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Records: Highs: EWR: 92 (1976) NYC: 92 (1976) LGA: 85 (2002) JFK: 84 (1985) Neverending heatwaves in 1976 and 2002 lol 1976 - The northeastern U.S. was in the midst of an early season heat wave, and the Boston Marathon took place in 90 degree heat. At Providence RI the mercury hit 98 degrees. (David Ludlum) omg 98 degrees? see, we never get this kind of early April heat anymore lol

when will these sea breeze summers stop? we need a stronger SE ridge.

I'm not sure if those forecasts are ripped off the GFS though, this past winter I noticed that even when the GFS had a snowstorm for us, those forecasts did not. I've heard they use an inhouse blend of models. ABC/Accuweather and TWC do at any rate.

On the positive side those local TV forecasts are much more accurate than some of the maps that get posted on here (especially during the winter lol.)

there's some sunshine from time to time but not a lot. The winds are not strong right now.

We used to average over 3 feet of snow decade after decade. Things took a turn after the 1910s. I know 1933-34 was very cold and snowy as was 1942-43, but the last hurrah for the old winters was really 1917-18. It was all downhill after that. 1931-32 was a foreshadowing and sign of things to come.

it will only happen if there is a lot of sunshine

not these high winds and clouds that we have now though. Yesterday was better.

and 4 solid snow events here in April 1875, including a double digit two day snowstorm and the latest snowfall accumulation on record for Central Park (3.0" on the 25th).

our low was in the mid 30s last night we were 5 degrees colder than JFK. Frost can be experienced with temperatures as high as 36-37.

66 was the high here at 1 pm and then the clouds moved in and it got very windy, now down to 61.

it would be nice to get more than 1.5 sunny days lol, the clouds have moved in and with the winds it now feels cold. a big blocking ridge would keep these fronts away from us.

and west of NYC.... when was the last time the city had 30 days of 90 or higher, 2010 I think? we had 1.5 nice days, now the clouds have moved in and it's very windy. It would be nice to get a big blocking ridge to keep these lows away from us, there seems to be 2-4 every week (with or without rain.) the high temperature here was at 1 pm, 66, now down to 61.

But we want the offshore flow to keep the land and air warmer. The beach can keep the onshore flow hopefully it doesn't make it past the barrier islands.

We're already seeing this now =\ I tried to look up low temperatures for airports on wunderground, here was the result FRG (Farmingdale) redirects to JFK FOK (Westhampton) and Shirley (HWV) redirects to ISP MJX (Toms River) redirects to ACY BLM (Belmar) redirects to EWR MPO (Mt Pocono) redirects to Avoca So I can't find the low at either FOK or MJX, which are our radiational cooling champions.

Members 12.3k Location:NYC-NJ Posted 16 minutes ago Records: Highs: EWR: 93 (2002) NYC: 96 (1976) LGA: 91 (1976) JFK: 86 (2002) Lows: EWR: 32 (1943) NYC: 25 (1875) LGA: 35 (2014) JFK: 35 (2003) It's amazing how the heat in 2002 in April coincided with 1976 but the summers were radically different (even though both were followed by el ninos the following winter). 35 for a low on this date in 2003 is pretty shocking for JFK April 1875 which we've talked about before was a real outlier.... and wow a dust devil in MA? 1957 - A dust devil near Dracut MA lifted a small child three feet into the air, and rolled two other children on the ground. Fortunately none of the three were hurt. The dust devil was accompanied by a loud whistling sound as it moved westward. (The Weather Channel)

the ring of fire getting established this week. 1993 had a similar pattern to this, record flooding in St Louis, historic heat for us.

Yes that's a good point it would be funny if JFK had more 90 degree days lol.

Yes, it's still April lol... what I do like is no more cut off lows and days of rain, maybe that noreaster changed the pattern finally?

so closer to a normal summer for us then

Maybe this means that we will have an el nino next winter, some of our hottest summers are after el ninos 1966, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1995, 2010 are some examples.

Yes I see 70s are forecast for all of next week after Monday so the warm season is definitely taking over now.

JM it depends on what kind of SW flow we are talking about. Our best summers had a big Sonoran Heat Release. This is why I was looking at 1980 for a comparable type pattern. An extremely hot airmass coming out of the southwest will completely override any oceanic influence unless you're way out by the Hamptons or East End. Especially in July and August. We've had record heat in the SW the last few years, so let's see if we can tap into that.

it will be interesting to see what analogs can be used for this summer. I can't think of any really hot sustainably hot summers following la ninas though. Something more like 2011 maybe when July is historically hot and then it gets rainy and not as hot in August? That la nina was stronger than this one. Or 1995 when it's hot and dry (but not quite to the level of 1993 or 2010?)

as long as it's above 50 and blue skies and no onshore wind I'm happy lol.