LibertyBell
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2002 had a truly classic summer. Really hot and very dry. I have some pictures from that year that show lawns that looked like straw. 90 + heat from that first historic heatwave in April onwards right through September. Good times! And of course what made it even more classic was the winter that followed.
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I'd much rather have my warm Octobers. Cold weather right now does nada except add to heating bills without the visual benefit of snow.
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Yeah I remember when the reservoirs were down to around 40% back in the 80s-90s era so it's amusing that having them around 75% or so in the middle of the summer was considered extreme.
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It's raining very hard here, we already have over 2" in this event. This whole week is a huge downer lol. I think people forget that for most of NYC's climate record, the average annual rainfall was around 40". Going by the full climate history, this isn't much of a drought.
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I wouldn't say the rain is desperately needed though....this isn't California.
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Also goes to show how hot the back to back years of 2010-2011 really were. I hope we get back to that (and more like the era of the 1990s when we had the most high 90 degree days)....having drier summers would be a nice first step.
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The weather we had before was great. Meaning temps in the 70s, sunny and low humidity.
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He must have a heater on to stay warm.
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In the winter though this would seem like the first storm in February 2010.....
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This storm in January would probably be better for most of the area than getting this in December.
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For whatever reason these kinds of storms seem to happen the most in October and March. There was that December 1992 historic storm too.
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I remember 1995 quite clearly, that one was awful and led to the wildfires. No measurable precip in August until a weird southward moving front reached us the night before September started! Where does the couplet of June-July 1999 rank, having two months in a row of around half an inch of rain is historic. What about the entire met summer of JJA 1999? I remember we didn't bust the drought until Floyd hit here (right around my birthday on the 15th!)
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I don't get this desire for flooding rains, it's already rained plenty the last couple of days. And it's not completely dry right now, the roads are wet down here and it's too cold for early October. Floods don't bust droughts, they just create run off, which is useless and destructive. It takes several months for droughts to end (not that this one is such a bad drought anyway.)
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My memory of that period is pristine as usual and you need to go back to whatever hole you crawled out of. Perhaps back to your blog, which has some of the most mediocre writing I've ever seen.
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lmao as usual haha (also wrong there)-- you don't seem like the kind of person who would do well on standardized tests, you seem to have issues with context. It's delightful that you actually think that was a blanket statement that applies to the entire planet, but no, we're talking about the NYC region since that's the subforum we're in.
I was talking about our local area. I also posted a number of metrics that showed that Summer 1999 was indeed a hotter summer as measured by concentration of hot 90 degree days and by hottest month of the year (and indeed the hottest month in the NYC record-- July 1999) And the dryness of back to back near 0.5 inch months is nearly unmatched. My memory of that period is pristine as usual and you need to go back to whatever hole you crawled out of. Perhaps back to your blog, which has some of the most mediocre writing I've ever seen.
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You said nowhere east of NJ recorded 100. You were wrong, as usual.
lmao as usual haha (also wrong there)-- you don't seem like the kind of person who would do well on standardized tests, you seem to have issues with context. It's delightful that you actually think that was a blanket statement that applies to the entire planet, but no, we're talking about the NYC region since that's the subforum we're in.
I was talking about our local area. I also posted a number of metrics that showed that Summer 1999 was indeed a hotter summer as measured by concentration of hot 90 degree days and by hottest month of the year (and indeed the hottest month in the NYC record-- July 1999)
You said nowhere east of NJ recorded 100. You were wrong, as usual.
lmao as usual haha (also wrong there)-- you don't seem like the kind of person who would do well on standardized tests, you seem to have issues with context. It's delightful that you actually think that was a blanket statement that applies to the entire planet, but no, we're talking about the NYC region since that's the subforum we're in.
I was talking about our local area. I also posted a number of metrics that showed that Summer 1999 was indeed a hotter summer as measured by concentration of hot 90 degree days and by hottest month of the year (and indeed the hottest month in the NYC record-- July 1999) And the dryness of back to back near 0.5 inch months is nearly unmatched. My memory of that period is pristine as usual and you need to go back to whatever hole you crawled out of. Perhaps back to your blog, which has some of the most mediocre writing I've ever seen.
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It would be better if they went out to sea lol, it's been raining for 2 days already.
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It's way too early for this ****. I hate having to turn my heat on so early.
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There's a number of winters that fit this category, but there's a number that go the other way too. There's really just no way to tell. One thing we seem to have gotten rid of is what we had for most of the twentieth century, which is cold October, followed by mild November, followed by cold/snowy winters.
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Maybe a little less than 1" I didn't get JFK's final total but they were under 1" last I checked. Haven't had a 1" rainfall since the beginning of met summer.
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This is why we had a storm with 120 mph gusts hit Nova Scotia. It was like Sandy, but even stronger (931 mb vs 940 mb and 120 mph vs 100 mph). I don't know how high the surge was though.
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Yes, this was my favorite summer in many years....I have to say since the big heat of the early 2010s ended. Remember earlier in the spring I conjectured that the dryness out west may be migrating further east....do you think this was the first warning shot of drier summers ahead? I think so, especially combined with the cool phase of the AMO.
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The 5 straight 100 degree days matched 1993 which was also one of our hottest summers, however in the 1993 stretch it hit 105 twice and in 1993 there were also 9 total 100 degree days (I think EWR matched that too-- not sure.) What I'm confused about is what kept us from hitting 100 degrees here, Chris? We hit it 2-3 times even right on the coast in 1993. We had several days of 95+ but didn't quite hit the century mark. From the 90s I distinctly remember Craig Allen and others saying as long as we have below normal rainfall and dry summers we can reach 100 because with the ground so dry all the solar heat goes right into heating up the air close to the ground. Even if we have a sea breeze later in the day, the dry ground causes the temperature to rise so quickly we can reach 100 by noon or even just before. Our sea breeze doesn't usually kick in until around 2 PM. I went back to look at how amazing 1999 was with all that concentrated heat-- do you remember another period in NYC history when we received only half an inch of rain in back to back months?
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Even if you go by average temperature (which I don't) 1999 still had the hottest month on record-- July 1999. Almost tied with July 1966 and July 2010 according to this. https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2012/07/revisiting-new-york-citys-hottest-summers-.html The summer of 1966, New York's second hottest on record, has the honor of having the hottest average monthly high temperature. Although July 1999 was the hottest month on record based on mean daily temperature (average of the day's high and low), the average high in July 1966 was hotter than July 1999 by 0.1 degree, 90.3° vs 90.2°. However, July 1999's average low was 3.5 degrees warmer (72.6° vs 69.1°) and that's what easily put it on top. July 2010 missed tying July 1999 as NYC's hottest month on record because of a 0.1 degree difference in average high temperature. However, 2010's consolation was that it become New York's hottest summer on record because June and August were hotter. The same page also mentions how dry 1999 was. Getting just one inch of rain over 2 months has to be some sort of record. Two of New York's five hottest summers were also extremely dry. 1966 had the the driest summer on record, with every month receiving less than two inches of rain (1.17" in June; 1.25" in July and 1.89" in August). The summer of 1999 was the fourth driest and featured the second driest June (0.59") and the driest July on record (0.44"). The combined rainfall of those two months was barely more than one inch (average rainfall in June and July is close to eight-and-a-half inches).
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https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2013/07/how-hot-is-hot-concentration-of-90-degree-days.html This uses a more nuanced methology-- it ranks summers by concentration of 90 degree days between first and last. Looking at records dating back to 1872, the most 90-degree days in a year has been 39 - and it happened twice - in 1991 and 1993. However, while 1991's occurred over a lengthy span of 23 weeks, 1993's were more concentrated, occurring over five fewer weeks. 1991's hot days, in other words, were more "diluted". While 1991 experienced 90-degree temperatures during 24% of its "window", 1993's corresponding figure was 31%. Yet, neither of these hot summers come close to 1999. Although that year had ten fewer 90-degree days, they were concentrated in a sixty-day window. That means that close to half of the days during its 90-degree window were in the 90s. And 1988 wasn't far behind, with 33 90-degree days over 77 days (43% concentration). Four other years with a considerable number of 90-degree days (24 or more) also had a higher concentration of 90-degree temperatures than either 1991 or 1993. So, you be the judge over which summer was hotter. Even if you go by average temperature (which I don't) 1999 still had the hottest month on record-- July 1999. Almost tied with July 1966 and July 2010 according to this. https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2012/07/revisiting-new-york-citys-hottest-summers-.html The summer of 1966, New York's second hottest on record, has the honor of having the hottest average monthly high temperature. Although July 1999 was the hottest month on record based on mean daily temperature (average of the day's high and low), the average high in July 1966 was hotter than July 1999 by 0.1 degree, 90.3° vs 90.2°. However, July 1999's average low was 3.5 degrees warmer (72.6° vs 69.1°) and that's what easily put it on top. July 2010 missed tying July 1999 as NYC's hottest month on record because of a 0.1 degree difference in average high temperature. However, 2010's consolation was that it become New York's hottest summer on record because June and August were hotter. The same page also mentions how dry 1999 was. Getting just one inch of rain over 2 months has to be some sort of record. Two of New York's five hottest summers were also extremely dry. 1966 had the the driest summer on record, with every month receiving less than two inches of rain (1.17" in June; 1.25" in July and 1.89" in August). The summer of 1999 was the fourth driest and featured the second driest June (0.59") and the driest July on record (0.44"). The combined rainfall of those two months was barely more than one inch (average rainfall in June and July is close to eight-and-a-half inches).
