LibertyBell

1953 had a historically hot summer for us too, with two legendary historic heatwaves with 4 100+ degree days spread evenly between them and even a historic severe wx outbreak with an F4 tornado in Worcester, MA!! 1953: The warmest June on record occurred in Oklahoma City, OK. The main part of the heat wave extended from the 11th through the 21st, and seven of the daily high temperatures during that stretch remain records for their respective dates. June 14th was the hottest day, reaching a toasty 106°. The other records ranged from 100° to 105°. Even the nighttime lows were records. Eight daily minimum temperatures from June 1953 are still record-warm daily minimum temperatures, ranging from 75° to 80°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

Thursday could be even hotter than this past Thursday was! Friday is the first day of summer.

July 2011 had historic heat. About July 2013 that was one hot month, I remember July 4th was very stuffy, big heat and no wind lol. That was the last time PHL hit 100 too wasn't it?

historic heat that summer too!!

it better be with westerly winds!

why, this is the worst weather ever

who are you trying to hide from lol?

Yes it is, with dew points of 45, you clearly don't remember July 4, 2010. and I'm glad we hit 90 Thursday, that was the best day of the entire summer!

You have a nice park in West Babylon.

It feels far more uncomfortable near the ocean with the higher humidity-- unless you go swimming of course. For cooler nights I find the mountains, in the Poconos it's much cooler at night and much easier to sleep. If you want to go by comfort level, the temperatures at the ocean with a sea breeze don't mean much because the humidities are higher. If you want real comfort you need elevation. Fortunately I love heat so I loved Coney Island back in the 80s when we used to have actual heat. My favorite summers baked at the beach Going swimming was cool relief but as soon as I was out of the water I felt the hot embrace of the sun once again. The reason I love Long Beach is because it's so close to the city and doesn't feel the sea breeze as much as say Fire Island or Montauk does. SW winds only have a short trajectory over water so the influence is much less-- Atlantic Beach even better, I used to spend a lot of my summers there.

You're thinking of 2014, 2013 was very much like the previous summers .... we usually group 2010-2013 together, it was the last time JFK hit 100. It was also the last time we had what I call a super heat wave..... 7+ days of 90+

yep hit 80 here around noon

hopefully that sustained period of warmth will also be dry and not include any rainfall, Don.

Trenton number seems off too.

We don't need any more rain. It's nice to see the sun out again :-)

it was nice until noon when the clouds came in. The high was 80 here.

That sometimes happens here too, the sea breeze gets here after 3 or 4 pm But listen, the sea breeze isn't all that it's cracked up to be, all it does it make it more humid. May I introduce you to July 4, 2010, when it was 101 degrees with a 45 dew point at JFK? That is FAR better than any sea breeze, you don't sweat in it and it's GREAT running weather!

forget sea breezes, a westerly wind, 101 degrees and a 45 dew point is far better and great running weather ! all a sea breeze does is make it more humid....

you would have loved 1993, 1999, 2002 and 2010 lol.

hopefully 100 and no more rain, we don't live in Ireland and don't need any more rain.

Beginning in June a SW wind isn't all that cool here.... maybe for Fire Island, but a SW wind has a very short trajectory over water here and I've seen it hit 90 many times here on a SW wind in June and 100 on a SW wind in July.

But that doesn't improve SAD. You can also get Vitamin D from fish and milk, but the real benefit of the sun is improving mood.

JFK gets a bad rap, but it's hotter around here than it is in a park, we're in an urban area-- this isn't Fire Island lol.

I trust the temperatures near JFK a lot more than I trust either LGA or EWR. JFK temperatures are more natural and what I would expect to be normal for the area without human interference. LGA and EWR seem inflated..... I can personally speak to inflated temperatures near LGA because of congestion. My car thermometer records a 5-10 degree spike when I exit the Mid Town Tunnel and enter Queens and this spike lasts until I get on the Grand Central. It's more than UHI, it's the large number of people driving cars and all the car exhaust that artificially boosts temperatures in that region. We didn't have this kind of car congestion in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, etc. It's why it stays higher at night around LGA too.

1993: Four inches of rain fell in one hour on Lenox, IA as the Great Mississippi Flood of 1993 was beginning. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) and one of our greatest summers of all time !! JFK: 95 (1983) looks like the great summer of 1983 began around this time too