LibertyBell

Maybe NYC will finally hit 100+ in the next heatwave and JFK will have two heatwaves with 100+ temperatures, the only other time that happened was in 1983 (NYC had 4 100+ degree days in 1953 evenly split between 2 heatwaves and 4 100+ degree days in 1966 divided between three heatwaves).

1983 was epic but maybe NYC was suffering sensor issues back then too because JFK hit 100 in both July and August and NYC did not either time, but did hit 99 on September 11, 1983 which was the latest 99 on record. There were 6 90+ days in September which was pretty amazing. 1983 was both NYC and JFK's summer of record for 90 degree days before 1991/1993 and 2010 happened respectively.

1966 had that 101 in June but two more heatwaves in July that both surpassed 100, that was truly epic. I think that's the only time JFK exceeded 100 three days in a row (or three days period lol), 101, 104, 101 from July 4-6, if I remember correctly (in 2010 they had three days out of four of 100+ during that same period). NYC had a third heatwave after those two that exceeded 100 in mid July 1966.

after mid July it's fair game because we'll have enough time to reload-- see the summers of 1953, 1966 and 1983 as prime examples of summers with multiple 100+ degree heatwaves.

This is finally a return to the great summers of the past like 1953, 1966 and 1983. It was going to happen sooner or later, with or without CC.

I would love to see another short 100+ degree heatwave here, then maybe we can come close to matching some of the great historic summers of the past, like we had in 1953 (two two 100+ degree heatwaves), 1966 (three separate 100+ degree heatwaves) and 1983 (two 100+ degree heatwaves at JFK).... do you think we can come close to matching these great summers of the past, Chris?

In the ENSO thread snowman19 just mentioned he thinks another major heatwave is becoming more likely for our area after July 15th, Don. Climatological heat peak is after July 20th, so it would be ideal for it to happen around then.

I love that name Cobble Hill. I wonder if one can ski down this hill in the winter after a nice snowstorm?

all of that is great, I would just like to lower some of our high asthma rates (from NO2 pollution from car exhaust), high rates of diabetes and obesity (from excessive processed food consumption), light pollution and noise pollution that lead to depression, anxiety, insomnia, higher rates of cancer, etc. A solution that doesn't involve popping pills of course.

I love that, sounds like some of our best summers from the 50s that had two two 100+ degree heatwaves like 1953 and the famous one from 1966 that had three separate 100+ degree heatwaves. More recently, JFK had two 100+ degree heatwaves in 1983.

this is absolutely excellent, I remember when they hit 40C there, that was a landmark day.

if they change, it would be good if the rain held off until Monday.

it had its moments, it was really good with January 2016.

I'm going to be a little harsher. Why should Central Park be the official weather reporting site for New York City? It does not represent New York City climate in any way shape or form. The NWS needs to get off its high horse and realize no one cares what it was like in the 1800s (the only reason Central Park gets a level of importance from them it does not deserve is because it recorded weather from an earlier and more primitive era.) I say demote it to a lower level reporting station and don't report its data to the public at all. It no longer has any relevance to today's climate, let alone the city, in any way shape or form. And remove the KNYC designation from it so it does not get confused with New York City. It's not an airport and it doesn't need nor should it be allowed to have an airport code. I really wish some politician cared enough about the weather and climate to overrule the NWS and do all this, it's about time it happened.

at least we'll have that for Sunday

Likewise, I remember how cool 1986 was not just in July, but also in August, very clear haze free cool skies for my very first Perseid meteor shower (four straight nights in mid August) !!!!

All the great ones really stand out, Don !! Does this mean to have a historic summer you need a hot fourth of July weekend (or sometime during that week or shortly thereafter) ?? Look at all these wonderful summers in the above chart: 1949, 1966, 1999, 2002, 2010 !!

I remember a really big one in June in 1995 that might have been it. Happened at night and we had small hail and very heavy rain.

Damn I was gone that summer too. I stayed for all the really hot summers (1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002). I was also here for the rainy summers of 1992 and 1996=\ Not here in July and August in 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998.

I don't remember it because I was out of the country when it happened lol. I left on a flight the day after the peak of the heat in 1994, I remember it hit 98 and I was gone the next day, wondering if I was going to miss 100 degree heat. When I came back I found out it didn't hit 100 here while I was away lol. So 1994 didn't measure up to the greatness of 1993 (which gave me a sense of relief.)

Was that the same year we had a big hailstorm in July? in 1994 I went overseas near the end of June and didn't come back until August, but when I came back I remember reading newspaper reports about a big damaging hailstorm that hit the south shore of Nassau county and destroyed a bunch of cars outside a car dealership. At least I think that was the year. But the reports stated hailstones up to 5 inches in size, which I don't think is possible here. Still, I was sad that I missed it. Maybe it happened during this late June storm, although from what I read, I thought it was in July.

what is the cause of the connection though? what is it about the sun that would influence the atlantic ocean so much? and does it influence the pacific as much too?

looks like the kind of heat we just had comes back after July 8th, Tony??

I don't know what a *washout* means (and why do tv mets use this word so much?) but to me a few hours of rain and cloudy all day is a washout. Sunday is much better with no rain and some sunshine.

Same here, my walls were so hot I almost burned my hands touching them, I had to run the a/c all night to fully get all the heat out and turned it off when I woke up at 7 am this morning