LibertyBell

Much better food in Greece too.

hot weather with low humidity and clear blue skies is ideal summer weather! The years he went to Greece is probably when we had that kind of weather here (1991, 1993, 1995*, 1999, 2002). I'm putting an asterisk next to 1995 because although August was historically dry, late July had some of the most humid kind of heat I've ever experienced!

damn sounds perfect lol

JFK: 94 (1992) 1992 had a very cool and rainy summer (Pinatubo induced) so for JFK to have a record high of 94 in the middle of that summer is absolutely amazing! If not for that volcano, JFK would likely have been 100+ on this date (the hottest day that entire summer, Tony?)

1895 - A tornado struck Cherry Hill in New Jersey causing fifty thousand dollars damage. It also descended into the Harlem and Woodhaven areas of New York City killing one person, and finally ended as a waterspout in Jamaica Bay. (David Ludlum) This must have been absolutely wild to see-- I wonder how strong it was Tony? 1936: Mio, Michigan : The highest temperature ever recorded in Michigan: 112 °F. Dells, Wisconsin : The highest temperature ever recorded in Wisconsin : 114 °F. (Ref. Lowest and Highest Temperatures for the 50 States) (Ref. Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link) What an absolutely amazing heatwave Tony! 1980 - Afternoon highs of 108 degrees at Memphis, TN, 108 degrees at Macon, GA, and 105 degrees at Atlanta, GA, established all-time records for those three cities. The high of 110 degrees at Newington, GA, was just two degrees shy of the state record. (The Weather Channel) 1980 was another year with an endless summer!

Records:Highs:EWR: 100 (1966)NYC: 101 (1966)LGA: 99 (1966) This was the last of an epic run of triple digit heat in 1966. Much better summers back then, heat without high humidity! I found this a little confusing though 1922: The mercury hit 134 °F at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA on July 10, 1913 the hottest reading of record for the World. The old world record has been revoked. Sandstorm conditions accompanied the heat. The high the previous day was 129° following a morning low of 93 degrees. The previous world record of 136 °F at El Azizia, Libya has been revoked The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)committee concluded that "the most compelling scenario for the July 13,1922 event was that a new and inexperienced observer, not trained in the use of an unsuitable replacement instrument that could be easily misread, improperly recorded the observation and was consequently in error by about seven degrees Celsius." Death Valley is now the Earth's Highest Temperature Record Has the old Death Valley record of 134 degrees been invalidated too? It should be. The new record should be the 130 recorded at Death Valley a few years ago. 1993: Heavy rains of 3 to 5 inches in an hour caused flooding of streets and roads at Dodge City, KS. Standing water of one and a half to two feet was reported in southwestern Dodge City. In south central Kansas, heavy rains in Kiowa County caused widespread flooding and as much as 8 inches of rain was reported in portions of the county. The Rattlesnake Creek was out of its banks throughout the county and was reported to be as wide as five miles near the Edwards county line. Railroad tracks were washed out south of Kiowa County Lake. The water subsided around 5 AM the next day. Major flooding on the Mississippi River produced a record river crest at Quincy, IL of 32.3 feet; eclipsing the old record of 28.9 feet set in April 1973. At mid-month, only 5 of 28 bridges that cross the river into Illinois were open. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1995: Many daily record high temperatures and three all time record highs were recorded as the deadly July 1995 heat wave continued unabated from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast. All time highs set included: Genoa, WI: 109°, Milwaukee, WI: 108°, La Crosse, WI: tied at 108°, Chicago, IL: 106°, Necedah, WI: 104°, Trempealeau, WI: 103°, Decorah, IA: 102° and Guttenberg, IA: 102°. Heat indices soared to well over 120° in many areas and close to 130° at Chicago, IL & Cedar Rapids, IA as dew point temperatures were in the upper 70’s to low 80’s. 553 people died in Chicago alone from the heat. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1996: Annandale Weather Center had 2.11 inches rain in 24 hours from Hurricane Bertha. (Ref. Annandale Weather Records - KRIC)(Ref. More information about Hurricane Bertha) epic flooding in the Midwest in 1993 continued as did our endless summer and epic heatwave 1995 was the endless summer for the Midwest 1996 a completely different kind of summer and I remember Bertha as a 65 mph Tropical Storm as it passed over JFK and dropped 7 inches of rain in the Poconos!

we can't call this a dry pattern with such high humidity lol....

Yep, way more humid than hot. The funny thing is it hasn't rained much, which proves that a warmer climate can hold more moisture without always making it rain more (though it usually does rain more, it's not always the case, as the saturation point has become higher too requiring a higher threshold for rain to fall.) It's why converting all this excess water vapor into drinking water would help on multiple fronts.

We were much more like the west during the 1944-1955 period especially and again periodically between 1991-2002.

PS what he's describing is exactly the kind of climate NYC had between 1944-1955 and again between 1991-2002.

You can't possibly like this weather either.

I hate Miami type weather with a passion. The ONLY positive is once in awhile we'd get to see a rainbow just because of all that moisture floating around lol (there was one near the Empire State Building this morning.) The rainbow in the purple sky in my sig is from Thursday July 3rd when we had that severe wx outbreak. A few bolts of lightning appeared over that same part of the sky a few minutes later lol.

I think it was last year.... it has to do with the construction of new pipelines in areas where the politicians made *promises* they wouldn't be constructed.

I love that show.... one can only dream. I remember the protagonist in one of Stephen Spielberg's movies saying that we'll have world unity only when we find intelligent alien life and then we'll all realize human beings are all part of a single global family.

What causes the ridge axis to be so far to the east? Doesn't that mean the Bermuda High is weaker? You'd think that if the Bermuda High was extremely strong it would extend much farther to the west.... like how strong low pressure systems tend to move further to the west? With reference to tropical season usually when we have really strong Bermuda Highs TCs like the type I described tend to move due west and hit Florida or the Gulf.

JFK has more 90 degree days to this point of any summer since 2010 though and still has 50% more 90 degree days than Central Park lol This isn't what I would consider a hot July, it's only slightly warmer than normal. There has been only one truly hot day this month.

The only thing I can realistically compare it to is the December 1992 noreaster in terms of how intense it was and how long it lasted. The 1990s were chock full of extreme weather the likes of which we have not experienced since!

This was the most intense and extreme heatwave I've ever experienced, both extreme in duration and intense in how long peak triple digit heat lasted. Most of the posters who didn't experience 1993 have no idea what kind of heat we had back then and have never experienced anything like it in our area!

Wow that's absolutely amazing Chris... is that the Bermuda High centered over SE PA? That's the equivalent of Sandy making landfall in S NJ, you rarely if ever see a track and position like that. Did the same thing happen in 1999 and 2002 during the very long heatwaves in those years too?

Just referring to New York City and Long Island since I remember 1988 where the heat was focused west of us. We never hit 100 here in 1988 and we had shorter heatwaves that were interrupted by a lot of back door fronts. 1988 is not listed on the NYC longest heatwaves page nor is it high up on the 90+ day summer list, but years like 1993, 1999 and 2002 are prominently featured. As I remember it, 1993 specifically had a heat ridge that held up fronts in the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley, which is why that area had historic flooding while we had endless summer.

Yep, like a few years ago. This July is probably going to turn out only slightly above normal, not a bakeoff July like some of the historic summers we've had.

It's definitely a human nature thing not a US vs rest of the world thing. The fossil fuel cartels are large multinational corporations and they hold sway over most of the world's governments -- this is why you see their lobbyists even at UN climate conventions. If you want to see real decisive action against climate change (or against anything else that is a problem in society today), you need to ban corporate lobbyists completely just like we did with big tobacco lobbyists. And corporate lobbying is a global problem that extends far beyond this country. I realized that when I started reading stories coming out of the UK about judges imprisoning peaceful climate change activists, including college professors and climate scientists at the behest of fossil fuel companies. The judges put these scientists and professors in prison even before they went on trial (if there even was a trial) as a way to silence them from protesting. They were released in a few days to a few weeks, kept in prison long enough to try to teach them a lesson not to protest.

it's very mixed because unfortunately it also means more bugs and dangerous ones like mosquitoes and ticks and a longer and more severe allergy season.

Interesting to see Malaysia way up on this list. Didn't know they had a high fossil fuel consumption, I do know about their deforestation efforts and corrupt palm oil plantations (similar to Indonesia.)

Definitely not. The old forecast of cloudy Saturday and partly sunny Sunday might work out after all.