LibertyBell

already got to 93 here with overcast skies lol

Everybody is talking about today's busted forecast lol They thought today would be cool and rainy it was supposedly a level 2 flood event day?

We made it to 93 here already, I thought it was supposed to be cooler today and rain all day? Has JFK made it to a 80.0 average for the month, Don?

I thought a cold front was supposed to come through and cool us all down? Talk about a busted forecast lol, it's already 93 here even with overcast skies!!!

wow that was a lot of rain on July 31, 1996-- over 3.5 inches at JFK, what happened Don? I remember Bertha from July 1996 but that was much earlier in the month!

I didn't even hear thunder

SW Nassau didn't even go completely cloudy lol

so maybe it won't be like 2011 after all lol

Yes my best summer since 2010. But even in 2010 we did not have any 7+ day heatwaves from what I remember, but it was my hottest summer for 90,95 and 100 degree days. 32/11/3 in that department!!!

I hope we don't see a heatburst lol

wow it's still partly sunny here did you make it to 99 again today??

I thought of that when I read something recently about being able to make your own portable particle collider lol. When you turn the lights out you can actually see the particles glow as they collide.

it's interesting how the really long 7+ day heatwaves have become very rare, our last one was in 2013. Any thoughts on why this has happened Don? Are frontal passages during the summer becoming more common? I remember during the megaheatwave in July 1993 that lasted 10 days that there was no frontal passage for almost 2 weeks lol. In July 1999 we had an 11 day heatwave without any frontal passages too!! My hottest summers prior to 2010: 1993, 1999 and 2002 each had multiple heatwaves of 7+ days.

Maybe one day we will be able to make and install our own rooftop radars.

I also think they build differently, their buildings don't trap heat like ours do.

Remember August 2011?? After it hit 103 and 102 on back to back days on July 22 and July 23 2011 at JFK, we had 10 inches of rain on August 14 2011; this was 2 weeks before Irene. A Saturday all day heavy rain!! The SST peaked in the low 80s because of all that heat, around 83 degrees.

Greening the city is a really good idea with multiple health benefits (not just cooler temperatures but reducing air pollution by serving as air filters too.)

yep and even Florida is hitting 100 more often now-- Tampa hit 100 for the first time ever and a record setting 113 heat index too.

well now that we know that Tampa can hit 100 degrees I guess we can too. I read they just had their highest ever heat index of 113 too.

Normally, you'd want some winds at night. The winds aid in evaporative cooling off your skin to make you feel cooler.

It got to 97 here on a southerly wind, my hottest of the month

The really interesting thing is they are always considerably hotter than the rest of us and even exceed Philadelphia in 90 and 100 degree highs. Sometimes JFK is tied with them in heat on a downsloping wind, but they're usually ahead of everyone else even then. 1993 was a case in point, 9 100+ degree days at EWR, 3 100+ degree days at NYC, and 2 100+ degree days at JFK and this was before the ASOS and/or siting issues. And I read that the siting isn't as much of an issue with Central Park, as is the switch to ASOS. Why did we switch to ASOS in the first place? I liked what we had before it was much more accurate (with temperatures and wind speeds and precipitation type.)

JFK still well behind its 10 set in 2010.

I mean the local furnaces made it that high, but I have a strong feeling that in summers past (like 1991, 1993, 1999, etc.) places like Corona Queens were regularly over 100 degrees. Places like that probably hit 100 degrees at least once every summer. The peak was 103-106 in June, but more like 97-101 in July. The lower sun angle might have more to do with it, as it hasn't been rained here much.

It had to be hotter than this in June, unless you mean just the barrier islands, I dont know the temperatures there but in Far Rockaway, Oceanside, Island Park, Freeport, etc, all these coastal towns were well over 100 degrees in June for 2 days.