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Wait, that was a year before Hale-Bopp? I wonder why I dont remember it in NY, maybe it couldn't be seen from here?

I wonder if we'll get the much needed turnaround next summer? If any summer can do it, it'll be next year's.

bleh I thought JFK reached 90 here yesterday? We did (just barely) hit 90 here in SW Nassau. TV Met on ABC said "all NYC airports hit 90"

Yes, it seems like things changed after the 90s, before then NYC was fairly consistent with the rest of the area with its 90+ numbers.

2010 agrees well with my own observations that it was our hottest summer EVER :-) However I found both 2016 and 2005 to be lackluster because of lack of 100 degree temps on the coast. I have my own list for the hottest summers and these are them in chronological order: 1991 1993 1999 2010 2011 honorable mention goes to 1983 and 1995 and 2002. I find the number of 90 degree days and number of 100 degree days to be more important than avg temps when I gauge which summers are the "hottest." That 10 day streak of 90+ and 3 straight 100+ in July 1993 really stand out to me as the hottest weather I've ever experienced here. The streak of 3 days out of 4 at 100+ at JFK in 2010 comes close, but that was a drier (nicer) heat. Overall though 2010 > 1993 and they are both in my short list for hottest summers. If I had to go back in time I'd say 1966 belongs on this list too, possibly second only to 2010 for its streak of 100+ And 1953 because of that record streak of 90+ and 100+ in late August and September!

this weather is BORING, I'd much rather hit 100 here.

we have to get rid of that annoying ocean....we didn't even hit 90 here today.

But those water temps are only near the surface, I think some are under the mistaken impression that we can get Cat 4/5 hurricanes like areas further south can. The warm water extends to much deeper depths down there and upwelling here means those warm ocean temps dont last very long. As a matter of fact, a nice hot land breeze actually means more upwelling and cooler sea surface temps and a yucky humid breeze from the SE is what makes the sst warmer and yet the coast cooler. The strength of oncoming tropical cyclones around here has much more to do with the overall pattern and the speed of the oncoming storm rather than how warm or cool the sst are.

thats exactly what I'm saying- I heartv mets say ohh long island has the sea breeze and they get jealous as if it's 75 here or something. The "sea breeze" here isn't much better than it is in the Louisiana swamps and smells just as bad......

You think one of these years, NASA will explode a nuke on an otherwise mundane comet just to give us a show ;-)

aint that the truth. I'm waiting for another one of these "great" comets, I dont think we've had any in our lifetimes?

I dont have any honey bees but plenty of bumbles, they're always welcome in my yard, and I dont think they sting anyone who doesn't bother them. I do keep my distance from them though...... Once last year one somehow got into my bedroom and I grabbed a pair of gloves and gently put him/her back outside on a flower and s(he) went on their way as if nothing had happened.

JFK is great for radiational cooling, much more like the south shore of Nassau County. It also cools down faster in the fall during early season snowfall events ;-)

this sucks, I like very dry heat, humidity causes air pollution issues and this damned sea breeze which looks cooler on the thermometer but doesn't feel cooler because the humidity is higher! I wish they'd put in a sea wall to keep the "sea breeze" out!

oh no- if DC had hit 90 today they would likely have had it for 30+ straight days...oh well, there may be more opportunities, who knows they may start another 20+ day streak starting tomorrow!

ah I see, I was thinking that JFK is more representative of coastal parts of NYC like southern Bklyn and southern Queens, and EWR is more representative of the other parts of the city. Both are better radiational coolers than either NYC or LGA. If we use a four location composite is the data still comparable to the four site composite prior to 1996 (before ASOS was used.) And would 2010 rank as our hottest summer (and hottest month) on record both by avg temp and by number of 90 degree days?

there is only one very hot summer with an east coast up this way that I can think of Chris, and that was 1944. That year really stands out for the hot summer (part of the 11 yr cycle of course) and the big east coast tropical hit.....

wow nice statistical write up, Don! If we were to only use one of the four sites, which is most representative? EWR? Or if we were to use an avg of two, would it be EWR+JFK?

Walt I understand the historical significance but isn't the data tainted if the foliage isn't pruned back and/or removed? How come no one from the NWS comes to do that or tells the park conservancy to do it? It should be some kind of executive order lol

take the avg of all four or simply take the avg of EWR and JFK......

the most representative sites seem to be JFK for coastal Brooklyn and Queens and EWR for the rest of the area. Both radiate far better than either NYC or LGA.

scientifically speaking it's consistent if all the other measuring locations are airports. airport=airport=airport airport<>park

Don do you think DC gets its new 90 day streak record? Today was supposed to be close.....

lol here's something funny.....I actually played some common bird sounds I hear on my iPad and I heard those birds calling back from my yard......one was a Grosbeak and the other was an Oriole.

glad I dont have THAT! mine was just plain metallic shiny black, only flew a few inches lol. I haven't seen it any more. I was thinking the hissing was some kind of exotic insect (or snake?!), but that's in my Long Island home. The vultures are what I saw in my vacation spot in the Poconos.