LibertyBell

I thought it was because volcanoes like Pinatubo have more of an influence over the summer than the winter? It had a big impact in summer 1992.

Yes, the early 2010s streak was extreme but shortlived. It was 2010-2013 while the era from the 1930s through the 1950s started in 1932 (and what a warm winter 1931-32 was!) and lasted until 1966. We had a big drought in the 60s that actually extended it through that decade too.

wow were you sad to go to Greece during such delightful weather? Based on my past experiences in Greece I would think you weren't sad lol

March should have an asterisk, it was absolutely baking last year lol February 2025 is -0.8?

wild June 1980 for JFK for what happened to be one of our hottest summers and the hottest July-August couplet (at least at NYC). wow the one in June 1918 was actually on the longest day of the year and during actual summer!

getting a high in the 60s with sunshine in June is pretty crazy too!

wow that must have been something! I remember an upper 40s (49) sometime in the mid-late 80s in mid August. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was my first time staying up all night and I stayed awake all night and I laid down in my driveway for 4 straight nights to see the Perseids. It turned out to be four of the clearest, crispest low humidity nights that August has EVER seen. It was my first Perseids and it did not disappoint-- I even saw a giant fireball just before sunrise a few minutes before I was going to go in to go to sleep! Unfortunately that kind of deep sky with chilly weather with low humidity very rarely ever happened again in August, maybe only once or twice in the last 40 years. I think it was August 1987 if I remember correctly. Could have been August 1986 too though.

Don what was the low on June 4th 2023 at NYC and JFK and when's the latest we've ever had a low in the 40s?

Linden? KLDJ I think?

Jun 27 ___101 1966 this was one special summer, and the hottest was yet to come....

They're going to have a big problem with fresh water supplies if they aren't already. And throughout Europe.

before that he was user12 and his next name will be user14 ;-)

and one in Mineola for Long Island. when is our tech going to be accurate enough that we won't need expensive ASOS or stations anymore and a satellite can just accurately tell what the exact temperature is (and rainfall/windfall/wind speeds) at any point on the planet?

Not sure how hot 2019 was but there were a couple of days that really roasted in late July and we had a power outage to boot. 99 for two consecutive days at JFK and heat indices of 117 both days, the highest I've ever seen here.

damn some of our coldsnaps and heatwaves match up. How was Summer 1944 out your way? 1948 and 1949? 1944 had 8 days in a row of 95+ 1948 had three straight 100+ days (later matched in 1966) and 1949 had 5 days of 99+ 1953 had two separate superheatwaves here with 4 100+ days split between them lol 1955 set the record for most 95+ days at NYC (16). July 1936 still has the NYC record (106)

between 11 pm and 2 am based on the charts Walt posted

west coast? I wonder how far south the good stuff got to?

in a few days it'll be fine. below normal weather like this never lasts for that long, particularly during a dry pattern.

the wind makes it really bad for allergies =\

Thats crazy they typically come out after July 10

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This is a great point, we might need to wait for the AMO to switch to the negative phase for this to happen. When the AMO switches to negative we get more 100 and above degree days in the summer and more 0 and below degrees days in the winter. Cases in point Years we went 0 and below in the winter and 100 and above in the summer: 1977, 1983, 1993, 1994 I think we also did both in the 40s-60s period several times. When we switched to a +AMO our rainfall went up and our 100+ days in the summer and 0- days in the winter both dwindled.

LGA, JFK, etc all had their last blockbuster hot summer in 2010, LGA had 48 days 90+ JFK had 32 days 90+ and also set the record for 10 days of 95+ and tied the record of 3 100+ days.

it really sucks for allergies, if you have a chemical that would block pollination of whatever crap is causing these allergies I'd be happy to spray it.

LGA and JFK's last really hot summer on this scale was also 2010. I consider that the peak of what's possible here in terms of summer heat. EWR is a furnace, it doesn't even belong in the same climate zone with the rest of us.