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Some of our longest 95+ streaks, the last one was in 2002.

it looks like the sun is trying to come out here, thankfully

But not two 7+ day streaks in one summer since 2002. Also found this regarding Central Park https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2013/07/new-yorks-lengthiest-heat-waves.html A heat wave, at least in the Northeast, is defined by the National Weather Service as three days in a row with high temperatures of 90° or hotter. They occur, on average, about twice each summer. However, this post is interested in "big boy" heat waves, i.e., those lasting seven days or longer. Since records began in 1872 there have been just twenty-two, with one occurring about every seven years. The seven-day heat wave of July 2013 broke a ten-year streak without one (and there hasn't been one of this length since).

The small black ticks are the worst and they're the ones that cause Lyme disease. A deer fell into my pool and died a few years ago and I found six of those ticks on my clothes that summer and got that tick repellant chemical from Amazon to put on my clothes, but I was changing my clothes in my garage every day I worked in my garden and washing those garden clothes in a bucket in my driveway outside every day. I did some research and found out that the tick's best natural enemy is an opossum, they eat those things like crazy so now I always leave food out for them.

https://www.weather.gov/okx/heatwaves Longest Heat Waves - 90 degrees + in a row (through March 10) Days Dates Temperatures 91,91,91,94,98,99,98,100,97,102,94,90 92,97,97,93,96,97,93,92,90,98,90 98,100,101,102,97,94,94,91,90,90 90,94,92,97,95,98,94,96,93,90 92,96,98,95,92,93,94,94,94 93,92,96,98,97,100, 102,92,104 91,93,91,91,91,94,99,101,95 93,94,91,94,92,91,93,93,91 96, 95, 95, 96, 97, 90, 92, 91 91, 92, 91, 94, 93, 94, 96, 95 98, 95, 98, 94, 95, 94, 96, 93 97, 102, 97, 96, 95, 95, 96, 95 91,91,93,95,95,100,100,94 93, 93, 91, 94, 96, 90,96 93, 93, 95, 94, 96, 99, 97 90, 93, 96, 99, 96, 100, 102 94, 93, 94, 98, 96, 93, 97 94, 95, 96, 93, 94, 94, 93 98, 100, 90, 95, 100, 97, 93 92, 97, 100, 101, 91, 90, 90 https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2013/07/new-yorks-lengthiest-heat-waves.html A heat wave, at least in the Northeast, is defined by the National Weather Service as three days in a row with high temperatures of 90° or hotter. They occur, on average, about twice each summer. However, this post is interested in "big boy" heat waves, i.e., those lasting seven days or longer. Since records began in 1872 there have been just twenty-two, with one occurring about every seven years. The seven-day heat wave of July 2013 broke a ten-year streak without one (and there hasn't been one of this length since).

No thats not all of it, climate change doesn't mean higher highs here in the northeast, at least in the areas where we live. It's not about *sensors running warmer* I lived through the 1991, 1993, 1999, 2002 great summers when we had 100 degree days. I measured the heat myself and it was more excessive than what we see now. Cities like PHL, NYC, JFK are on record lack of 100 day streaks now. It's because *climate change* does not mean *global warming* not every place is experiencing higher temperatures, especially higher maxima. In the winter sure, it's getting warmer, but the summer-- not so much. The averages are getting somewhat higher yes, but that is driven by higher minima, extreme heat is being blunted by more rainfall. You can see this with how heatwaves are much shorter than they were back in the period I referenced, with drier hotter summers in the 90s up to 2002 we had much longer heatwaves. 2002 was our last summer with two 7+ day heatwaves and we have not seen 100 degrees here since 2013, and this record applies to all three cities.

Philly, NYC, JFK all have record lack of 100 day streaks right now.

if we go by number of 90 degree days probably less hot but this is bound to change at some point and we will return to our hot summers from the 90s once again

In 1993-94 and 1995-96 and 2004-05 they were not snowy enough (at least for the northeast).

No I'm just going by the Longest Heatwaves page the NWS maintains for NYC, I don't know what heatwaves JFK had that year except for the amazing 102 degrees we hit out here right after the 4th of July! According to that page NYC last 7+ day heatwave was in 2002 and 2002 was also the last year to have two heatwaves of that length (well of course since it was also the last time they had one 7+ day heatwave lol.)

and two big heatwaves in July of 7+ days each, something we don't see anymore :-( We saw it happen one more time in 2002 and that was it.

A few years ago a deer fell into my pool at my other house in the Poconos and died and I had to call in the game warden to help remove the deer. Well long story short, removal of the deer was much easier than what happened the rest of that summer. A massive tick infestation, I found six ticks on my clothes that summer, I bought that chemical from Amazon that you're supposed to put on your clothes to keep them away but still had to change clothes after each time working in my garden and wash my gardening clothes in a bucket before taking them inside, etc. The ticks were of the small black variety and thankfully none of them got under my skin (literally), although one did manage to get into my hair but I removed it before it was able to do anything else. I found out later to leave food for opossums since they are the ticks' worst nightmare, they eat them like crazy.

we have to like it because it's much needed, Rob!

Highs:EWR: 99 (1999)NYC: 96 (1925) 94 in 1999 * / 2008LGA: 97 (1999)JFK: 92 (1999) 1999 had such a great summer, we didn't have all these darned ticks that year. Looks like this is when the heat got started that wonderful summer and today was a clean sweep for record highs that year.

I'm really worried about these ticks Rob, I see there's large numbers of them in parks here. It's going to be a bad season (it already is.) https://abc7ny.com/post/tick-season-officials-warn-bites-rise-provide-prevention-tips/16669279/ SMITHTOWN, Long Island (WABC) -- "Don't let a tick make you sick." That's the message doctors across the country are spreading after discovering that tick bites are on the rise. The CDC estimates 500,000 people in the U.S. will get Lyme disease this year, and all it takes is a single tick bite. Wildlife experts say, from what they are seeing, it could be a rough season.

Let me go on record as saying that 70 degrees 70 dew point and foggy with 100% humidity (which caused me to turn on my a/c before 7 am) is much much worse than 100 degrees with a 58 dew point and 25% humidity and sunshine, for which I would never have to turn on the a/c. With another tropically wet month coming up I'll be spraying for mosquitoes and other nasty bugs outside.

So it looks like June will be wet just like May was but with much higher humidity, so more like a tropical climate for us? I'm going to have to spray outside for mosquitoes and other bad bugs.

yeah this weather absolutely sucks, on came the a/c even before 7 am lol 100 degrees sunny and dew point of 58 with humidity of 25% is so much more comfortable than this.

what you're describing sounds a lot like 2004-05 that was the famous Messenger (RIP) winter when everything trended favorably for coastal snowstorms.

interestingly, in winters like 1993-94. 1995-96 and 2004-05 the models underdid snowfall.

paradoxically, CC may cause ocean effect snow to increase for the Cape and Islands?

Chris whats that giant High in eastern Canada doing in the first map, all that deep red up, what are the temperatures under that?

No showers here at all just foggy and 100% humidity and yucky 70 degrees. I don't know why some people go by the temperatures, 100 degrees with a 58 dew point and 25% humidity is MUCH more comfortable than this mess I turned on the air conditioner as soon as I woke up. No a/c needed with 100 degrees and 58 dew point and 25% humidity, this weather is so much worse!

omg, how do you and your poor dog deal with it? this seems to be a really bad season for ticks. I wonder if it's because of all the rain followed by very warm weather?

tick season is here we can't go to parks anymore they said a deer died at a park because over three dozen ticks attacked him and they even killed a mallard duck.... don't they have chemicals they can spray to kill all these ticks? Two things I want exterminated from the planet are ticks and mosquitoes they serve no purpose in nature except to hurt everything else so let's make them go extinct.