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Hated these days with my daughter.

Precip min here every single time.

Looks like my inkling that May would suck was correct. Fake WestConn meteorologist FTW.

0.62” total

A 90-degree day away from crispy brown everything.

Days like today are suck all around. Honestly has been a good Spring.

Nope, not for travel soccer. Unless there is lightning.

This is a boon for the wind turbine industry.

That entire 2010-2013 may not be repeated again for a long time. What I really liked about it was it was hot and dry.

Higher summer mins seem to be the most notable aspect here. There's obviously nuances to everything, but LONGTERM, winter here really hasn't changed much outside of a Dec temp increase and Jan-Feb snow increase.

Mine would be July 2012. Just gross.

LGA has more of an inland influence so they are lucky enough to avoid the onshore flow we're getting here on the south shore. But as you said, it's much better at EWR, where there a southerly/southwesterly flow doesn't allow the ocean to moderate the air. The changing position of the Bermuda High is responsible. When we had more 90 degree days here during the 90s, it was south of us, giving us a downsloping westerly flow. Now the Bermuda High and heat has moved north of us giving us more of a southerly flow, which is more humid but caps our heat in the upper 80s.

Here is LaGuardia. Regression shows an increase from 10 days of 90+ to 25 days of 90+ since 1960. The peak 5 year moving average was 31 in 2022 - just two summers ago. It's fallen back a small bit over the last 2 summers, but a particularly hot summer this year will likely send it back to a new record 5 yma.

JFK too, the heat is moving inland, Chris said it's because the Bermuda High is moving north, which is why the heat is focused more inland and we're just getting the humidity (yuck). Our 90 degree days have not seen an increase in a few decades. Trust me I wish we were getting hotter drier summers but here on Long Island, they are much wetter and very humid but not as hot. More like Florida's east coast.

May has been warm and nice other than today

The only good thing about this super heat wave was it was the main reason Teddy Roosevelt became president, he was one of our very best.

Okay now you're starting to even piss me off.

I'm not sure I buy that. The 5-year moving average for Newark is up to 37 days of 90+ which is the most on record, matching the 5 yma from 1995 [which I have previously explained why the numbers from that era were inflated at first order sites, but everyone here just ignores that fact?]. A regression since 1960 suggests an increase in 90+ days of nearly two weeks over that time period - from 20 to 33 days. Central Park is the only site that seems to be bucking that trend, but I think @bluewavehas extensively documented the impact of overgrown vegetation surrounding the ASOS site and significant shading of the ASOS.

I researched that 10 day heatwave in August 1896 that may have had more impact on NYC than any other weather event in history, even more than the March 1888 blizzard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Eastern_North_America_heat_wave Holy f*ck excuse my language please The 1896 eastern North America heat wave was a 10-day heat wave in New York City, Boston, Newark and Chicago that killed about 1,500 people in August 1896.[1][2][3] History [edit] There were ten days of temperatures at least 90 °F (32 °C) with high humidity and little breeze.[4] The temperatures in New York did not drop below 72 °F (22 °C) at night, with three consecutive nights at 80 °F (27 °C) or above. It killed more than the New York City draft riots and the Great Chicago Fire combined.[2] A majority of the deaths were of working-class men in their twenties who performed manual labor. The New York City Public Works Commissioner ordered that his workers' shifts be modified so they would not be working during midday, and he had fire hydrants opened to cool people on the street. Theodore Roosevelt, then New York City Police Commissioner, distributed free ice from local police stations. After accidental deaths from people falling off the roofs they were sleeping on, the New York City Parks Department allowed people to sleep in parks overnight.[1][2]

More strong winds tomorrow morning - afternoon.

https://www.weather.gov/okx/heatwaves Just like I said we used to have some epic heatwaves back in the day, although 2010 had our most 90 degree days here at JFK, our last really long heatwave was in 2002. Longest Heat Waves - 90 degrees + in a row (through March 10) Days Dates Temperatures 91,91,91,94,98,99,98,100,97,102,94,90 92,97,97,93,96,97,93,92,90,98,90 98,100,101,102,97,94,94,91,90,90 90,94,92,97,95,98,94,96,93,90 92,96,98,95,92,93,94,94,94 93,92,96,98,97,100, 102,92,104 91,93,91,91,91,94,99,101,95 93,94,91,94,92,91,93,93,91 96, 95, 95, 96, 97, 90, 92, 91 91, 92, 91, 94, 93, 94, 96, 95 98, 95, 98, 94, 95, 94, 96, 93 97, 102, 97, 96, 95, 95, 96, 95 91,91,93,95,95,100,100,94 93, 93, 91, 94, 96, 90,96 93, 93, 95, 94, 96, 99, 97 90, 93, 96, 99, 96, 100, 102 94, 93, 94, 98, 96, 93, 97 94, 95, 96, 93, 94, 94, 93 98, 100, 90, 95, 100, 97, 93 92, 97, 100, 101, 91, 90, 90

For Pittsburgh maybe, but in NYC our very hot summers ended after 2013 with more rain than heat in summer now.

Ours was July 2010, I loved that month !!