LibertyBell

Yes, some of those birds even make it up here. Today was a fine day for bird photography, not only did I see cardinals and mockingbirds (which are regulars here), I also saw a green parakeet who was talking (in bird words lol) to his partner. The reason I know they were using language is because there were distinct words and sentences in between pauses when the partner responded lol. We also have many different kinds of gulls and terns here, but those are pests.

Even LGA only has 1 100 degree high in that period though. Maybe it's that monsoon issue you mentioned? Do we see a ramp up in rainfall beginning in the last week of July? edit-- it's July 24-30 I think the 100 degree records resume on the 31st lol.

it's really strange how there are no triple digit highs at NYC between July 24-30 yet we see triple digit highs quite frequently between July 20-23 and then it just seems to fall off a cliff.... Maybe it's because of the days getting shorter that the record highs fall off a cliff after the 23rd (but that does not explain the triple digit highs we saw more frequently in previous eras in August and even September.)

it's hard to be below average in the summer without a very wet month, does it look like we'll get a lot of rain in August?

Yep and the other issue is even with cooler temps, the sun is so strong it heats the house up quickly. If I turn it off, like today, it's only off during the mornings and on cloudy days.

But for example, temperatures rise quicker here during the day and fall quicker here at night with a lower dew point..... doesn't dew point indicate actual moisture content while relative humidity is relative to the saturation point at that temperature?

I wonder if that heat had occurred a month later we would have challenged the records we set in 2011 on this date. Late July is usually about 5 degrees hotter than late June.

Isn't the moisture content going to put a blanket on the most extreme temperatures though? The wetter the air is the harder it is to heat up. As an example (besides the usual onshore flow stuff), Death Valley (as an example) has not exceeded its all time record of 134 set in 1913. Even if that record is eventually proven to be too high, their all time record has *stalled* in the 129-130 degree range. Same goes for the other global hot spot on the planet, the Middle and Near East (which have all time record highs in the 129-130 region also.) Do you think that the planet has a cap for how hot it can actually get? And would this be because of the amount of water that we have on the planet that will be a barrier to the highest temperatures on the planet from getting much hotter? So, for example, if we eventually see 3C of warming, would the hottest temperatures on the planet be limited to a 1C rise on the high end?

this is like Florida

Many times we actually see our hottest days just before the front passes (or just after), it depends on the orientation of the front I suppose. Do you think with all the awful beach traffic, they'll make more beaches private or community or town only?

whats causing the out of season Ambrose Jet-- it usually does not happen in July. also, by warm spots I think you mean, Newark, in these situations it's only Newark that hits 100, they are the local area's oven lol.

rip currents are what killed Malcolm-Jamal Warner =\ Can we use geoengineering to end rip currents? I'm conceiving of a sea wall like structure placed just offshore in the design of a sieve that would only let water through and would prevent a person from being swept offshore. This would have the side benefit of keeping lethal sharks away from the near shore coastal waters too.

we had that rain last night

we had unexpected heavy rain here last night for about 30 minutes or so.

when is the next time we actually see a sunny day, Tony?

So this is one of our more mediocre heat ups that does not involve Long Island- it's like a coastal hugger where it snows in NJ and rains on LI.

I think it's useful to note that higher average temperatures does not necessarily mean more extreme temperatures.

how do we get an Ambrose Jet in late July? I thought those things only happen in April and May when the water temperature is 60 degrees? My point and click says a high of 92 here.

By the way humans aren't the only species who geoengineers. If blue green algae (a type of bacteria that was the first to photosynthesize) didn't geoengineer none of us would be here today.

it's not really, all these projects for taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere are also geoengineering. Come to think of it, humanity has been geoengineering since civilization began.

The full moon is on the same night as the peak of the Perseids? Why does that always seem to happen?

90 here yesterday at 4:04 pm and then an unexpected heavy rain shower a few hours after that lol.

Yes this is ending up as my hottest summer since 2011. I hope we don't have a rainy end to summer like we did then =\

I can't stand sauna weather either. Today is such a nice respite.

Lucky, where you live it's much more likely, NJ gets like 2-3 or more 100 degree temperatures almost every summer. A completely different climate compared to here =\