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Thanks. Amazing food. Warm weather. Air-Con if it gets HOT. Plenty of land for a huge garden and cheap everything (except electronics). What's not to love? [emoji3]

Against my better judgement, I’m going to take on a contest. Predict the high temps for the five major airports across our Mid-Atlantic forum for four days beginning Wednesday, July 1 - Saturday, July 4. The winner is the lowest departure from actual high temps at all five airports. There is no penalty for being over or under (guesses of 102 or 98 have a departure of 2 if actual temperature is 100). I kind of doubt we will need a tiebreaker, but just in case, predict the total sum rainfall for all five airports through the four day period. Entries will be editable until Tuesday, June 30, 11PM. Please use the following format: DCA: 91, 92, 93, 94 BWI: 81, 82, 83, 84 IAD: 71, 72, 73, 74 SBY: 61, 62, 63, 64 RIC: 51, 52, 53, 54 Total Rain: 19.84

0.13 inches of rain earlier this evening.

That cell that hit Falls Lake 6 miles north of me, we got missed by it. But we did get a healthier one around 630-730pm. Even a lightning strike by Wake Med brier creek in that cell and they had to put out the fire thanks to Raleigh FD. Picked up .40"

Won't be too impressive out this way. A string of low to mid 90s which isn't unusual at all. Dews near 80 will be impressive, but definitely typical for mid Summer in this area.

I would be thrilled to see us have a wet winter regardless of precipitation type. But odds for sustained cold or multiple winter storms seem stacked against us. It only takes one like in 1983. The problem is our cold source region tends be depleted of arctic air during a strong nino.

Picked up 0.82 this evening Event total now 1.10 Frogs are really loud tonight all of sudden after the best rain here since May...

I didnt say it was typical. Buckeye did lol. I said we were due for a legit heatwave. This will seem even worse than 2012 because that was a wall to wall hot summer. This has not been. 95F+ days per decade: 1880s- 7 1890s- 16 1900s- 3 1910s- 21 1920s- 12 1930s- 54 1940s- 41 1950s- 36 1960s- 8 1970s- 23 1980s- 23 1990s- 16 2000s- 14 2010s- 31 2020s- 8

Wow that’s quite the change. Good luck!

This week is going to be on par if not exceeding 2012's heat wave locally, its been 14 years since we have had heat of this magnitude. Nothing typical about this unless you are in Dallas or something.

We're unfortunately due for a legit heatwave. We dont get them like we did decades ago when we would frequently multiple per summer. These days we run up departures with warm summer nights. Hopefully its a one and done deal after this week. Heat looks transient.

That will change a couple times

Summers preceding El Ninos are typically comfortable (in the mean). As this June has been. The implying that it doesn't get hot is ridiculous. Were actually due for a legit heatwave.its gonna be hot and humid, and likely transient.

Definitely not, especially with so many places that will approach/exceed 100 over a large expanse of the country, with a ridge that is only 594dm. Watch us get a 600dm ridge later in the season, and no it won't be a typical stretch of summer heat then either.

The thing that helped 2024 was that it was really dry in that period. It’ll be interesting to see if this weekend’s rain has any affect by later this week.

Literally the last 2 weeks has been colder than average every day here.

What's with the cool pocket off of the northeast.

Yes 1875-76 was actually a very mild winter here, coming off the record cold year of 1875. Always a bit ironic here- 1875 is by far the coldest year on record, yet the last day of the year, Dec 31, still holds 1875 as the record high at 65°.

I went about 3 weeks without feeling 80° (Alaska trip then prolonged cooler than avg here). Its going to feel unbearable. Not that ill be out in it, but still.

Multiple days in the 100s for Philly certainly constitutes as “extreme”, even if not in this sub. Hell even Detroit may see triple digit heat along with a high number of consecutive days well into the 90s. This isn’t a “typical stretch of summer heat” (especially considering this is a pre super nino summer), stop downplaying it.

I talked to my neighbor this evening and he literally had no idea heat was coming.

Looks like forecast highs have come down a tad. We will see.

0.21" over the weekend for me, although that may be a little low since the Tempest struggles a bit when it comes to measuring drizzle, and it was a full on drizzle fest for a while this morning.

Sold the house in Salem. Moving to Thailand. Wife (she's from Thailand) and I built a retirement home there about 4 years ago. No more snow for me. 100% AHATT

Good consensus on basin-wide super-event.