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Came through strong at Glen Island Juneteenth event. Pouring, lots of thunder, brief break and rain again.

Darkness looking toward Hunts Point and LGA. Looks like it moving more east of instead of NE now. City Island and boats on the Sound might get it good.

Looks like another one behind it. Storms is cool but I wish they held off till later. A lot of people relying on a dry early to mid afternoon today.

Hit 90, now down to 86 dew 77 with partial sun and rain, a few claps of thunder but the worst seemed to fizzle out.

87 / 73 feels like 95

I suspected they partly like it being hidden because of potential vandals or curious people tampering with it. Also for historical purposes they don't want to mess with it even though they know it's not an ideal setup. There a reason most cities official readings are at airports and not in the heart of the city. It's very difficult to find a spot that meet NWS standards in the downtown of any major city. If you did it'd be prime real estate and someone would snatch it up for a more profitable use. I think it also on the media to portray an accurate image of urban conditions and not just regurgitate whatever Central Park says. More NYC residents are closer to the airport sites anyway, and thats what weather apps will show. From my time in DC I noticed they tend to give a closer to equal respect to all the offical reporting stations.

78 dew 71 start to the day

Thunder is non stop, I assume for those storms 25 miles away in Rockland/NJ border. Sounds like its right here though

Yeah its bad, and last time I pass by there it was considerably worse than this. You can walk right past it but its so hidden now you may no idea anything is there unless you are really trying to find it. Just standing there compared to being out and about where people actually live and its undeniable that it is an absurd representation of NYC.

JFK normals peak at 84/69.

Normal highs already max out in the upper 80s. Since July daily averages are pretty flat, the avg high for the month is nearly the same. 87/72 at LGA EWR 87/70 Teterboro 87/69 Meanwhile Central Park tops out at 85/71. Philly 88/70 Down in DC they now have normals in July at 90...90/73

Quite the downpour with some hail in the Bx now

85/67 now after a low of only 74. Hazy sunshine, but brighter than yesterday at this time.

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Its just easy to frame it around two major holidays. Also, the amount of daylight contributes to the feel of summer or not. A lot more daytime to work with in June than mid to late August. Most colleges and some schools start in Aug, and places start to lose their seasonal employees too. There's only so much potential time to the summer window, cant afford to sacrifice any just because the early parts may not be reliably hot. But I get it, in terms of beaches in this region I don't get too excited about it until July, mainly because of water temps.

That's true. However apps tend to just point you to the closest offical reporting station, so they actually help deemphasize Central Park. If you in Manhattan and small portion of BK you'll see the Park, but more NYC residents will be directed to LGA and JFK. Some close in suburbs will get LGA/JFK as well. SI will get Newark numbers. If i'm at home, apps show me LGA statistics/records and current conditions. Or some AI generated estimate based on LGA + attempts to show neighborhood microclimates. I only see Central Park on TV.

It would take a microburst over Central Park taking out a bunch of trees.

Quite the light show and about 0.8" rain in 15 mins

I did it last year, the forecast was pretty bleak, but it didn't turn out so bad for people in the earlier waves. They finished basically rain free. Just cloudy and cool. Maybe some brief drizzle. When the rain did come it poured though. Still got soaked on the way home. For those who started later it must of sucked toward the end.

Working at the 5 boro bike tour I hope that's true for Sunday. Or at least limited to an occasional light shower.

Being outside at the time it felt like most of that drop was in 60 secs

Most sudden and dramatic temp drop I may have ever experienced. On my bike felt like 80 to 50 in an instant. A warm wind became a strong cold one and it was a wrap. I could see the shock on people's faces.

Yeah I agree they all have their place. For me, in the Bx I find I tend to match up with LGA better, espically when E to NE winds are a big factor. It better captures any Sound influence which will effect some eastern areas of the boro as well. It's also significantly closer to me than CPK (as the crow flies), it's easier to get in the same snow bands etc. LGA obs on avg are actually more similar year round, especially in Spring with back door cold fronts.

Been snow and sleet the whole time, looks around 3". Now changing to more of a freezing rain/sleet mix atm. 30F

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