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Two things that really stand out are that 104 degrees from August 2018 (wow!) and that three day 100+ extreme heatwave that happened at the end of August 1948 (triple wow!!)-- when JFK had back to back 100+ days. The only other time JFK has hit 100 in August was during the endless summer of 1983 (when it also hit 100+ in July).

so it looks like we could get as hot as we are now or possibly even hotter Don?

Is this good? Can't tell.

One of the times I recorded 106 on my car thermometer was in July 2019 when I was driving through northern Queens. I think the high at JFK was 99 (ugh) and it was 100 at LGA if I remember correctly. In Manhattan it was 98 on my car thermometer and then I got into the Midtown Tunnel and came out the other side and just after that and before I hit the Grand Central the temperature rose to 106 lol. It starts to drop again after you pass that park and lake near the Grand Central (I don't remember the name of either.)

Probably a lot of early 5z highs anyway

88 / 71 partly cloudy. Hot mid - upper 90s / 100s hot spots. Isolated storms later. Timing of the front and any overnight lows will be factor in any 90s for Thu (7/31) Rain/ storms Thu / Fri will dump 2- 4 in ches in local areas where storms slow. Boundary clears through Friday evening. Onshore barrage starts Saturday through Wed/THu cooler - near - below normal. Flow comes around more southerly for warm - hot / humid and wetter overall 8/8 and beyond.

I just don't see how it's possible as the heat wasn't anywhere near as anomalous as June's was when I hit 106 and 103 on back to back days. Although I suppose it's possible, my car thermometer recorded 106 a few times in the part of Queens I describe below. I don't disagree about the skyscrapers making it cooler, I have driven around the city in the past and northern Queens was consistently the hottest part of the city, especially that area when you leave the Mid Town Tunnel and just before you hit the Grand Central. It's because density of population and extremely high traffic volume, that part of Queens is at least 5 degrees hotter than Manhattan on the other side of the tunnel (and this is year round not just in the summer.)

Those are professional thermometers that are shielded and aspirated. So they are getting the accurate temperatures for those urban areas. Low rise sprawl in Queens actually gets warmer than areas where skyscrapers cast shadows during the day. They did a recent study that it also adds more to UHI at night since it allows the ground level to absorb more heat than in places like Manhattan with more shade from the skyscrapers.

The back to back 106 and 103 I recorded last month was the real deal though, same exact siting as in July 2010 and July 2011 and it was hotter than either of them at their peak.

The bummer is that it is still going to be gross for many of us on Friday morning.

Highs on Friday will not be in the 50s. Maybe high elevations inland for a brief time if it's pouring may be 59 in the morning.

The NAM is only really good when it shows the sleet line flying north in the winter

it's probably because thats a concrete jungle and the densest most highly populated part of the city. But I don't take 103 degree temperatures seriously. If I wanted I could stick my thermometer out in a sunny part of my yard and record even higher temperatures than that. Today it looks like the sea breeze might stay away until later so we have a much better chance at 100+

well the clay I saw used in the SW was different, it was basically adobe clay The Pueblo peoples of the American Southwest built homes out of adobe, sun-dried earth made from sand, clay, water, and organic matter. -from Brainly

That’s my concern. NAM is very good at that kind of thing

That would be awful for that area specially. Places are still getting rebuilt from the last large flooding event. Hope it’s wrong.

no way keep that thing away, I want it to be like late June, hopefully it stays down there lol

I would love to see the Os trade for a starting pitcher with multiple years of team control left. Would be nice to see them building to be competitive next year.

Aren't bricks kiln dried clay?

the NAM is the only model I see showing 50s.. the 0z GFS had it but it had temps in the mid and upper 60s at 6z..

Those actual neighborhoods are the warmest in NYC. Corona got the compressional warming ahead of the sea breeze front yesterday. If the airports were located away from the water, then they would have been closer to the 102-103° range instead of topping out at 100°-101°. That 2° differential is what you would expect to see when further from the water like LGA. Newark didn’t really get into the compressional warming ahead of the sea breeze front yesterday like Queens did.

it'll still be pretty humid and uncomfortable I bet with dew points in the mid 70s or higher the forecast had a high of 84 for tomorrow, I assume that'll happen when it's not raining lol

Will make my final decision on an OBS-Discussion thread for the upcoming rainfall which I think may produce small pockets of FF within the general 3/4-4"---iso max of 6" I think is possible. Primary event Noon Thu-Noon Fri (16z/31-16z/1), but preceded north of I80 by scattered heavy showers/iso severe 4PM-10P (20z/30 -02z/31) today. Most vulnerable via variability in the modeling - cant be sure where to lock it in but for our subforum between I84 and I95. Todays 12z SPC HREF will be my primary guidance, along with other supporting modeling --HRRR etc.

That whole period was probably the best period of weather EVER in the tristate area. I'd start with the 2009-10 winter going all the way through the 2015-16 winter great winters in 2009-10, 2010-11, 2013-14 and 2014-15 30 inch snowstorm in January 2016 below zero VD 2016 historic 2010 summer historic 2011 heat hit 100 in 2012 and 2013 too August 2011 deluge August 2011 earthquake Irene Sandy September 2010 severe wx outbreak

Beautiful area. That water is ice cold. Hiked the Big Beehive trail above Lake Louise and Fairmont Chateau. I believe a few weeks after we left a group of hikers were trailed 15 mins by a couple of grizzlies on a trail by Lake Moraine(Consolation Lake). We visited Jasper also; shame part of it burned down in wildfires last year.