LibertyBell

By the way humans aren't the only species who geoengineers. If blue green algae (a type of bacteria that was the first to photosynthesize) didn't geoengineer none of us would be here today.

it's not really, all these projects for taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere are also geoengineering. Come to think of it, humanity has been geoengineering since civilization began.

The full moon is on the same night as the peak of the Perseids? Why does that always seem to happen?

90 here yesterday at 4:04 pm and then an unexpected heavy rain shower a few hours after that lol.

Yes this is ending up as my hottest summer since 2011. I hope we don't have a rainy end to summer like we did then =\

I can't stand sauna weather either. Today is such a nice respite.

Lucky, where you live it's much more likely, NJ gets like 2-3 or more 100 degree temperatures almost every summer. A completely different climate compared to here =\

I thought it was supposed to be mostly sunny today

Chris, we had a late high of 90 here at 4:04 pm yesterday also under partly cloudy skies. And then we had an unexpected heavy rain shower around 9 pm last night, a frontal passage?

Nw Bnswck: 102 (1980) Lows: EWR: 56 (1944) NYC: 58 (1890) LGA: 62 (1956) JFK: 59 (1966) New Bnswck: 51 (1944) Nice to see a record from 1980, I assume, NYC's record before 2011 was from 1980 on this date? Note how 1944, 1966, two of our previous hottest summers, were on a cool break on this date.

and to think on this day in 2011 we had one of our all time hottest days ever.

1993: The levee, holding back the flooding Mississippi River at Kaskaskia, Illinois, ruptures, forcing the town's people to flee on barges. The incident at Kaskaskia was the most dramatic event of the flood. At 9:48 a.m., the levee broke, leaving the people of Kaskaskia with no escape route other than two Army Corp of Engineers barges. By 2 p.m., the entire town was underwater. a historic summer in so many ways 2011: A low of 82 degrees Fahrenheit on the 22nd at Norfolk tied for the second highest minimum temperature ever recorded there. Also the highest temperature for 2011 was 103 °F at Norfolk and 102°F at Richmond both on July, 22nd. (Ref.NWS, Wakefield, Virginia - A Near Record High Minimum Temperature for Norfork) one of our hottest days on record! Highs: EWR: 108 (2011) NYC: 104 (2011) LGA: 104 (2011) JFK: 103 (2011)

This is actually how summer is supposed to be, some extremely hot days and some below normal cooler days. Also note that Central Park has no triple digit highs at all between July 24 and July 30, this Friday is a chance to break that.

Friday is our hottest day and a chance of 100 even at the coast, Saturday still very hot but probably slightly *cooler*

Even worse, Lee Goldberg just stated that our summer hasn't been that hot, only very humid, and cited the *only* 7 days of 90+ at Central Park as proof.....

But since the climate has changed so radically, why does it matter what it was like 100 years ago Don? An equipment relocation has been done at many first order stations. Failing that, the NWS should grab some chainsaws and do some chopping themselves, why wait for the Conservatory?

Tuesday could be in the upper 70s.

Next Tuesday it's going to be in the upper 70s. We'll see about that 100+ next Friday, if it does get very hot again it'll only last 2 days like it did in June.

Yeah if we had this during the day with more sunshine we could have made a run at 100 yesterday. It always feels worse at night for some reason.

so their equivalent of the Bermuda high stalled and created the marine heatwave and it's been happening every year for like 5-6 years now Chris? Wow, if that ever happened here....

95-100 degrees even for us over here?

1942: A record deluge occurred at Smethport in northern Pennsylvania, with 30.7 inches in just six hours. The downpours and resultant flooding in Pennsylvania were devastating. The following U.S. records were set at Smethport, PA: rainfall in three hours: 28.50 inches, rainfall in 4 hours and 30 minutes: 30.70 inches and 12-hour rainfall: 34.30 inches.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1942 - A record deluge occurred at Smethport in northern Pennsylvania, with 30.7 inches in just six hours. The downpours and resultant flooding in Pennsylvania were devastating. (David Ludlum) Over 30 inches of rain in 6 hours ?! What was going on..... this sounds worse than the flooding we just had in Texas.....

Records:Highs:EWR: 104 (2012)NYC: 101 (1953)LGA: 101 (2012)JFK: 100 (2013) Amazing heat during this timeframe in both 2012 and 2013. NYC in 1953-- this was the first of two historic 100+ degree heatwaves (we had 2 100+ degree days in each heatwave for a total of 4 for the season.) 1936 - The all time record high temperature for the state of Kansas was set when a 121-degree high temperature fried Fredonia. (US National Weather Service Wichita) 1936: This day marked the end of the hottest period on record for La Crosse, WI. From the 5th through the 18th, temperatures climbed to 90° or better everyday, and at or above 100° eight times. During this time six record temperatures were set and the average high temperatures for the period was 101.0°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) Crazy heat in 1936 continued.... Could you imagine 121 degrees in the middle of the country with all that flat land all around and no trees to be found?

I don't think most people mind the cloudiness in the morning if it keeps a lid on temperatures. Yesterday morning was like this too-- until the lid came off after 1 pm.

Yes, that really does happen a lot, but usually it's a dry heat we get after the frontal passage. I guess the dew point was so high that the small amount it fell after the frontal passage still kept it humid for most of the night.