LibertyBell

damn some of our coldsnaps and heatwaves match up. How was Summer 1944 out your way? 1948 and 1949? 1944 had 8 days in a row of 95+ 1948 had three straight 100+ days (later matched in 1966) and 1949 had 5 days of 99+ 1953 had two separate superheatwaves here with 4 100+ days split between them lol 1955 set the record for most 95+ days at NYC (16). July 1936 still has the NYC record (106)

between 11 pm and 2 am based on the charts Walt posted

west coast? I wonder how far south the good stuff got to?

in a few days it'll be fine. below normal weather like this never lasts for that long, particularly during a dry pattern.

the wind makes it really bad for allergies =\

Thats crazy they typically come out after July 10

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This is a great point, we might need to wait for the AMO to switch to the negative phase for this to happen. When the AMO switches to negative we get more 100 and above degree days in the summer and more 0 and below degrees days in the winter. Cases in point Years we went 0 and below in the winter and 100 and above in the summer: 1977, 1983, 1993, 1994 I think we also did both in the 40s-60s period several times. When we switched to a +AMO our rainfall went up and our 100+ days in the summer and 0- days in the winter both dwindled.

LGA, JFK, etc all had their last blockbuster hot summer in 2010, LGA had 48 days 90+ JFK had 32 days 90+ and also set the record for 10 days of 95+ and tied the record of 3 100+ days.

it really sucks for allergies, if you have a chemical that would block pollination of whatever crap is causing these allergies I'd be happy to spray it.

LGA and JFK's last really hot summer on this scale was also 2010. I consider that the peak of what's possible here in terms of summer heat. EWR is a furnace, it doesn't even belong in the same climate zone with the rest of us.

the one bad thing about the wind is it makes the seasonal allergies much worse got anything that blocks pollination? we dont need any more of whatever is causing these allergies.

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There is a way to do it though. Each state is like its own country. If you could give each state the ability to do it themselves it could work.

Looks like the peak for us is 11 pm to 2 am based on this table We're UT-4 (because of DST).

sounds like our healthcare issues with PBMs being the middlemen that are responsible for the increased costs.

wait, we were close to having a vaccine for aids? when was this project shut down?

May 2020 34 degrees and snow on May 9th in NYC and June 2023 with a low in the 40s on June 4th are two more examples of it. The climate is of course warming but there is not this steep climb that is being talked about. NYC's longest heatwave was in 1953, its most number of 95 degree days was in 1955, its longest streak of 95+ days was in 1944, its most number of 99+ days was in 1949.

Yes true, whenever I talk to people visiting from these countries they are absolutely amazed by the size of the portions we eat.

I'm hoping its effects will be blunted. Just remember it won't be a repeat of June 2023.

Thanks, I hope we get there one day with better food and a healthier society. People talk about the high healthcare costs here -- some of it is greed and some of it is because of what we eat.

unlike June 2023

How much light does it block though? We can still see the stars through haze and smoke as long as it's not completely obnoxious like what we had in June 2023.

Geomag storm level 4 viewable down to the Carolinas and Alabama

Tony, so last year NYC did not have a foliage problem.... both NYC and LGA had the same number (21) of 90+ days?