LibertyBell

it's fine even here with a temperature of 84 and a dew point of 60 some people just like cold weather =\

very similar, and 100 degree days was 3 vs 2

1983: While the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast basked in late summer record heat, wintry weather occurred in the Rockies behind a strong cold front. Record highs in the east included: Reading, PA: 95°, New York (Central Park), NY: 94°, Wilmington, DE: 94°, Baltimore, MD: 94°-Tied, Hartford, CT: 93 °F. (Ref. Many Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link) The historic summer of 1983 going out with a bang !!!! Looks like a clean sweep here !!!! Records: Highs: EWR: 93 (1983) NYC: 94 (1983) LGA: 92 (1983) JFK: 90 (1983)

The main difference between those summers was the peak temperatures in 1966 were in the more traditional July 4th week period while this year we had them in late June right after the solstice lol. Was the number of 90/95/100 degree days also similar Tony?

Thats what I did, I no longer have a car. I do use air conditioning but only a room air conditioner in my bedroom. It's wasteful to air condition other rooms when I'm not in them for more than a few minutes at a time. Meanwhile, my neighbor has like 4 cars, one for each member of their family. Lol.

wow it's over 80 here already I wonder if that's ever happened here (I know it happens in Hawaii sometimes) where it's 80+ near the beach and snowing up in the mountains lol

it's already over 80 here today, a nice downsloping W/NW wind too. Do you think today is the hottest day here for the rest of the year, Tony?

That 2 day December 2003 blizzard really stands out for this. It was a blown forecast since the rain/snow line stayed 5 miles south of us and we all got over a foot of snow from that. As a matter of fact when it got colder on the second day of the blizzard we actually got less snow (drier air smaller snowflakes) vs when the rain/snow line was much closer to us on the first day of the blizzard.

it's not that hot it's very humid though.

Yep and that 10 year period from the mid 80s through the early 90s was also much colder than the current period so as soon as we got enough moisture we knew it would still be able to snow. Which is exactly what happened.

The real endangered species is the near normal snowfall seasons. Maybe the same thing is happening with our rainfall patterns too. Everything is becoming more extreme and much more variable.

If you go earlier in the snowfall record even before 1869 it was even snowier and snow stuck around from November to March. There were some 100 inch snowfall winters in there, likely 1782-83, 1804-05, 1836-37, 1844-45.

Ouch lol In that earlier period how many of those 6 < 10 inch snowfall seasons were between 1972-1997?

April 1872 was absolutely amazing for snowfall too.

The early part of the NYC snowfall record was much higher than it is now, plus you also have to include compaction since snowfall was measured near the end of the storm. If snowfall was measured like it is now, those earlier decades likely averaged over 40 inches of snow instead of the 32-36 inches using the old method.

the 1980s snowfall drought really commenced after the 1982-83 winter, I'd say it lasted from 1983-84 through 1992-93 if you want to cover a 10 year period. What was the JFK average for those 10 years, Chris?

it reminds me of just before the rain/snow line breaches the area you often get your heaviest snow.

You'd think we'd have a summer like 1966 with all this dryness, why didn't that happen? 1966 was one of our hottest summers.

Same thing here, Ed, one 90 degree high and one 89 degree high in August, it was a cool month.

it was 81 here yesterday

1941: A remarkable aurora borealis or "northern lights" was observed as far south as north Florida on this night and the 19th. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) wild, that must have been like the solar maximum we had in 2024. The aurorae must have been easily visible in 1941 just like they were last year here.

But there was a time when NYC regularly got 40 inch snowfall winters, look at the period from the 1860s through the 1920s

You must like turning on your heat, I don't even want to think about doing that before November

I'm just glad it will be after the sun goes down, I'm going to pick up food in about an hour.

just too far north and east, sort of like 2/6/10