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Final high of 97 at EWR.

I do believe Newark is representative of its area but not for our area as a whole. You just have to look at the summer of 1993 to see that. Although Newark's hottest summers match my own area's they are always a few degrees hotter. In 1993, Newark had 9 100+ days while NYC had 3 (in a row) and JFK had 2 (in a row.) This was before the siting issues. You can even go back to 1949 when Newark had 8 100+ days while NYC had 5 99+ days. Newark has almost always been a few degrees hotter than Central Park, even before the siting issues. As a matter of fact, going by number of 90 degree days, Newark closely matches Philadelphia, so I'd say their summer climate is more like Philadelphia than it is New York City-- which makes sense, since it is inland.

ugh I was going to do some landscaping work in my yard tomorrow lol. when you said sea breeze minimal I thought you meant it was going to be hot lol From what I looked at, it's going to rain both Thursday and Friday and cloudy Saturday, so no sunshine after today until Sunday?

yep hit 89 here after 4 PM that was unexpected lol Usually on a seabreeze day we peak before 2 PM

Got to 89 here, just missed 90.

Omg I passed out that summer from the humidity. There were two very hot days in May and then one on the last day of August the only times it reached 90. But the day I passed out was not hot, but very humid. My nightmare kind of a day. Overcast all day with a temperature of 81 degrees and a relative humidity of 100% (81 DP). Do you remember this day Chris, I think it was in July? I was commuting back from college and as soon as I got home I got very lightheaded couldn't hear a sound saw all white in front of my eyes and everything around me was in slow motion. Luckily I was almost home and was able to stumble inside and pass out on my floor.

They must have run hot a few years ago when they were always the hottest in the local area, maybe they fixed that issue.

they need sirens, like tornado sirens

they need sirens and the politicians who skimped on sirens because of cost should be ashamed of themselves

why arent we? this area does well on a westerly wind

half an inch is all I want or need, it's a lot better than highly destructive severe weather and flooding which causes so much damage and kills people. I'm not sure if there was much of a seabreeze, it sat in the mid 90s most of the afternoon lol.

Long Live 1993 I remember this day and the following day (Friday and Saturday) like it was yesterday! Highs: EWR: 104 (1993) NYC: 106 (1936) LGA: 98 (1993) JFK: 101 (1993) New Brnswck: 105 (1936) I see LGA underreported temperatures back then-- its good to see JFK beat them and so did NYC at 101 but not listed because the historic 1936 heatwave peaked on the same day!! 1993" record daily high temperatures were set at: Newark, NJ: 104°, NYC-Kennedy Airport, NY: 101°, Greensboro, NC: 101°, Atlantic City, NY: 100°, Wallops Island, VA: 100°, Dulles Airport, VA: 99°, NYC-LaGuardia, NY: 98°, Concord, NH: 95° and Islip, NY: 93°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

Yes this is the perfect weather, I really don't know anyone who actually wants a rainy summer unless they make money off of growing vegetables.

Wasn't there one near Linden (KLDJ) that always runs hotter than KEWR?

Oh it's even worse than that, they use Central Park temperatures to pat themselves on their verification scores. It happened on WABC when Central Park hit 99 but not 100, they said *see we told you New York City would not hit triple digits* They weren't able to explain why all the airports did though....

I like snow in the winter but a dry summer. There are multiple benefits to a dry summer, including less need to do weeding and not having to deal with mosquitoes and other bugs and of course mold allergies. I noticed most of the weeds I didn't get to have shriveled and dried up this month.

JFK was too cool too, it was 95 here. But that might be a function of their sensor being located right on the Bay lol.

Heard more about the Con Ed situation, they are going to raise both gas and electric prices 15% and not only that, they are also going to increase transmission costs so even if you use less power you will still pay more. And it's not an insignificant amount, WABC7 said it could amount to a 200 dollar higher bill PER MONTH.

It was enough rain, don't want the weeds to overgrow or the bugs to overpopulate

It's better not to have a lawn. I live on the south shore specifically to have a dry and hot summer, so this is perfect for me. There are multiple benefits to not getting rain in the summer. Far fewer mosquitoes Far fewer weeds Far fewer destructive thunderstorms and flash flooding I dont want to live in a tropical rain forest and don't want more than one - two inches of rain per month from June through August.

a better forecast would have been mostly sunny with a chance of late afternoon showers and tstorms. All our locals had a high near 90 which was exceeded by 5+ degrees (it was 95 here.) This is a very typical summer pattern for us and happens almost every summer. I don't even like the word *washout* we don't have washouts here in the summer unless a tropical system is coming up the coast. The FCC needs to ban that term and no weather forecaster should be allowed to use it. For me, if a day is cloudy it's already ruined, so we should judge whether a day is good or bad with a skycover forecast and both Monday and Tuesday were mostly sunny until late in the day.

Just heard that Con Edison intends to raise electric and gas prices.

4th time this year.

The third hottest day of the year here so far. EWR has reached 100+ 4 days so far, Don? This is our third 95+ day (the other two days were 100+). Today was the hottest day of the month, so far. Highs included: Bridgeport: 94° Islip: 92° New York City-Central Park: 93° New York City-JFK Airport: 93° New York City-LaGuardia Airport: 98° Newark: 100°

almost completely clear here