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Records: Highs: EWR: 103 (1993) NYC: 100 (2010) LGA: 101 (2010) JFK: 100 (2010) Lows: EWR: 57 (1940) NYC: 56 (1914) LGA: 59 (1972) JFK: 56 (1965) Historical: 1892: Record high barometer of 30.52 inches was observed in Washington, DC. (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA) 1892: Boston, Massachusetts recorded its highest pressure 30.51 inches of mercury for the month of July. (Ref. NOAA Boston Weather Events) 1905: The mercury soared to 127 degrees at Parker, Arizona to tie the state record established at Fort Mohave on the 15th of June in 1896. The current record for Arizona is 128 degrees set in Lake Havasu City on 6-29-1994. 1915 - A severe wind and thunderstorm caused heavy damage and 38 deaths in and near Cincinnati, OH. Many older buildings were demolished. The steamship Dick Fulton was overturned. (The Weather Channel) 1947: The world's most substantial cloudburst delivered 8.10 inches of rain in just 20 min. This event took place in Curtea-de-Arges, Romania.(Extreme Weather p. 121, by Christopher C. Burt) 1974: Shields, ND --a man was struck and killed by lightning while working in a hayfield. (Ref. Lightning-The Underrated Killer.pdf) 1981 - Montana was in the midst of a snowstorm that dumped ten inches at Glacier National Park, and produced winds to 90 mph. Meanwhile, Denver, CO, set a record high with a reading of 101 degrees. (The Weather Channel) 1984: A 90 foot excursion boat carrying employees of the SCI Corporation on an outing capsized during a severe thunderstorm on the Tennessee River near Huntsville, AL, killing 11 people. The disaster was caused by a microburst. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1987 - Thunderstorms spawned eight tornadoes in Colorado, and three in West Texas. Thunderstorms also produced softball size hail at Bula, TX. In the midst of a record thirty-nine day string of 100 degree days, the temperature at Tucson, AZ, dipped to 66 degrees, marking their third straight record low for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Thirty-eight cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. Youngstown, OH, hit 100 degrees, and for the second day in a row, Flint, MI, reached 101 degrees, equalling all-time records for those two cities. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather during the day, with more than 100 reports of large hail and damaging winds from Ohio to Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Thunderstorm winds reached 90 mph in Sullivan County, NH, and golf ball size hail was reported in Pennsylvania. Twenty-four cities, mostly in the southwestern U.S., reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 105 degrees at Cedar City, UT, and 114 degrees at Moab, UT, were all-time records for those locations. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1991: During the early daylight hours of Sunday, July 7, 1991, a bow echo developed over southeast South Dakota and began racing east, producing very damaging winds. This bow echo was the start of a long-lived derecho that lasted 17 hours and affected areas from the Great Plains into western New York and Pennsylvania. Wind gusts in some places reached 80 to 100 mph. The strongest gust, 103 mph, was measured at Sioux Center, Iowa around mid-morning, and the roof of a school was blown off in nearby Orange City. 1991: July 7-8, 1991..."The Southern Great Lakes Derecho of 1991" States that were affected --- ....SD, IA, MN, WI, MI, IN, OH, ON, NY, PA Tornadoes struck across southern Lower Michigan. More damage occurred near Okemos in Ingham County and a home and some outbuildings were damaged as a tornado moved northeast of Rockford in Kent County. A tornado also briefly touched down northwest of Plainwell in Allegan County but did no damage. Overall, $30 million dollars in damage resulted with wind gusts over 85 mph. Over 850,000 people were without electricity following the storms; some for up to a week.(Ref. For More Information) 1993: The day after lightning started several fires, strong non-thunderstorm winds blew across much of northern Oklahoma. Winds gusted to 70 mph and lasted for several hours. A 1,200 pound bale of hay was rolled a quarter mile by the winds that also blew down many trees. Highway 51, near Hennessey, was closed until the downed trees could be cleaned up. When clusters of thunderstorms collapse and dissipate rapidly, they sometimes produce a downburst of very warm air, called a "heat burst ". A collapsing thunderstorm in the northeast part of the Texas Panhandle produced a heat burst that reached Arnett and Gage, OK just before midnight. Winds gusted to 67 mph at Arnett, as the temperature rose from 82° to 97° in 30 minutes. At Gage, the wind gusted to 70 mph, while the temperature rose from 85° to 102° in one hour. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2010: BWI recorded record high temperatures on 4 days: 6th (105 °F), 7th (101 °F), 24th (101 °F) and 25th (100 °F). DCA soared to a record 102 °F on the 7th and 101 °F on the 24th. Ref. July PRESTO Page 1

A piece of good news is that the record 600 DM ridge next week is forecast to remain over Minnesota and Iowa. So we probably max out from 95° to perhaps around 100° instead of 104° to 106° like this recent record heatwave. Probably ridge riding convection going over the top. So more opportunities for much needed rainfall. But could also come with more severe potential.

65 / 64 NNE wind. Cloudy , misty , with some spotty showers, 15 more hours of the muck before we clear out Wed. The Wed - Fri period is warmer but still unsettled with storms Thu, Fri afternoon / evenings with another 1 - 2 inches of rain in localized areas where the storms form. Wednesday is the dry day and looking very nice low - mid 80s. Warmer Thu/Fri depending when the clouds and thunderstorms arrive will be mid 80s - low 90s / humid, enough sun may produce a mid 90s. By the weekend the western ridge is rapidly expanding and while we remain in the trough it appears an overall near - slightly below normal but drier period 7/11 - 7/14, warming by the 14th and beyond as the western heat expands east .

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Finally just got my power back on.

Models nailed the south coast 4 to 6 you will get an inch. You in winter meh mode?

...the only thing that is missing in this setup is the follow up storm that drops another 12-18 inches from the pike south while methuen gets a couple of wind blown flurries...

No had .12 on the 2nd too

and it might go from 62 to close to 100 by Friday -BUT great uncertainty in the Upton Key Messages Forecast Discussion - got your tickets for the Temperature Roller Coaster ride ? AFD from KOKX

My local CoCoRAHS report is always hours late, but ballparking 0.15” overnight, so about 1.4” for the last 3 days.

Picked up a few hundreds overnight to push the total to 1.02". Hopefully more to come this week.

2.96" event total.

What site do you use for radar estimates?

Next thing we have to watch is if the death ridge out west will make it to the coast or get thwarted in the flyover states. If it makes it here, we will have another week like we just experienced. Extreme heat and violent storms.

Can we all please get this in our yards ? https://x.com/maxvelocitywx/status/2074336458748416424?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

A 4.35” report from southern Loudon and a 5.57” one near manassas!

Not looking good for rain up here but models have been poor. Hoping for a 0.10” prayer, but the webbed hands are starting to reach in like they did last July.

Maybe today is the day Alexandria gets a storm overtop of the city

Close to 4 inches of rain here. Looking forward to the sun tomorrow and drying out a bit.

Wife is going to leave him for a guy with a 250ft deep Artesian

5.24” will do it here. Time to drain some water out of the pool.

Went from 103 on Thursday to 62 today lol

62 and drizzle here

Low of 67 with .01” of rain from the very light drizzle occurring throughout the day. Looks like pretty standard mid-summer type weather ahead.

0.75” since midnight much appreciated