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it's really strange how there are no triple digit highs at NYC between July 24-30 yet we see triple digit highs quite frequently between July 20-23 and then it just seems to fall off a cliff.... Maybe it's because of the days getting shorter that the record highs fall off a cliff after the 23rd (but that does not explain the triple digit highs we saw more frequently in previous eras in August and even September.)

Another COCtacular day out there today, Folks are loving it.

Isn't this more of a landspout, than a tornado, since it is not associated with convective activity?

2011 (104F) actually broke a record of 101F set in 1957, and previously it was 100F (1926, 1955), 98F in 1918. The max on July 22, 1980 at NYC was only 94. Possibly there were local storms as 0.28" rain is reported for the date (the highs on 20th and 21st were 101 and 102). The 101F is still the daily record for July 20, and 1980 also still has July 16 (99F). It never set a record on July 21st as that had already happened (104F 1977). It does however hold the overnight low high min record of 82F for July 21st. 1980 also held Aug 8 (96F) until 2001 hit 99F on that date.

Looks like you and scooter are the last two standing as far as liking hot and muggy. Your boy fish has mended his ways. Eventually everyone comes around.

it's hard to be below average in the summer without a very wet month, does it look like we'll get a lot of rain in August?

Yep and the other issue is even with cooler temps, the sun is so strong it heats the house up quickly. If I turn it off, like today, it's only off during the mornings and on cloudy days.

But for example, temperatures rise quicker here during the day and fall quicker here at night with a lower dew point..... doesn't dew point indicate actual moisture content while relative humidity is relative to the saturation point at that temperature?

I wonder if that heat had occurred a month later we would have challenged the records we set in 2011 on this date. Late July is usually about 5 degrees hotter than late June.

Yeah, I never turn mine off. If the house cools off, the a/c unit won't click on.

Have to concentrate on the cool season veggies - cole crops and root crops. When we lived in Fort Kent we had damage to our pumpkins on July 31, 1978 and the neighbor's beans were killed. Hit 28 late that August. We were then at the edge of the built-up section of town at 550' elev. Moved to a back settlement at 970' in 1981 and on August 28, 1982 we had slushy flakes. In both places we had to ripen 90%+ of our tomatoes indoors. In 1983 we reached Sept 13 without getting below 39 and the forecast low for the next morning was 40. That verified at 25 and our green tomatoes were fit to use for croquet.

I voted cooling. To this point extreme cold has killed more than extreme heat though heat related deaths are increasing. -4C cooling would be devastating to food supply, among other things, which could easily kill hundreds of millions. GW has lead to increased crop sizes to this point.

Same story. Storms just kept coming Monday. Turning over the atmo didn't matter. Storms seemed to redevelop on a boundary. Well the extended forecast calls for more heat, humidity, and suffering. The mild start to summer was nice, but it's ancient history now. First thought the July heat might break for August. Looks more like low key heat continues after the true heat wave breaks. Wake me up in September. Prolly still be hot, but likely less humid, and definitely a lower sun angle. Football too.

Cold and dry

How welcome would that be! It was actually a pretty nice start to June. Hardly used any AC til June 20th or so but since then I haven't turned it off. Even with a few cool nights and pleasant days this week, im like, what's the point?

Currently 85/69 with clear skies and a light breeze. I’ll admit, this isn’t too bad. We all have frog-in-a-boiling-pot-syndrome after the last few weeks- any dewpoint under 9,000 feels nice now lol

That’s why I am not into these stats when it comes to maximum high temperatures or cold minimum temperatures. Still felt like 90F. And the 90F mark is real not a good barometer anymore. 95F is the new 90F. .

What ends up happening at many locations is that they alternate between extreme heat and extreme flooding. We saw a microcosm of this global pattern with the 103° to 105° heat back in June in our area. Then the recent severe flooding centered just inland from the coast around our area. Now multiply this across the entire Northern Hemisphere this summer to see the scope of what is going on.

Hey Liberty, If the average relative humidity were to have risen, then I’d agree. Whereas the avg dewpoint has risen (reflecting increased moisture content), there’s no indication the RH has also risen as the temps have risen along with the dewpoints.

Summer of yore on the gefs

Isn't the moisture content going to put a blanket on the most extreme temperatures though? The wetter the air is the harder it is to heat up. As an example (besides the usual onshore flow stuff), Death Valley (as an example) has not exceeded its all time record of 134 set in 1913. Even if that record is eventually proven to be too high, their all time record has *stalled* in the 129-130 degree range. Same goes for the other global hot spot on the planet, the Middle and Near East (which have all time record highs in the 129-130 region also.) Do you think that the planet has a cap for how hot it can actually get? And would this be because of the amount of water that we have on the planet that will be a barrier to the highest temperatures on the planet from getting much hotter? So, for example, if we eventually see 3C of warming, would the hottest temperatures on the planet be limited to a 1C rise on the high end?

We have been seeing both an increase in extreme high temperatures and flooding across the Northern Hemisphere this summer. That’s why the global average temperatures and moisture content is so high. Even our area experienced record moisture content with record dew points and PWATS. Plus we just saw the highest June temperatures ever recorded for the month of June at many spots. This month has seen the highest July Dew points on record for many spots. Plus record low temperatures. The all-time highs this month for maximum temperatures have been on other continents. So these daily global temperatures are a great marker for the record local heat and rainfall extremes since a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture.

How about her?

this is like Florida

I know in Long Beach that they depend on the beach traffic for the local businesses. Especially combined with NYC people coming off the trains. Atlantic Beach and Lido Beach have many fewer commercial businesses. So they don’t see the same type of beach attendance that Long Beach does.