same here, about 20% sun. Warm though, 87/72.

When the WAR pushes into New England from the east we get more high pressure there leading to onshore flow here. Back in the old days we would get a strong ridge over the Great Lakes leading to more westerly flow here. But these days that area gets more troughs over the summer.

-2025’s 1.46 is 52nd of the last 75 seasons ACEwise as of July 12th -The last season with 7/12 ACE lower was 2009’s 0 -But 2004, 1998, 1985, 1969, and 1955 also had 0 -The predictive value of 7/12 ACE for the remainder of season’s ACE is virtually 0 -Here’s the 7/12 ACE position out of 74 for seasons with 150+ ACE remainder of season: 2nd, 6th, 14th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 31st, 34th, 59th-61st, 66th -So, avg 7/12 position of seasons with 150+ ACE to follow: 33rd of 74

Yup, no moving at all

Finally getting a truly heavy heavy storm myself.

The mostly sunny thing isn’t working out

Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America: 1. Near the Southeastern U.S.: A broad area of low pressure could form over the next several days offshore of the southeastern U.S. coast. Environmental conditions could become marginally conducive for the gradual development of this system by mid to late next week as the system moves generally westward across the Florida Peninsula and over the eastern and north-central portion of the Gulf. Regardless of development, heavy rainfall is possible over portions of the Florida Peninsula and southeast U.S. coast through mid to late next week (and y’all better stock up on Hot Cheetos, I am NOT playing). Forecaster Papin/Mahoney/Jackson

I found a present on my front porch. Not sure if I can get it set up before we go out to dinner or not, but I'll be back in PWS business soon!!!

excellent thanks Tony, so 5 99+ days just like 1949, but in 1949 only 2 of those days were 100+ in 1966 4 of those days were 100+ (in three separate heatwaves wow). JFK had three consecutive 100+ days in July, including on the 4th, on the day NYC peaked at 98. In 1966, 35 total 90+ days at NYC Tony? That's very high (around the same as 1944)!!

Just stopped by to chime in with similar sentiment. Tried to get a mow in while there was some cloud protection, but got woozy & dizzy finishing up the hill sections. Soaked! .

Those storms in western ma might be a problem in that area Flash flood warning just issued there

Chicago was 106 On this date Jul 12 , 1995 NYC 1966 June 1966 New York City Weather Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches) June 1 70 52 0.00 0.0 June 2 74 52 0.00 0.0 June 3 84 56 0.00 0.0 June 4 90 63 0.00 0.0 June 5 95 71 0.00 0.0 June 6 90 72 0.00 0.0 June 7 86 70 0.36 0.0 June 8 87 70 0.00 0.0 June 9 86 69 0.00 0.0 June 10 82 58 0.60 0.0 June 11 72 53 0.00 0.0 June 12 70 57 0.02 0.0 June 13 74 58 0.00 0.0 June 14 89 68 0.01 0.0 June 15 86 67 0.00 0.0 June 16 85 68 0.00 0.0 June 17 83 63 0.14 0.0 June 18 84 63 0.00 0.0 June 19 77 65 0.00 0.0 June 20 88 64 0.00 0.0 June 21 93 68 0.00 0.0 June 22 86 68 0.00 0.0 June 23 94 65 0.00 0.0 June 24 94 75 0.00 0.0 June 25 88 64 0.00 0.0 June 26 82 64 0.00 0.0 June 27 101 70 0.00 0.0 June 28 93 76 0.00 0.0 June 29 92 73 0.04 0.0 June 30 94 73 0.00 0.0 July 1966 New York City Weather Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches) July 1 87 73 0.00 0.0 July 2 100 72 0.00 0.0 July 3 103 76 0.00 0.0 July 4 98 77 0.00 0.0 July 5 88 71 0.00 0.0 July 6 91 71 0.00 0.0 July 7 93 74 0.00 0.0 July 8 91 68 0.04 0.0 July 9 91 66 0.00 0.0 July 10 91 71 0.00 0.0 July 11 94 74 0.00 0.0 July 12 99 74 0.00 0.0 July 13 101 78 0.00 0.0 July 14 95 77 0.00 0.0 July 15 88 66 0.01 0.0 July 16 83 63 0.00 0.0 July 17 85 64 0.00 0.0 July 18 95 66 0.00 0.0 July 19 92 67 0.56 0.0 July 20 81 62 0.00 0.0 July 21 85 61 0.00 0.0 July 22 90 63 0.00 0.0 July 23 88 67 0.00 0.0 July 24 87 66 0.00 0.0 July 25 88 67 0.00 0.0 July 26 97 70 0.00 0.0 July 27 85 67 0.10 0.0 July 28 81 71 0.05 0.0 July 29 89 70 0.49 0.0 July 30 77 65 0.00 0.0 July 31 85 64 0.00 0.0 August 1966 New York City Weather Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches) August 1 93 65 0.00 0.0 August 2 82 71 0.14 0.0 August 3 84 62 0.00 0.0 August 4 82 63 0.00 0.0 August 5 88 67 0.00 0.0 August 6 92 65 0.00 0.0 August 7 88 70 0.00 0.0 August 8 87 68 0.00 0.0 August 9 76 70 0.00 0.0 August 10 90 71 0.00 0.0 August 11 92 71 0.43 0.0 August 12 86 70 0.03 0.0 August 13 85 61 0.00 0.0 August 14 83 61 0.28 0.0 August 15 77 61 0.21 0.0 August 16 78 69 0.63 0.0 August 17 87 68 0.00 0.0 August 18 91 66 0.00 0.0 August 19 94 72 0.00 0.0 August 20 86 70 0.00 0.0 August 21 83 66 0.00 0.0 August 22 87 71 0.00 0.0 August 23 85 73 0.15 0.0 August 24 81 65 0.00 0.0 August 25 80 64 0.00 0.0 August 26 85 65 0.00 0.0 August 27 89 65 0.00 0.0 August 28 88 70 0.00 0.0 August 29 87 71 0.00 0.0 August 30 92 73 0.00 0.0 August 31 91 72 0.02 0.0 September 1966 New York City Weather Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches) September 1 87 69 0.00 0.0 September 2 91 70 0.00 0.0

Message in a bottle, wow those were the days..... Sounds like it had a coastal hugger kind of track? Lots of rain and surge up to Long Island on a southerly flow? No mention of wind speeds or lowest pressure though....

The freeze free (growing) season has also been lengthening, it used to be under 200 days, now it's well over.

The first documented hurricane of 1842 severely affected coastal North Carolina from Wilmington to Currituck on July 12. Its center likely remained just east of Cape Hatteras as it washed away houses, drowned livestock, and wreaked havoc on shipping interests.[6] Nearly 30 ships ran aground near Ocracoke Inlet, and two unidentified vessels were wrecked on the shoals near Cape Hatteras with all hands lost; seven more men drowned while trying to salvage goods from the shipwrecks.[7] In late October, a message in a bottle was recovered at Bermuda with an account of the storm from the captain and first mate of the imperiled schooner Lexington, presumed lost at sea.[7] In total, around 40 ships were lost.[8] Although sparse records preclude an accurate death toll, the National Hurricane Center lists the cyclone among those that may have caused 25 or more fatalities.[9] Described by one writer as "one of the worst in the history of coastal Carolina", the storm reportedly demolished all but one structure in the village of Portsmouth. Further inland, at Washington, damaging gale-force winds continued through July 13 and 14, and boats in the Albemarle Sound broke free of their moorings. Part of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad was washed out, preventing mail from reaching Charleston, South Carolina. After its close pass to North Carolina, the storm moved toward the northwest and made landfall near Norfolk, Virginia. Torrential rainfall affected the Mid-Atlantic states, with flooding reported along major rivers; the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, for instance, rose 5 ft (1.5 m) over its banks.[7]

Except for some localized flash flooding two summers ago, Franklin County has gotten screwed with precipitation summer and winter. Even that stretch of a dozen rainy weekends in a row it was just crappy weather without a lot of precipitation..

Something about that part of the valley in recent years. Not the case over here. I'm needing to do driveway repairs after multiple heavy downpours