LibertyBell

I find it interesting how the hotter Mays cluster together.

https://www.life.com/history/heat-wave-photos-1950s/#:~:text=The summer of 1953 in,12 days in a row. The summer of 1953 in New York City was torturous. The temperature was in the 90s (or higher) every day between July 15 and 21, and again between Aug. 24 and Sept. 4 a record-setting 12 days in a row. And that’s not even accounting for other 90-plus days in between. Keep in mind that air-conditioning was far from widespread. Though the technology has been around since the early 20th century, it was then used primarily in movie theaters and other public spaces.

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I find it really interesting that 1983 led to one of our hottest summers (as did 1991 which had the highest number of 90 degree days) and 1996 which had one of our highest May high temperatures did not see 90 again until the last day of August lol. And May 2018 heat came after a historically stormy and cold March and early April with lots of snow-- very different from the lead up to May 1991.

so the last time you had a lower high than this was in 2005 and the only time your highest temperature in May didn't reach 80 was in 2003.

certainly no repeat of 1944, 1953, 1955, 1966, 1991, 1993, 1999, or 2002 coming anytime soon Don!

I found the 8 day 95+ 1944 super heatwave Note there was another heatwave before that which was 9 days long. 1953 was even more extreme with a 12 day super heatwave (our longest ever) and a 7 day heatwave, with 4 100+ temps (2 in each one lol.) Look at this torrid stretch in 1953 late August and early September 98, 99, 98, 100, 97, 102 lol.... it was sandwiched by two 94 degree days if those were each 1 degree higher it would have tied 1944 for longest streak of 95+. The streak in 1944 was 97, 102, 97, 96, 95, 95, 96, 95 2002 also had two long heatwaves, 9 and 8 days long. The 8 day one had a 5 day streak of 95+: 96, 95, 95, 96, 97 .... that was our last 5 day streak of 95+ and also our last heatwave of 7+ days! The July 1993 10 day super hot streak (with 5 straight days of 95+ and 3 straight days of 100+: 98, 100, 101, 102, 97) I boldened was the hottest and longest heatwave I remember (I recall the July 1999 11 day streak too but it wasn't as hot as it was earlier in July when we hit 102 on back to back days.) One thing I do remember well about July 1999 was that it tied July 1993 for most 90 degree days in one month (20). The 90s were known for these super heatwaves, 1991 had a 7 day heatwave with 5 straight days of 95+: 96, 99, 96, 100, 102. The year with the most 95+ days was 1955 with 16. That July 1977 9 day super heatwave with 5 straight days of 95+ is also noteworthy: 96, 98, 97, 100, 102.... after a brief reprieve of 92 it shot back up to 104 (our second hottest temperature on record, now tied with July 2011) for the last day of the heatwave !! 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

could be in the upper 40s tonight

Looks like the sharp divide between <1/>1 rainfall was about 30 miles west of the Hudson, so north central NJ?

That does sound ideal. I wonder if that's what happened in 1944 when we set the record for 8 straight days with a high temperature of 95+ or higher. Such an amazing record and we haven't ever come close to matching it since.

it's nicer if there are more 90 degree days and fewer days with temperatures staying above 70 at night because that means lower humidity and drier more refreshing weather.

It's pretty cold here with this wind even with sunshine, tomorrow likely to be the same.

wow it sounds like a big and heavy branch !!

and Thursday and Friday too!

We also had this kind of situation here on November 7, 2012 in the snowstorm after Sandy (the first snowstorm TWC ever named: *Athena*-- great name!) 8-10 inches of snow and hazardous driving conditions with tree branches down everywhere. 14 inches south of us in Freehold, NJ. A very different winter from 2002-03 of course.

02-03 was my second most favorite winter after 1995-96. It had everything-- the Christmas Miracle, the February 20"+ KU snowstorm and the April snowstorm too.

amazing to have it happen at the last possible moment and on Christmas lol. That was an out and out amazing winter, haven't had a beginning to end winter like that since (I rank it higher than 09-10, 10-11, 13-14 and 14-15 because of the 20 + inch big KU snowstorm in February a big snowstorm in April and the Christmas miracle snowstorm of course.)

I really liked the calls for under 1 inch for the city and points east. 0.75 was the highest near me, about what I expected.

we bottomed out at 29.16 now slowly rising as the winds increase.

Tony how many did JFK have in 1991?

I'd like to see what the storm track was with that and how it compares to this one. About 95% of the time these back end snows never work out -- and it's usually for geographical reasons -- NW winds on the backend downslope and dry everything out (wonderful for the spring and summer).

You know this is what I want too. I can tell you right now our May highs were a lot hotter between 1987-1991 lol. The TV Mets always talked about going right from winter to summer back then.

That was backend snow? It was so heavy I thought it was part of the main storm. There was no dry slot at all with that one.

it's good that humans are able to adapt. One good thing is lower heating costs. In a rather ironic twist, climate change is taking money right out of the collective pockets of fossil fuel companies, which is GREAT to see.

I just remember how often we get the dreaded dry slot in the winter too, backend snows never seem to work out for us, although rather ironically we did get backend snows amounting to about 4-5 inches in March 2001.