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the stretch in July 2024 was one of the worst - 4 straight days of 101F+, which was a record. We'll see how this one stacks up.

we hit it six times back in 2024, with the hottest being 104. That was the first time since 2016 I believe. We hit 100 a couple weeks back as well.

I'm looking for a 105 in New Brunswick on Thursday or Friday.

Good. That just makes it "nearly unprecedented!" Seriously, I have seen that in media headlines. Any excuse to sneak the word "unprecedented." They love their buzzwords.

Agree with upper 90s overall maybe a spot 100° Thursday or Friday (not both) especially for the torch spots like WXW1 lol. We get close to 100° but never over. That said, the real story is heat indices. That’s going to be legit and long duration, and the HI where people live will be outrageous.

Only if they are low-carb will they get that warm.

At the end of the day, that’s all people remember. That was really hot. It’s kind of like arguing -10F, -15F, -20F etc. it’s all rather unpleasant for the public.

You keep wondering if someone will hit 110-111

I very much doubt the extreme highs currently forecasted will variety with the lack of antecedent drought conditions. But *IF* the duration actually ends up on par with what some of the models have hinted at, it would be the most extensive and lengthy heat wave for the sub since 2012. It's unlikely though, especially with the NAO trending negative (backdoor cold fronts). There's a reasonable chance things will break by the weekend...

Guess it can be done! Bring on 105F.

It hit 100 at DCA on 6/12. DCA ended its 5th longest streak of no 100 F on 6/22/24 (2867 days).

All true, but I only have about 0.15" to show for it all. Drove back from Silver Spring in steady rain almost all the way, then weakening in AACo. Oh well...about 0.60 for both days. Over 3" for June now.

I’ll stick with my upper 90s

Thanks for the information Mike

Went to State College for brunch to meet. Friend who was in town from Cleveland. It rained from about Midway all the way into SC. She said it had rained every day she was there. Must be nice.

It's been a dark rainy day here. I got pretty wet this morning while working. It's been a lazy, rainy afternoon.

Down the shore this week. Water is still chilly. 64 today; sea breeze for the win.

Did we really hit 100 a couple weeks ago per the comment above? I thought we hadn’t hit it since like 2012. Guess I am talking out of my butt a bit but feel like we never get there - at least formally at the airports

July 2011's heatwave rivaled July 1995, and the following winter (2011-12) turned out to be a blowtorch with almost no snow (outside of the October freak storm).

I can guess what you are implying here. Pointing out caveats or what could go wrong for events/forecasts is a reasonable position to take. It prevents one from getting carried away and biased from the "could be's" and "what if's" as one example. The "could be" and "what if" issues are *rife* these days on social media. People hide behind the fact that just b/c something has a non-zero chance of occurring, they should mention it and hedge like it *will* happen. This is almost entirely for click/engagement bait to monetize their sites and drive the algorithms. Or to be a "hero" to claim "I called it first!", despite going big every time, and use the broken clock is right twice a day fallacy. The vast majority of the time, the worst case or high-end record event will *not* happen, and one should start always from the baseline, not the other way around.

Problems loading forecast.weather.gov all day. Edit, oh looks like it's national and being troubleshooted

Got up to 103 here last June and 100 last July, shocked me, I was starting to think deep Long Island couldn’t pull off 100. 105 (in Queens) in July 2011 is still my personal all time highest, it’d be nice to break that eventually. NYC is a disgrace and should be moved to northeastern Central Park where there’s better siting.

The media figured out the term ‘heat dome’ and now they’re using it ad nauseum like they do with polar vortex in the winter.