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wow more than even Allentown, thanks Don! Any reason why Providence was able to reach 100 this year and we haven't (and even DC hasn't.) Was there a downsloping wind at Providence on the day it happened there and an onshore one here?

lol awesome, I think they should name historic heatwaves retroactively.....I have a few I would like named and most of those names would consist of four letters........

Don thanks for the JFK and Allentown data. I think the Allentown data applies to my Poconos location (I'm only one county north of there right now), but just for comparison's sake do you have 90 degree data for Mt Pocono and Scranton also? Thanks!

JFK? I thought it was only 88 there.

Sooner rather than later they are going to have to start to build housing to match our new climate...I would go for what they have in the SW where the heat accumulated during the day escapes at night.

I'm in the Poconos right now and it's hot and humid here and no a/c (and no way to install it either since the type of windows here do not support it.) I have all my fans running and took my shirt off to feel better. The plus of being here is that it cools off rapidly at night no matter how hot it is during the day, we almost always make it down into the 60s at night.

Are they naming them after their family members or something? Who the hell is "Danyel" lol. That said, I do like the European method of naming big winter storms, it's a lot easier than having to refer to storms by the date they occur on, particularly when you have multiple big storms in the same month! Like, when I'm referring to that big February 2010 storm, am I referring to the big blizzard that buried DC, the storm that occurred in the middle of the month that gave us a snow blitz after a wet start, or the storm near the end of the month that screwed over New England? Jan 1978- are we referring to the triple phaser that detonated over the Ohio Valley or the big surprise snowstorm that hit us and New England? I dont see why America wants to keep itself separate from the rest of the world- we dont use the metric system and we dont name all our historic storms. And I dont mind if we go back to retroactively name them if that's what needs to be done.

it works out sometimes, it depends on the type of pattern we're in naturally. Also the extreme summer of 1993 was followed by a snowy and icy winter in 1993-94. And there was also the extreme summer of 2010 followed by 2010-11.

Damn I have some friends that live just north of Cedar Rapids- I hope they are okay.

I have a few on my list lol..... 1804 (snowicane that occurred that October), 1836 (supposedly 100 inches of snow fell in NYC and PHL), 1869 (snowfall), 1888 (for the March blizzard), 1896 (cold January blizzard 2-3 ft of snow with temps near 0), 1898-99 (extreme winter), 1910 (historic April snowstorm that dropped almost 20 inches in Philly), 1916-18 (extreme winters), 1933-34 (historic winter), 1936 (dust bowl peak), 1938 (hurricane), 1944 (extreme summer and hurricane), 1947-48 (extreme winter followed by extreme summer), 1953 (extreme late season heat), 1954 (extreme tropical season for the east coast), 1956 (extreme March snowstorm), 1958 (extreme snowstorm that dropped 30" in Babylon), 1960-61 (Donna followed by an extreme winter), 1966-67 (extreme summer followed by a big snowfall season), 1977-78 (because I was too young to remember it well.)

It almost seems like the anomalous heat is working its way south from the North Pole (remember the Siberia temp of 100.4?) and the high humidity is working it's way north from the southeast and both are meeting right over us!

damn take care of yourself! I saw Fauci recommend people wear eye protection because studies are showing it can spread via *any* mucous membrane, and that includes the eyes.......

the 1998 Yanks ? ;-)

highest heat index I've seen in the metro.....the peak was around 130 in PHL if I remember correctly, though LGA was up there too. We almost made it to 100 last July with the back to back 99 at JFK with heat indices near 120.

and possibly may be the reason we're seeing more east coast TC threats (although 2011 and 2012 saw Irene and Sandy). 2011 may be one of the most extreme years I can remember, from 108 in July to record rains in August from Irene and a stalled front that dumped 10" of rain. 1983 and 2011 were likely the two most extreme years we've had both for rainfall and for heat. Do you think the reason for the extreme shift you've depicted was the super el nino of 2016? Why and how do you think it happened because of that and why do you think it didn't happen after the 1982-83 super el nino (which seems to have been similar to it in terms of warm December followed by historic February snow?) or the 1997-98 super el nino for that matter.

the 1995-96 of summers. Prior to that it was 1993 and before that 1966 (complete with a historic drought.) 1983 also needs to be mentioned because of the extreme heat and humidity combo that was not seen again until the 2010s.

Yeah, I'm a big time weather history buff and I remember reading that some of our most widespread and longlasting heatwaves started with a Sonoran heat blast in the SW.....the Weather Almanac diagrammed the amazing 1980 heat blast that lasted over two months (!) It was horribly tragic in St Louis where thousands died....here in NY we had two months straight of mean temps around 80 (July and August)...I believe August 1980 was our hottest August on record. The heat persisted here until the third week of Sept.....that was a true summerwide heat blast that began in the third week of June here and ended in the third week of September. The entire astronomical summer had an omega block type of jetstream with an extra wide middle (hot) part, the only parts of the CONUS that were north of the jet stream were the extreme Pac NW and northern ME. The slowing jetstream may also be responsible for the extreme (3"+) rainfall events that are on the rise as well as slowly moving TC we have been seeing in the South.

I hope we can have more summers like 2010-2013, that was the peak of the heat here. Remember 108 at EWR?!

2010-2013 those were the good old years of record number of 90 degree days and peaks in the 100s ;-) I guess I'm asking when are we going to start seeing stronger Bermuda Highs force their way inland to allow for more downsloping winds and longer streaks of 90+ days like we saw in 1993 and 2010 as well as peaks in the 100s? Next year (if the 11 yr peak of the solar cycle is correct?) What has been causing the Bermuda high to have this weird orientation that is pushing the hot air farther to the north and even allowing Providence, RI to have 100 degree highs, while DC, PHL and EWR dont? Did PVD have a land breeze that day they hit 100 degrees? Wow... JFK had their three hottest months in 2010, 2011 and 2013 (and the only ones that averaged near or above 80?) I see LGA had their record hottest month this year, was LGA less hot in 2010, 2011, and 2013?

I like the droughts more, as the higher dew points result in breathing difficulties and more pollution. Do you think it will be possible to invent a global dehumidifier to suck out all this excess humidity? After all, water vapor is a GHG. I wouldn't mind if humankind found a way to lower sea levels by reclaiming some of the land lost to the oceans (70% oceans is a little too much, it should be more like 50% ocean 50% land.) Anything that happens can also be geoengineered away. It's high time humanity started tinkering with the environment to fix it rather than just let it all go downhill. Looks like we will be doing the same on Mars within the next few decades, as NASA just sent a rover there that converts CO2 to O2.

I think that might have been Dec 2015 when we had our historically hot December! And then over 30 inches of snow in a single storm in Feb and even below zero on V-day! And then I remember an 80 in Feb and the bugs all came out to party ugh!

If green is humid subtropical, what are pink and purple? My summer home is in the lower part of the purple.

I like the droughts more, as the higher dew points result in breathing difficulties and more pollution. When are we going to resume our streak of 100+ summers? Do you think it will be possible to invent a global dehumidifier to suck out all this excess humidity? After all, water vapor is a GHG. I wouldn't mind if humankind found a way to lower sea levels by reclaiming some of the land lost to the oceans (70% oceans is a little too much, it should be more like 50% ocean 50% land.) It's high time humanity started tinkering with the environment to fix it rather than just let it all go downhill. Looks like we will be doing the same on Mars within the next few decades, as NASA just sent a rover there that converts CO2 to O2.

I thought that was more like mid October lol. Remember JFK hit 95 last October! Yum!

Great for the Perseids! I saw a green meteor streak last night!