LibertyBell

wow 1944 and 1949 were even better than 1953 and 1955 (although the latter two were more concentrated and even more extreme at their peak.)

Wasn't 2014 much cooler than 2010-2013-- we had less than 10 90 degree days in 2014. Many of those long heatwave records and number of 95+ degree days and number of 100+ degree days from summers like 1953 and 1955 and 1966 have not been matched since.

I understand; tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, they all need a lot of rain (I used to grow them, now I grow only flowers-- they need less watering lol). It's a fine line between rain and fungus/mold though ;-) I wouldn't mind rain Saturday night, it wouldn't interrupt anyone's beach plans.

I know a lot of east enders who grow grapes those guys love their dry summers. The best Long Island wines come from dry summers. Look I would understand if the reservoirs were at 60%, but they are above normal at 93%, there is no need for rain. Wait until they drop below 90% at least.

That's hard to digest Chris, the climate was already markedly warming in the 1950s..... As a matter of fact some of our greatest heatwaves were in the 40s and 50s. Those have not been matched since.

I'm also used to seeing dry lawns when I drive around, it's normal around here in the summer and nothing to be concerned about. Lawns are ornamental only and serve no environmental purpose whatsoever. In the storm you referenced I got about 1.5 inches of rain. You're acting like we haven't had any rain in 8 weeks. We do NOT need any rain, our area is used to having dry summers, that is NORMAL for here. As a matter of fact, the Long Islanders I know who grow grapes and make wine LOVE dry summers. The only people I know who whine about lack of rain are weather weenies like you. I can understand wanting snow in the winter, I see ZERO reason for ANYONE to want rain during the beach season in the summer, you get rain 9 months out of the year, we need a break from rain for a few weeks so people can enjoy their beach season.

I can't be concerned with a measly 4 days without rain when the number one killer on the planet is flooding and we've seen hundreds of people die from flooding. I wouldn't mind if we didn't see rain for another month. Having a lawn isn't important to me and I'm used to not seeing rain in the summer. Our reservoirs are at 93% there really is no need for rain. We get synoptic rains 9 months out of the year, there is zero need for that kind of rain in the summer. Summer is supposed to be our dry season, I've been used to dry summers my entire life living here, I'm not sure where you got the idea that we're supposed to have a tropical rain forest kind of climate.

Yep, reservoir levels are at 93%, 3% above normal.

My water bill for the past month was 9 dollars lol. (I got a credit because they overcharged me for the previous month.) Not having a lawn saves a lot on watering costs. Not having a lawn has a number of environmental benefits too.

Don't get me wrong, Rob, 1 inch of rain once a week is good. I can admit I was glad that it cooled down after that 2 day extreme heat we had in late June lol.

More rain just leads to more humidity and higher dew points. It's much more comfortable with less rain and a drier kind of heat.

I want to see that one day! The closest I've gotten to seeing that was a moonbow.

the SST got so cold in February 2015 that in addition to seeing snow crystals in clear blue skies with lots of sunshine, we also had freezing drizzle on onshore flow lol

did you have snow crystals in clear blue skies in 2015 too? we had that here, it's very rare and I've only seen it a few times in my entire life. clear blue skies, lots of sunshine and tiny starflakes falling from the skies lol

we had a very similar pattern with a slow start to winter with a mild December, then winter kicked in with a 10 inch snowstorm around January 20 (this ended up being a mild bust as the original forecast was for over 2 feet of snow lol) and then really kicked into high gear for all of February and the first three weeks of March with 2 feet of snow in February and close to 20 inches in March and a -10 F departure for February. We were in the single digits on the last morning of February. I've never witnessed single degree temperatures in March and I was just one day away from seeing that!

1993 heat was much more widespread than 2022, we were all roasting for the entire summer

Nice to see 1977 still at the top of the pack, that was NYC's hottest 2 week period wasn't it?

they are part of the 11 year cycle, 1955 and 1999 are two of the most amazing summers on record but were eclipsed by 2010 (also part of the 11 year cycle.)

I think some earlier winters were even snowier for example 1803-1804, 1836-37, 1843-44. Those are just off the top of my head. 1782-83 might have been the snowiest of them all with that Laki super eruption.

summers should be dry, we have hoses for those who plant stuff that needs water.

we have had plenty of rain, one can argue it's too much rain. This is our first four day period without rain since early June. I only expect or want rain one day per week at most.

OCEANSIDECOOP 69.0 JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTWBAN 69.0 I'm very annoyed by these 69 inch measurements lol, we all undermeasured the January 1996 blizzard so I'm sure we were all over 70 inches and probably all over 72 inches (6 feet) of snow! There was a 96 inch measurement (8 feet) somewhere on Long Island, I just don't remember exactly where. Maybe Ed in Smithtown?

How was 2014-15 by you, for us it was a backend winter but February and March were absolutely historic. 2013-14 was very good but I found 2014-15 to be better (2013-14 had many mixed events here while 2014-15 was mostly all snow and colder later in the season.)

I agree about the 30 day intensity of 12/26/10-1/27/11 I had my most snowcover I've ever seen and it lasted right through Valentines Day which is absolutely amazing for the south shore! It felt like being in the Poconos with how much snow was on the ground here (it even covered the top of my above ground pond!) What's our greatest calendar year total for snowfall? And total 12 month overall highest total? I feel like that could be 2003 (January 2003 to December 2003) and for twelve months from February 2010 through January 2011? If we hadn't gotten that near miss in early February 2010 we could have done it in the 2009-2010 winter too (although that snow season ended so abruptly after February, like 2010-2011 ended abruptly after January.) 2014-2015 had similar long duration snowcover as 2010-11 but shifted to the latter part of the season, I loved January 20 2015 - March 2015. A combination of 2010-11 early on and 2014-15 later on would have been truly historic too! The amazing thing about 1995-96 is we had what would in most seasons be considered an HECS in December, a blockbuster HECS in January and then a three week thaw (complete with severe thunderstorms, flooding, roof collapses and temperatures in the upper 60s) and an abrupt change back to arctic cold and snow in late January and early February followed by what could be considered a third HECS in February and then 3 or 4 4 inch moderate snowfall events in March followed by that big wet snowstorm in April (some places including eastern Long Island actually saw two snowstorms in April!) That winter had absolutely EVERYTHING from big snowstorms of 10+ to what has become very rare for us moderate sized events of 3-6 inches and both early and late season snowstorms. 2002-03 had many of the same things (and a very rare white Christmas with an actual snowstorm later on Christmas Eve) just in smaller amounts than what 1995-96 had.

wow and Long Island had 2-4 inches.... JFK 2 inches, which is almost unheard of after April 15th.... the closest thing I can think of was that very light accumulating snowfall mixed with sleet on April 16, 2014, it was half an inch (but did give us our latest 32 degree low.)