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That was one of my top summers too however not as many 90 degree days as 1983. 1983, 2002, 2010 are my top 90 degree day summers (the only ones with 20 or more 90 degree days).

1944: A hurricane formed in the Bahamas and came ashore at the North Carolina/South Carolina border. It moved north as a tropical storm, then curved to the northeast, passing across the lower Delaware Bay on its way out to sea. Philadelphia, PA received 2.39 inches of rain and 0.22 inches on the 3rd. This was the first of three tropical systems to affect the Mid Atlantic states in 1944. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1944 would have been one of our most exciting summers, big heat and big east coast tropical systems!!!! 1975 - Record heat gripped New England. Highs of 104 degrees at Providence, RI, and 107 degrees at Chester and New Bedford, MA, established state records. The heat along the coast of Maine was unprecedented, with afternoon highs of 101 degrees at Bar Harbor and 104 degrees at Jonesboro. (The Weather Channel) Boston, Massachusetts had a 102 °F temperature the warmest temperature for August. (Ref. NOAA Boston Weather Events) wow 104 in Providence and we didn't hit 100? 1980: The intense heat wave continued in Texas. Dallas had their 41st consecutive day of 100° readings. The streak eventually reached 42 days. Abilene, TX was on their 41st consecutive day of 98° or higher, tying a record that dated back to 1952. El Paso, TX was on their 51st consecutive day of 100°+ temperatures. Other record highs included: Oklahoma City, OK: 110°, Tulsa, OK: 108° and Springfield, MO: 102°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) endless summer of 1980 continued......

Yes that place is like an oven lol Did you get into the upper 50s last night?

8/9/01 really stands out, what made that day so hot-- 105 at Newark and 103 at Central Park, the day before almost reached 100 too, it was 99 at Central Park

and our immediate area has not seen triple digit heat after August 15th since 8/20/1983. August 2001 had a notable triple digit heat outbreak near August 10th, but that was a one off the rest of that summer wasn't even that hot.

On August 20th, 1983, JFK hit 100 for the second time that summer (the first time was in July), how much cooler than that was NYC?

Roger, were all the 100+ days in 1944 in August? None in July -- although that entire summer was very hot? And I see 1955 peaked at 100 on one day in early August and also had a very hot July, were there more 100 degree days in 1955 in July? I see 1933 was 100 on August 1st, that was the extension of a heatwave that peaked on July 31 at 102 degrees, the only 100+ temperature recorded in the last week of July at Central Park. Were those the only two days of 100+ in 1933? Thanks!

Look at all those 100+ days in August in 1944, that would probably have been my favorite summer from that era.

it's in the low 70s here, it feels more like September 20th not October lol

I think you misread what I wrote: what you stated here is what I said, the mins are rapidly increasing, the maxes are not rapidly increasing, they are relatively stable (it could be a small increase but not anything like the rapid rate of the mins increase.) So the daily range is much less (the difference between min and max.) I don't disagree with what you wrote about 2050 either, it's just that we are not there yet. Recent Julys have had mean minimum temperatures that are warmer than the mean 24-hour averages from past "cold" Julys. Probably after 2050, we will begin to see Julys where the mean minimum temperatures exceed the mean maximum temperatures from old-school cold Julys.

rclab I think they should hire you to do the dos equis commercials!!

it's not really cooling, maxes have stabilized while mins are climbing so overall it's still warming.

and number 9 and number 10 too.

I noticed many of those summers came after really hot summers: The top 5 most definitely.

this weather is fine after a heatwave but no one would want this weather every day. I don't mind rain and cool weather for a day or two after a 4 day heatwave, but not every day.

it's bright and sunny now

Chris posted that earlier, 1983 had the most 75 degree dew points of any summer prior to a few years ago. It was an incredible combination of both heat and humidity. There's actually an interesting step up and leveling off that happened over time: In its era 1949 had the highest combination of heat and humidity and that was only exceeded decades later by 1983, which was not exceeded until 2010. So as far as our hottest summers go, we have a new record hot summer and then a levelling off for a few decades before we hit the next higher peak.

JFK didn't have a single 100 degree day which is why I rank it behind years like 1944, 1948, 1949, 1955 and 1966. 1966 really had the hottest summer from that era.

Thanks Tony, wow JFK almost had a 3rd 100 degree day, there was a 99 in July just before they hit 100. There must have been a lot of offshore flow that summer!

From what I have seen, Saturday, Sunday and Monday will be mostly sunny (a great weekend!), Tuesday will be partly cloudy and Wednesday and Thursday will be mostly cloudy. No rain at all though during that period.

Isn't it ironic though how the SST were so much cooler in June when we had the 100+ heat at the coast? Maybe SST are not that important when it comes to extremely high temperatures (but more important when it comes to elevated mins and higher dew points and humidity?)

this is why going by average temperatures is such a bad idea, 2024 was in no way shape or form record warm and last summer was nowhere near as hot as this summer has been.

this is why going by average temperatures is such a bad idea, this summer is MUCH hotter than last summer was.

EWR was cooler than JFK in 1983...

Yes last year was in no way shape or form *record* warm.