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It's where I experienced the April 1982 Blizzard!!

Yep, we're going mostly cloudy though, but before that happened the temperature here peaked at 94 at 2 PM.

now 93 just before the start of the Yankees game

Up into the 90s today, 91 already.....

Bushkill Falls is right near there....

wow I love this place, you're right near I-80 and the Delaware Water Gap?? Everything is so lush and green now!!

As long as you can avoid the damn spotted lanternflies

Is that also the greatest difference ever recorded between land and sea temperatures, Chris?

This was my favorite June, we even topped 2010 records!!

77-78 is comfortable sleeping weather, but 81-84 is a problem, we had that twice in June

of those, 2010, 1999 and 2025 (so far) are looking pretty good. The others were boosted by elevated minimums.

To be fair, summers should always be judged by number of 90/95/100 degree days.

Don't Meditteranean hurricanes occur when it gets this warm Chris?

1993: Flash flooding rolled across southeast South Dakota and into northwest Iowa. A phenomenal 6 to 7 inches of rain fell in Dickinson and Emmett Counties during a 3 to 4 hour period. The Des Moines River rose several feet in just a few hours. Ocheyedan received 3 inches in just 45 minutes and Allendorf picked up 2.80 inches in 30 minutes. Many locations in northwest Iowa reported winds in excess of 60 mph, with some locations clocking speeds of 70 to 80 mph. Several tornadoes were also spawned during the evening in Emmett County in the Ringsted area, 3.50 inch hail fell and baseball size hail covered the ground just north of Estherville. Millions of dollars in damage was caused from the thunderstorms across the area. 1993: No river traffic was moving on the 585 miles of the Mississippi River from St. Paul, MN to Cairo, IL and on 535 miles of the Missouri River from Sioux City, IA to the point it joined the Mighty Mississippi. More than 5, 000 loaded barges were stranded. For the first time in history, major floods came down both rivers at the same time. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1993 was historic on so many levels, our endless summers and the endless flooding near St Louis.....many records on both ends that have never been equaled or exceeded.

The hottest 24 hour period at Central Park has to be July 5-6, 1999 with a high of 101 and a low of 83 (and a high of 101 again the following day.) It's absolutely amazing that 1908 had lows of 84 in both July and August, that must have been one hot summer! July 1995 is right up there too with a high of 102 and a low of 84 and extremely high dew points. September 11, 1983 is notable for having a high of 99 and a low of 78, mid summer weather in mid September. April 2002 is notable for lows in the mid to upper 70s and highs in the mid to upper 90s.

If you go by 24 hour periods of highest average temperature would you say that the July 5-6, 1999 period was the hottest 24 hour period on record at JFK, Don? The high was 102 on July 5th and the low the following morning was 82! June 24-25 comes in second place with a high of 102 and a low of 81 the following morning. It ranks higher in terms of duration because June 25 also had a high of 102 while July 6th fell below July 5th highs (only at JFK, at NYC it was the same as the previous day, at 101.) I'm surprised that July 2011 isn't on this list, as JFK had back to back highs of 103 and 102 in that stretch so the lows must have been elevated also. It's also interesting how highs made it into the 90s from a start in the low 60s in April 2002. And I knew May 1991 was extremely hot with 7 90 degree days but didn't know that we had our earliest 70 degree low in that month! That period at the end of August 1948 was also notable with a high of 101 and a low of 78.

wild, 98 on September 10, 1983 and then 96 on September 11, 1983 after two 100 degree readings in July and August, 1983 and 2010 were our only truly great summers (great from beginning to end.)

Thanks for this, benchmarks always intrigue me and I remember a few of the ones you listed. Do you have a list of benchmarks for JFK too? That 95 in early October is one that comes to mind for me. And of course the earliest ever 100 that occurred last week has also become a benchmark now. Another one is the earliest ever 99+ degree temperature on May 29, 1969 that really stands out to me as well as the earliest 90 degree reading from April 11, 1977. It's interesting that the JFK period of record began in 1948 and they immediately recorded their latest 100 degree temperature in the same summer (and back to back 100+, while NYC had three in a row during that same span of time.)

Had that here on June 24, 106.0 and 102.6 the day after. Beat my July 22, 2011 mark at the same location which was 105.6

I wonder if this is record max heat for Paris?

This was all your doing, Santa Claus!! Christmas in June (in more ways than one too!!)

anything near as historic as the 40C London experienced a few years ago?

Changed it to a cooler blue theme, it's actually from April 2002 during the historic heatwave, you wouldn't think the skies would be this blue but they were, a function of it being April, despite the intense heat.

It's interesting how we do not have late season intense heat anymore (at least to my knowledge)-- we did have 95 in October here a few years ago (at JFK). But our latest 98 in recent memory was in September 2010 and our latest 99 was on September 11, 1983 wasn't it? Our latest 100 goes all the way back to September 7, 1881 (actually 101.) It was NYC's first 100 ever recorded and also its latest.

Wait, do you mean my sig, I guess I should change the picture lol. Thanks, I appreciate you too.