LibertyBell

This feels like one of this old time historic summers I always used to read about that had multiple heatwaves of 100 plus degrees. 2010 was great but had only one 100+ degree heatwave (granted it was 3 days of 100+ here). 1953 had two 100+ degree heatwaves (NYC) 1966 had three 100+ degree heatwaves (NYC) and 1983 had two 100+ degree heatwaves (JFK) Those are the only years that have had multiple 100+ degree heatwaves for either NYC or JFK, Don???

I hope this is a sign of a new global pattern of reduced sea breezes. Maybe as we all heat up, oceans and land alike, sea breezes will be much less common.

Zero smoke today the skies are crystal clear and deep blue, smoke won't be an impediment to temperatures at all this week.

Even if the public did accept it wholeheartedly, I don't think any of us could make a difference, our country and our planet is run by corrupt rich oligarchs.

Yes, the lack of snow and ice in the Alps means a shortage of fresh water, it's truly terrible.

102 degrees on back to back days in June of this year comes to mind. We got the monthly record and earliest ever 100 degree temperatures at JFK.

YES! I want to see at least one 100 degree day this week and it would truly suck if the air pollution from that smoke was the reason it doesn't happen.

wow such a historically cold February in a moderate la nina in 1933-34? Thats one thing I remember about the first part of the 20th century, the la ninas used to be much colder and much snowier. Thats why 1995-96 and 2010-11 were much more like them than any recent la ninas.

the 1930s really were wild and extreme, thats a great comparison 1933-34 to 1898-99, both were el ninos weren't they?

is he a JB acolyte?

that was truly disgusting, around 80 with 75+ dew points is my nightmare scenario. That day I blacked out, it was 81 with an 81 dew point (100% humidity).

thanks Chris and no sea breeze until after 4 pm each day?

JFK might hit 100, which if so, would be tied with 1966 and 2010 with 3 100+ days.

JFK could hit 100 again, I look forward to it!!

Yay so Florida has been hitting 100? So that means if we have Florida weather we will be too, even with onshore flow :-) What was the high in Orlando? They hit 100 once every 10 years or so (about the same as JFK).

really? it looks like blue skies and been partly to mostly sunny here since around 4

we got enough to make the ground wet but nothing heavy or even that noticeable. The sun came out before 4 and it's actually been a really nice late afternoon. Can't even see any smoke or haze anywhere just blue skies and some puffy white clouds.

wow even for JFK? why did this happen now and not back in June? did those fires only just get started Chris?

it'll probably get here after 2 pm the morning rain didn't happen but that actually increases the chances the afternoon rain will.

Higher dew points also lead to higher asthma rates, as it causes car fuel exhaust particulate matter to be suspended closer to the ground. Maybe this is why higher dew points cause my light headedness? I don't know but I had a couple of very serious cases when everything went white and I couldn't hear anyone around me and lost all motor function (I felt like I was walking in a swamp). One time I had to be taken to a hospital because it caused me to black out (or white out), fall off a bus and I injured my tailbone. I didn't remember anything other than the bus reached the last stop, the terminal, and I got up extremely light headed trying to walk (after trying to lie down in the bus which actually made me feel worse-- like my head was detached from my body) and made it to the steps and then I don't remember anything. People later told me I fell down and got up several times and kept falling down, until the last time, which I do remember, which felt like a fog clearing. I had a bruised tail bone and could not sit properly for a month (and it recurred two other times around the holidays). The three times I had this issue, it was cloudy all three times with temperatures in the 80s and dew points of 75+ It never happens when it's around 100 and sunny and it's a drier heat.

But what I'm saying is that higher dew points are much more dangerous than higher temperatures are. I'll use myself as an example, I get extremely dizzy and light headed when the temperature is in the 80s and the dew point is 75+ and cloudy. I am fine and even go running when the temperature is around 100 and the dew point is in the 50s and 60s. About the farming, widespread use of corn and soy and their oils really isn't healthy, I switched to olive oil years ago and experienced a drop in my blood pressure. It's why the Meditterrannean diet is so much better.

1993: The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1993: Rising water stopped all rail traffic through Kansas City, MO. Flood crests from the Missouri and Kansas Rivers pushed toward Kansas City, MO at the same time, prompting fears that the crests would arrive simultaneously, pushing water over the city's flood control levees. Fortunately, the crests arrived six hours apart, with water levels just lapping at the very tops of the levees. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)1995: Powhatan County, VA a woman received minor injuries when lightning struck her near the front door of her house. (Ref. Lightning - Virginia Weather History)1995: A heat wave began on this date across the southwest and continued through the 29th. Record highs included: Coachella, CA: 120 °F, Phoenix, AZ: 118 °F, San Jacinto, CA: 113 °F, Tucson, AZ: 113 °F, Riverside, CA: 112°, Banning, CA: 111 °F, Moreno Valley, CA: 111 °F, Sun City, CA: 111 °F and Yucaipa: 110 °F and Winslow, AZ: 103 °F. A male tourist from Ohio drowned in a rip current at Lake Worth Beach, FL. Strong easterly winds associated with the approach of Tropical Storm Erin caused the rip current. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) Big heat continued around this time in both 1993 and 1995 !!

it's not supposed to be 100 anywhere tomorrow, thats for Tuesday and Wednesday.

there are some health problems linked with higher corn and soy consumption too, I think it has to do with monotype agriculture. High consumption of corn oil and soybean oil also isn't good, olive oil is FAR better (especially for your heart.)

It's not natural to have these large fields of corn and soy and the evapotranspiration caused by these out of place fields causes something that is far deadlier than higher temperature-- much higher dew points. The much higher dew points have been directly linked to hundreds of people dying, like in the lethal 1995 heatwave that killed nearly 600 people in the Chicago area.