LibertyBell

Blame it on Robert Moses. All the highways should be torn down and the entire thing needs to be rebuilt from scratch.

There's going to be a major break between the two systems and it looks like the sun will come out Thursday afternoon just in time to see Manhattanhenge. You have to treat this like two systems not one. There will be a period of rain Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning, then a break where the skies will clear for the afternoon. And then another period of rain Friday evening into Saturday morning.

I'm excited that our forecast is rapidly changing to both hotter AND drier once June begins. I wouldn't mind it if it didn't rain again until September.

we'll get plenty of that to open up June. even the TV mets are banging the drums for a hot start to June now. the three month JJA forecast is out and it calls for hot weather on both the east and west coast with milder weather in the middle.

rain is so boring. the euro was wrong all winter so that trend would not be that hard to believe now either.

So many 99 degree days looks really weird. There were as many 99 degree days (19) as all the 100-104 degree days combined (also 19) !!

Interesting tidbits based on the above data.... 2019 (which I only remember for the heat in July), had 5 straight days of measurable snow from late February to early March followed by 14 straight days of rainfall from late April to early May. Then later in July it had the aforementioned back to back 99 degree days and the highest heat indices ever recorded at JFK (back to back 117)! Also June 1949 had 0 precip.

I love this extreme weather website, the data is easier to access and much better organized than the NWS site. https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/jfk-airport More JFK Airport Weather Records 1948–2025 Highest daily low 82 °F August 14, 2016 Lowest daily high 8 °F January 17, 1977 Greatest daily range (Difference of high and low) 47 °F December 23, 2022 Greatest difference in daily high over two conscutive days 40 °F Dec 23–24, 2022 Most daily precipitation 8.1 inches September 29, 2023 Most monthly precipitation 17.2 inches August 2011 Most yearly precipitation 59.1 inches 1983 Most yearly days with precipitation 156 2018 Earliest snow in season October 26 1962 Latest snow in season April 19 1983 Most daily snow 30.3 inches January 23, 2016 Most monthly snow 32.1 inches February 2003 Most yearly snow 61.9 inches 2003 Most snow in a winter 69.0 inches 1995–1996 Greatest snow accumulation 28.0 inches January 24, 2016 Earliest freeze October 19 1976 Earliest day ≥ 80 °F March 13 1990 Earliest day ≥ 90 °F April 12 1977 Latest freeze April 14 1950 Latest day ≥ 80 °F November 7 2022 Latest day ≥ 90 °F October 8 2007 Most days in a year < 0 °F 1 1985 Most days in a year < 32 °F 91 1967 Most days in a year ≥ 80 °F 99 2015 Most days in a year ≥ 90 °F 32 2010 Most days in a year ≥ 100 °F 3 2010 JFK Airport Weather Streaks Most consecutive days... With precipitation 14 days Apr 24 – May 7, 2019 Without precipitation 37 days May 30 – Jul 5, 1949 With snow 5 days Feb 28 – Mar 4, 2019 High temperature at or below freezing 16 days Jan 19 – Feb 3, 1961 High temperature ≥ 80 °F 55 days Jul 17 – Sep 9, 2015 High temperature ≥ 90 °F 7 days Jul 19–25, 1972 High temperature ≥ 100 °F 3 days Jul 2–4, 1966

Some noted 100+ streaks were the three 100+ temperatures in 2010 (July 4,6,7-- 101, 101, 100), back to back in 2011 (July 22 and 23-- 103, 102), 1993 (July 9,10-- 101, 100), three straight in 1966 (July 2,3,4-- 101,104*,101) in 1983 we had 2 100 degree readings, once in July (16) and August (20) and the earliest 100 degree readings recorded were in the first year of measurement (1948) in late August (26,27-- 100, 101).

wow 19 recorded 99 degree readings at JFK (including some in May and June) is wild. This has the top 10 at JFK (but leaves some out). https://recordtemps.in/new-york-kennedy-airport-new-york 10 highest recorded temperatures at New York-Kennedy Airport Area, New York (JFKthr) 07-03-1966: 104°F 07-22-2011: 103°F 07-01-1963: 102°F 07-05-1999: 102°F 07-23-2011: 102°F 07-02-1966: 101°F 07-04-2010: 101°F 07-06-2010: 101°F 07-09-1993: 101°F 08-27-1948: 101°F

https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/jfk-airport/highest-temperatures 19 times 100 or higher, honorable mention to the two back to back 99 readings in July 2019 which had the highest heat indices ever recorded at JFK (117). Rank Temperature Date 1 104 °F July 3, 1966 2 103 °F July 22, 2011 3 102 °F July 23, 2011 3 102 °F July 5, 1999 3 102 °F July 1, 1963 6 101 °F July 6, 2010 6 101 °F July 4, 2010 6 101 °F July 9, 1993 6 101 °F July 4, 1966 6 101 °F July 2, 1966 6 101 °F July 22, 1957 6 101 °F August 27, 1948 13 100 °F July 18, 2013 13 100 °F July 7, 2010 13 100 °F July 10, 1993 13 100 °F August 20, 1983 13 100 °F July 16, 1983 13 100 °F July 23, 1972 13 100 °F August 26, 1948 20 99 °F July 21, 2019 20 99 °F July 20, 2019 20 99 °F July 7, 2012 20 99 °F August 3, 2006 20 99 °F July 29, 2002 20 99 °F July 4, 2002 20 99 °F August 8, 2001 20 99 °F July 6, 1999 20 99 °F July 21, 1991 20 99 °F July 7, 1986 20 99 °F July 15, 1983 20 99 °F July 23, 1978 20 99 °F May 29, 1969 20 99 °F June 30, 1964 20 99 °F June 29, 1959 20 99 °F August 20, 1955 20 99 °F June 26, 1952 20 99 °F August 11, 1949 20 99 °F June 26, 1949

The main problem is measuring temperatures in a park. New York City is nothing like a park and the airports are more representative. If it was up to me, we'd use temperature data from downtown somewhere, there is an ASOS near the heliport. I wouldn't say JFK is a lot cooler, it really depends on wind direction. If you go further out on long island, like the Hamptons, they are a lot cooler, but where we are in SW Nassau it's not a lot cooler because we heat up faster than the city in the mornings and the wind has a much shorter trajectory over water than it does in places farther east. Trust me, I live here and it's not a lot cooler than the city, unless you're talking about the temperatures near the subway entrances lol.

It's actually a give and take, when JFK is cooler than LGA the humidity is much higher. It's never a free lunch. I would much rather have 100 degrees with a 60 dew point than 80 degrees with a 75 dew point.

No it doesn't There's another ASOS somewhere in Manhattan if I remember correctly, at the heliport, I think?

South winds are the bane of my existence. I would put up a giant wind wall along the beach if I could to keep the crap sea air away. Check out July 2010 when JFK exceeded 100 and LGA did not. I only want west, north and northwest winds.

I also noticed there are days when LGA is colder than JFK in the spring and summer. I enjoy those days.

the only lightning I ever want to see is ball lightning. still mostly unexplained.

when you have offshore winds JFK will often be several degrees hotter than Central Park. It's one reason why I love the south shore, we always heat up more quickly than other areas, even more than Newark, on an offshore wind.

NYC: 96 (1880) record early season heatwave continued on These early era heatwaves don't get talked about enough. We also had a massive 10 day heatwave in 1896.

We also have to remember that it's a park and park temperature data is not comparable to airport temperature data.

1896 - A massive tornado struck Saint Louis, MO, killing 306 persons and causing thirteen million dollars damage. The tornado path was short, but cut across a densely populated area. It touched down six miles west of Eads Bridge in Saint Louis and widened to a mile as it crossed into East Saint Louis. The tornado was the most destructive of record in the U.S. up until that time. It pierced a five-eighths inch thick iron sheet with a two by four inch pine plank. A brilliant display of lightning accompanied the storm. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) Was this an F5 that hit the center of a large city? Omg

hopefully not, we don't *need* any more rain. Going by what usually happens this time of year, we'll likely only have scattered showers with most of the heavier rain to our south.

good let's get rid of the onshore crap

JFK is hotter than Central Park on the best days, nice downsloping winds, low humidity, good air quality, etc.

99 is such an annoying number lol, it might as well hit 100. it's like getting 19 inches of snow, 20 sounds so much better.