LibertyBell

I just saw a live video of the Manhattan skyline, why does it look so POLLUTED and SMOGGY?? Is it because of trapped pollutants from car fuel exhaust?? Barely any visibility in the video I saw, meanwhile 25 miles to the east over here it's a very clear and deep blue sky with zero haze.

are there power outages or something? what causes the intrahour issues? I think they missed a 90 degree reading in there, we hit 90 here a few days ago at 4:04 pm and JFK didn't catch it.

94-98 is the range I would go with and that's pretty good (and close to our July max of 95 which we hit earlier in the month.)

The only thing that interrupted that heatwave was a 3.25 inch deluge on Day 3, I wonder what kind of storm that was? That was almost a 15 day heatwave if you count the 89 the day before it started.

wow it shows that even low to mid 90s can be deadly, the length of that heatwave might be what made it so deadly. It's not on the list of longest NYC heatwaves though. Why was that heatwave in 1972 more deadly than the two longer and more extreme heatwaves in 1999 though? 1999 was second only to 1953 in heatwave length and extremes.

Oh nice I am going with this classification too. Hot is like a SECS (4-8 inches of snow) Strong heat is like a MECS (8 to 15 inches of snow) Extreme heat is like a HECS (16 to 29 inches of snow) Inferno is like a BECS (30 inches of snow plus) I would adjust strong heat to 95-99 and extreme heat to 100-104 though

Yes, around here it's only been 5 days, we got about 30 minutes of a very heavy rain shower on the night of 7/20.... do you have the JFK total from that night Tony?

are we sure today's going to be all that hot? it's not even in the mid 80s here yet and the sky is a deep blue kind of clear sky, no haze like we usually see on very hot days and the temperatures are not rising quickly like they did in late June at this time.

Wild, the endless heat of 1936, 1999 and 2010 continued ..... 2010: The 105 °F recorded at the Richmond International Airport on the 24th and 25th also ties the highest maximum temperature ever recorded in July in Richmond. The high of 105 °F and low of 79 °F on these two dates yields a daily average temp of 92.0 °F which breaks the all-time daily mean temp of 91.5. Thus making these two dates the hottest days ever recorded in the past 113 years for Richmond. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC) This highest temperature ever recorded for July of 105 °F has occurred on two other dates. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC)On the 25th, damaging straight line thunderstorm winds with widespread gusts 60-75 mph and isolated gusts to 90 mph across parts of Fairfax and Loudoun Counties in Virginia and Montgomery, northern Prince Georges, Ann Arundel and Charles counties in Maryland and in Washington, DC. The storm resulted in 3 deaths from wind and one from lightning, widespread damage from downed trees and power lines, and loss of power to more than 300,000 customers. Highs: EWR: 99 (2016) one of only 2 days in Jul with record highs not 100 or higher NYC: 97 (1999) LGA: 97 (1999) JFK: 93 (2010) New Brunswck: 98 (2010)

Yeah we really don't get the kind of droughts here that they get in California and other places out west. I don't think we can go more than 6-7 days without rain here in the summer anymore. We might get a lot of rain at once, which isn't good either.

We might need another volcanic eruption like Pinatubo in 1992 to get a cool summer like that again. If it wasn't for Pinatubo we would have had a 5 year hot summer streak from 1991-1995. I remember in 1990 and 1991 we were talking about how historically hot it was in NYC, 23 out of 24 months above normal and record world heat at that time (average global temperature over 57 degrees for both years.)

Having 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, one right after the other was pretty wild too-- the only interruption was 1992 and that was because of Pinatubo erupting.

Wasn't the summer of 1984 much cooler than the historic summer of 1983 (my first summer on Long Island, after we moved from Brooklyn in November of 1982, my two benchmark Long Island events were the February 1983 Blizzard and the historic Summer of 1983.)

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.