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Have we come close to matching that 42 75+ DP days we had that one year at JFK? I think that was 2017?
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1989-1990 was another notable one after a snowy Thanksgiving and then a record cold and dry December, record warmth in January, February and March with summer like mid 80s around the Ides and then a late snowfall in early April. DC had more than we did that winter they got a storm in December that somehow changed to rain for us when a secondary formed too close to the coast, the second blown 6-8 inch call that year (the first one was in the previous winter, in February, when we had virga all day while ACY got 20" of snow.)
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I think 2001-02 might have been our warmest winter, and the warmth extended into springtime and summer....unusual because a moderate el nino followed it (which was a great winter.) I loved that dry heat wave in April 2002! I was hoping the summer wouldn't be as lackluster as 1976 which was the only other time we had such an early heatwave and 2002 did not disappoint. I had roses growing after Christmas in 2001 and my first crocuses popped up in February in 2002- the shortest non growing season I've ever had.
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the 1989-1990 type winter on steroids......I rank 2001-02 as the worst of the worst, particularly because JB was talking about it being the GOAT of winters in advance, when does he not lol
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Hopefully that puts a big dent into the major drought in the SW. I saw there was even a flash flood watch for Death Valley National Park today. -
damn August 2011 was so close to 20" I'm sure parts of Long Island hit it in August 2011 just like they did in October 2005. I know western Long Island had 10" in just one Saturday event in August 2011. Has JFK ever had 20" in one month? and lol @ March and April 1983, back to back 10"+ months! Had accumulating snow as late as April 19-20 that year too! and 1933 and 1934 had back to back Septembers with 10"+ must have been an active tropics that decade lol. 1938 was only a few years away.....and 1944 a few years after that.
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and 2013 was our last truly peak heat summer- it hit 100 that month at JFK!
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what did we have in 2001? I remember that summer as cool and wet and somehow we spiked up to 103 in August (second highest temp ever recorded in August)?! and went back to cool and wet again after that? The heat didn't come back until November and then never left again until over a year later lol.
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weird it's also happening in areas that are in megadroughts. It is the monsoon season though! Any reports of excessive reports out of the Asian monsoons?
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Several years ago, I remember the SW part of Nassau county had flooding rainfalls with a stalled storm in July, do you remember this Chris? Basements were flooded, and I believe JFK got between 4 and 5 inches of rain? This isn't the 10 inch deluge that happened here in August 2011, this was a much more localized event that only hit southern Queens and SW Nassau county.
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Whats the cause of this sudden global rainfall increase all across the world, even in areas experiencing a super drought? It's almost like we have a monster storm circulating across the entire planet, our own version of the Great Red Spot.
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With the downsloping wind, could JFK beat NYC in temps the next two days, Don, and get to 90+ both days?
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Could this be signs of a developing El Nino? We had very cool nights in August just prior and during the Perseid meteor shower back in the mid 80s just before an El Nino.
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Definitely along the coast too. Higher mins and some blunting of extremes of highs, but still warmer than normal overall. The added moisture makes it more difficult to achieve higher maximums but does raise the floor with the higher mins. I noticed the added moisture in the West. One thing we need to remember is that added moisture in the air does not necessarily equate to more rainfall (it does in the East but maybe not in the West.)
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Funny how these storms always seem to do this. It's like a repeating pattern. Cant be a coincidence. The electrical grid is so fragile here that a couple of distant lightning flashes takes the power down lol.
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Looks like absolutely nothing happened here, the moon is out and no signs of any clouds anywhere.
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Latest 0 on record on Long Island was during that period.
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Shows how wonderful that 2010-2013 period truly was, I miss it!
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Was that back in July 2019 when JFK had the back to back 99 highs and the record 117 heat indices? I remember it was a Saturday and Sunday that happened.
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Looks like we could be close to the upper 50s too
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How and why the hell does the rainfall always miss this area? See that area between Valley Stream and Oceanside lol? All we get is flashes of lightning and power outages, but no rain. What's the reason this happens? We did have rain this morning but it was general stratiform rain (welcome though, especially without lightning, which I don't like seeing since it causes power outages here.)
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huh how are you getting that weird rainy weather when you're on long island just like I am? We just had a few flashes of lightning and no rainfall of consequence. We had enough of that this morning though.
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I know this is way out there range, but I have plans to be in the Poconos for the Perseid meteor shower. I'm going there Saturday August 7th and will be there until Monday August 16th for the shower. Of course, no specifics can be given, but can you at least hint at some generalities like sunny, dry weather hopefully? And hopefully not humid or really hot either. 50s at night would be perfect. The other really good thing is the moon will be in the first half of its phase cycle so will be setting before midnight that week and not interfere with the Perseids!
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This part needs to be reread: We are still two days away from the heat just starting to enter the high arctic and with ridging over the area full sun will be out, yes with declining insolation each day but warm windy weather and sun is duo that even in our latitudes snow/ice melts out from this. Add in any moisture potential and the process really speeds up. There also seems to be a push from the american/canada region of ridging over the CAA with potential +2-4C anomalies showing up. Ice thickness is about a lot more than just solar insolation. Meanwhile the glaciers are going bye bye all across the globe and people are fiddling while Rome burns (not that I ever liked the Roman Empire or its philosophy of conquest but that's for another day lol.)
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This huge rise in dewpoints and rainfall, are the higher temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic to blame for this? It can't be anything else, with how our tropical season now starts earlier than it did before and how wet and humid our springs and summers have become.