Wow, looks like that highest summer average temp from 1966 is still holding? I thought 2010 would've beaten that since that summer holds all the other records lol.
Do you have a specific set of those records for JFK, Don? Including number of 90 and 100 degree days? Thanks!
I wonder what was happening in 1908 with all those 80 degree lows lol. We didn't even have an urban heat island back then.
Are you sure about those records from last summer (2020), Don? I dont remember that summer as being particularly hot, certainly nothing like 2010 was? July 2020 certainly cant hold a candle to July 2010 our hottest month of all time!
I discount LGA temp records, that area is like an oven, any temp numbers coming out of there should be taken with an extreme grain of salt. And NYC is now overfoliated. We should use JFK temp records because it doesn't suffer from urban heat island as much as the others and it's a nice happy medium between NYC and LGA. Or even better use an average of JFK and EWR and you get the full spectrum of temps and both of those are much less tainted with urban heat island than the rest.
Highest average minimum temperature: 72.1°, 2020 (LGA)
Highest average mean temperature: 79.5°, 2020 (LGA)
Monthly:
Average monthly maximum temperature: 90.6°, July 2020 (LGA)
Average monthly minimum temperature: 75.2°, July 2020 (LGA)
Average monthly mean temperature: 82.9°, July 2020 (LGA)