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It's interesting how only the top 3 summers had over 20 90 degree days at JFK. EWR and JFK are actually a good match for summer weather, as the top summers in both are similar, I see 2010, 1983 and 2002 all in the top 10 list at EWR 1 2010 32 0 2 1983 26 0 3 2002 21 0

If we ever get a repeat of 2010 do you think we could break all time records? Wasn't 2010 following an 11 year cycle, so maybe every 11 years we would get a summer like that? If so the next one will be in 2032.

so much wild stuff in this list 1993: The Great Midwest Flood continued as flood waters came close the Des Moines, IA water treatment plant, leaving the city's 250,000 residents without water for 12 days. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) was this great flood and our record heat both caused by the same thing in 1993? 1980: Hot weather prevailed from the southeast to the Plains. Daily records included: Wichita, KS: 111°, Columbia, MO: 108°, Dodge City, KS: 108°, Topeka, KS: 107°, DFW Airport, TX: 107°, Macon, GA: 104°, Savannah, GA: 103°, Memphis, TN: 103°, Houston, TX: 103°, Columbus, GA: 102°, Paducah, KY: 102°, Atlanta, GA: 101°, Chattanooga, TN: 100 °F. (Ref. Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link) persistent heat in 1980 continued 1912: Boston, MA recorded the end of the longest heat wave ever. It was 9 consecutive days with 90 °F or more. (Ref. NOAA Boston Weather Events) 1936: From July 5-17, temperatures exceeding 111 degrees in Manitoba and Ontario claimed 1,180 lives (mostly the elderly and infants) during the most prolonged, deadliest heat wave on record. Four hundred of these deaths were caused by people who drowned seeking refuge from the heat. In fact, the heat was so intense that steel rail lines and bridge girders twisted, sidewalks buckled, crops wilted and fruit baked on trees. Some record temperatures include; 112 degrees at St. Albans and Emerson, Manitoba, 111 at Brandon, Manitoba, 108 at Atikokan, Ontario, and Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1936: Unbelievable heat occurred across the Mid Atlantic states and the deadliest heat wave ever in parts of Canada. Ontario, Canada recorded its hottest temperature ever as the town of Atikokan hit 108°. On the same day in Manitoba, Winnipeg also reached 108°, the highest recorded temperature there since records began in the 1870's. St. Albans set Manitoba’s all-time record as they soared to 112°. In the United States, the all-time record high was set at Rochester, MN with 108°. Other daily record highs were set at Lincoln, NE: 109°; Peoria, IL: 108°; Rockford, IL: 108°, Grand Forks, ND: 108°, Decatur, IL: 107°, Moline, IL: 107°, Dubuque, IA: 107°, Minneapolis, MN: 106°, St. Cloud, MN: 106°, Fargo, ND: 106°, Springfield, IL: 105°, Champaign, IL: 105°, (Ref. Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link) wtf was going on in 1912 and 1936? Wasn't 1912 the year Fenway Park opened and the year the Titanic sank? and look at that heat in 1936, you'd think with all that dust in the air from the Dust Bowl, the heat would actually be less.

But we have not had record July heat, just a lot of cloud cover and stalled fronts.

damn that's really bad for your solar panels!!

Thanks for this extensive list Chris-- how is it possible that LGA did not record 100 degrees even one time in July 1993? EWR had 4 in a row, NYC had 3 in a row and JFK had 2 in a row in that month? I also agree about the monsoonal type pattern, it seems like our summers are becoming cloudier and we are getting many more in the way of stalled fronts in our area in July? This never used to happen before, has the Bermuda Ridge become too weak to hold fronts well back to our west as it used to do in summers like 1993, 1999 and 2010? Is there a way to specifically track amount of cloudiness for the month of July through the years and decades?

Something I wanted to ask you about-- since we have broken the June 100 degree barrier here on the south shore / JFK the next barrier that needs to be broken is getting a 100 degree day in September. It's never happened at JFK has it? And the last time that Central Park had a 100 degree day in September was on September 2, 1953? The only other time Central Park hit 100 degrees in September was September 8, 1881? A notable 99 was reached on September 11, 1983, which was our latest 99. I don't think JFK has hit 99 in September (though they have hit 98 a few times.) So our next goal should be to get to 100 in September.....

This doesn't look to be a high end hot summer on the scale of 1993 or 2010, but more like 1994, when we had early extreme heat and the rest of the summer was mediocre.

Same as central Jersey. There's a reasonable reason why..... people who live near south facing coastlines almost always get less in the way of storms (I hate severe weather so I don't mind.) East facing coastlines like NJ and MA have do much better with these kinds of storms.

it would be better to keep the humidity under control with nice dry weather.

I was outside for 4 hours lol, came in right around 1

EWR has three more 90 degree days than PHL lol

I noticed 1967 is on this list too, it came right after the historic 1966 summer! This follows a common pattern: we get a great hot summer (1966), then a great snowy winter (1966-67), followed by a dud summer (1967) followed by a dud winter (1967-68) we get a great hot summer (1995), then a great snowy winter (1995-96), followed by a dud summer (1996) followed by a dud winter (1996-97)

Yes, looks like today is the only cloudy day. No rain during the day either, we did have some last night but it's been dry since I woke up this morning.

Yes, and these so-called *fees* are being used to line their own pockets, this is what Hochul pointed out yesterday. All those profits go right to their execs and shareholders. They remind me of Big Pharma and their overpriced meds, both are vultures who feed off the underprivileged.

It's their fault in the sense of how much money their execs and shareholders make, they get fat on our backs. We need a salary cap for execs too.

Hochul pointed this out as why she was against Con Ed increasing costs, the execs get fat on our backs. exec salaries should be chopped in half. I would go even further and create a ceiling on how much they can make.

I've been doing landscaping work this morning since 9 am and it's actually perfect weather for it.

They were all so extreme back then. We don't get the extreme and lengthy heatwaves like we did back in 1993 and 1999 anymore. It's just too wet to get that anymore. What we get now is 2-3 days of extreme heat like we did in June, which is the most extreme heat we've seen since 2011. The cool summers you describe, would you say 2014 was the last one to be like that? It came right after the hot summer streak of 2010-2013.

Final high of 97 at EWR.

I do believe Newark is representative of its area but not for our area as a whole. You just have to look at the summer of 1993 to see that. Although Newark's hottest summers match my own area's they are always a few degrees hotter. In 1993, Newark had 9 100+ days while NYC had 3 (in a row) and JFK had 2 (in a row.) This was before the siting issues. You can even go back to 1949 when Newark had 8 100+ days while NYC had 5 99+ days. Newark has almost always been a few degrees hotter than Central Park, even before the siting issues. As a matter of fact, going by number of 90 degree days, Newark closely matches Philadelphia, so I'd say their summer climate is more like Philadelphia than it is New York City-- which makes sense, since it is inland.

ugh I was going to do some landscaping work in my yard tomorrow lol. when you said sea breeze minimal I thought you meant it was going to be hot lol From what I looked at, it's going to rain both Thursday and Friday and cloudy Saturday, so no sunshine after today until Sunday?

yep hit 89 here after 4 PM that was unexpected lol Usually on a seabreeze day we peak before 2 PM

Got to 89 here, just missed 90.

Omg I passed out that summer from the humidity. There were two very hot days in May and then one on the last day of August the only times it reached 90. But the day I passed out was not hot, but very humid. My nightmare kind of a day. Overcast all day with a temperature of 81 degrees and a relative humidity of 100% (81 DP). Do you remember this day Chris, I think it was in July? I was commuting back from college and as soon as I got home I got very lightheaded couldn't hear a sound saw all white in front of my eyes and everything around me was in slow motion. Luckily I was almost home and was able to stumble inside and pass out on my floor.