LibertyBell

it probably has to do with the sea breeze front, I notice that it's cloudy when it's close by. I'm down to 89 degrees here now, so the heatwave is now officially over here, even though it feels much more uncomfortable now than when it was 100+ a few hours ago. It reached 102.0-102.6 9 times here today, the last time was at 4:51 pm, after that another wall of clouds moved in and didn't leave. The humidity must have spiked too, because it felt a lot worse after that than it did at any point earlier in the day.

it might have more to do with those pesky clouds though. It's so dark here that I turned on my lights to see the temperature still near 100 here.

Two days in a row JM!! Did you ever do that when you were in Long Beach??

and this is why I hate clouds, but today the heat couldn't be denied, every time there were 10 consecutive minutes of sunshine it went to 102 or even a little higher.

JFK reached 99 on May 29, 1969

How is it staying close to 100 with all these thick dark clouds?

Wow that snowstorm sounds even more rare than Sandy, Don! Something weird about today, it's very dark here and yet the temperatures have not fallen. The clouds are pretty thick and yet it's still staying close to 100 here

Three straight days at EWR and two straight days at JFK achieved !!! If it wasn't for those clouds it would have been just as hot as yesterday, I hit 102.0-102.6 five times (most recently at 3:08 pm) and each time the clouds capped the heat.

reached 102+ for the 4th time today when the sun wasn't behind clouds for more than 10 minutes lol, hit 102.4 here again at 2:45 pm before the clouds moved back in. The air is so dry how are these clouds even around?

Yep another historic day for me, 106.0 yesterday and 102.6 today and today would have been hotter but the clouds came in right after 1 pm

TWC has someone in Central Park who says it's 98 in there (maybe they used their own thermometer?)

NYC at 98, it would be funny if they finally hit 100 today

I think I skipped over that part I wonder if everyone makes it too 100+ again today besides Central Park

They didn't mention that the monthly record they tied was from yesterday lol Don what would you say was more statistically unlikely- a 30 inch snowstorm at JFK (January 2016) or back to back 102 degrees at JFK in June??

*what could have been* I hope the sun gets strong enough one day to just burn a hole through the clouds. It got over 102 for the third time today a few minutes ago but every time it does the clouds come back.

102.6 here at 1 PM and then the sun came out for 10 minutes and got me back up to 102.4 at 1:45 PM lol

But won't make it past the barrier islands and we'll still get to 100+ here on a southerly wind

a peek into the future when sea breezes will no longer exist....

Don was a statement put out by the NWS? At what time did JFK hit 102 today? I was at 102.6 at exactly 1 PM

Now it's almost completely overcast here :-( I guess that very early 1 PM high of 102.6 will do it for me today. It could have been 106+ again today if it wasn't was for those darned clouds.

Yesssss I'm glad JFK did it too, I was worried when the clouds came in earlier than forecast. Don, why is it that when the sky is 75% clear that clouds still seem to find a way to cover the sun? You'd think going by probability that 25% cloud cover would mean that the sun would be shining 75% of the time, but it always seems that the clouds are in the same part of the sky as the sun. This happened here yesterday between 3-4 pm and now today

even with the clouds it's still 99.0 here, I'm waiting for them to move back out to make another triple digit push

We had clouds here between 3-4 pm it capped my temperatures but when the sun came back out around 4 pm it got to 106.0 here Today it got to 102.6 here before the clouds moved in

record highs are much more exciting than record high mins

102.6 here, it hit 102+ twice but the clouds keep getting in the way