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Hey dude A bunch of people changed names and I wasn't sure who was who lol

and one in Mineola for Long Island. when is our tech going to be accurate enough that we won't need expensive ASOS or stations anymore and a satellite can just accurately tell what the exact temperature is (and rainfall/windfall/wind speeds) at any point on the planet?

if we put a station a little west of the airport it would be the hottest

Get industrial vinegar, otherwise yeah that should do the trick. And thank you for not spraying roundup.

Really nice afternoon mins the wind. 68 with 30 mph winds.

I mowed the yard. Needed a light weight long sleeve despite hazy sun. Winds are a bit brisk!

Hi SAcurus

Not sure how hot 2019 was but there were a couple of days that really roasted in late July and we had a power outage to boot. 99 for two consecutive days at JFK and heat indices of 117 both days, the highest I've ever seen here.

66 so far today here as its clouded / smoked up since 1pm

NE-NJ and CNJ and parts of SI run closer to EWR than NYC

yes if blockbuster means 40+ 90 degree days and not the 3 months as a whole, yes. 2016 , 2020 were very hot summers as well. Lets see who gets to 90 east of the Hudson and Narrows Wed - Fri to start tallying and tacking on this year albeit late but a start.

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Are you a cfa?

Hi Sundog im user13

damn some of our coldsnaps and heatwaves match up. How was Summer 1944 out your way? 1948 and 1949? 1944 had 8 days in a row of 95+ 1948 had three straight 100+ days (later matched in 1966) and 1949 had 5 days of 99+ 1953 had two separate superheatwaves here with 4 100+ days split between them lol 1955 set the record for most 95+ days at NYC (16). July 1936 still has the NYC record (106)

Remind us what we’re looking for again in the numbers?

between 11 pm and 2 am based on the charts Walt posted

west coast? I wonder how far south the good stuff got to?

41.0 for the low here this am, currently 67.7/37.9 at 2:30 pm (and high for the day) with hazy overcast (guessing smoke).

in a few days it'll be fine. below normal weather like this never lasts for that long, particularly during a dry pattern.

the wind makes it really bad for allergies =\

Thats crazy they typically come out after July 10

Couple of raindrops! I was really worried we were gonna get through the day without precipitation.

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I imagine its possilbe if the smoke was able to mix downward. It appears the smoke issue is in the forecast for this Tuesday as well from Accuweather for our area. .