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this stretch in 1993 was the hottest 10 days of heat in my memory, it's when I broke down and finally put in the a/c 10...102...7/7-7/16 1993

wow what a list! Do you have one for JFK too? It's amazing we had more 95 days in 2010 than NYC did!

Besides EWR we haven't set any all time heat records in our area. We're due.

One could argue that westerly flow causes our biggest heat outbreaks and that the onshore flow happens because there are weaknesses in the ridge. I've seen when the high is really strong it overcomes sea breezes which is when we get our best heat. Do you actually rank 2020 higher than 2010 though? 2010 was basically our 1995-96 of summers for the most heat across the entire region (we are after all a coastal region) and was also the hottest summer on record by summer average. I'm not sure how representative LGA is of our area because of its cramped congested location, I'd rather use an average of all the airports. And if you judge summers by peak heat, I dont see any 102-103 temps like we had in 2010 and 2011, which is a true indication of how dominant a ridge is. 2010 is like MJ and 2020 is like Lebron. Sure Lebron had a longer career but at his best MJ was a better player. I actually think EWR is more representative of our area than LGA, because the years in the EWR list are more of what I remember as being extremely hot. All the summers prior in the EWR list are what I would call extremely hot.

JFK was fairly close to LGA in 95 degree days (10) in 2010 and 100 degree days (3).

Thats amazing because I look back at last summer as fairly bland. We didn't have a real historic stretch of heat like the 3 days out of 4 over 100 in July 2010. I also remember using the a/c far more in 2010. Do you think we'll get enough climate warming to eventually overcome southerly flow and hit 100 consistently across the area regardless of wind direction?

Yes I shudder to think what a 112 in Seattle would be like.....117 in NYC?

I still find it amazing that LGA was hotter last summer than in 2010 even though they had nearly twice as many 90 degree highs in 2010. I wonder when we'll have 50-60 90 degree days. I think you and Don said that within 30 years the excessive heat will overcome the southerly flow and we'll all be hitting 100 multiple times even with a southerly wind?

Yes and it hit 100 at JFK in 2013 too so it was actually 4 straight years

Forecast for Monday that I saw was 112 in Seattle! That would mean Portland could hit 120?

the good old days

Yes my favorite patterns. Moderate summers lead to lackluster winters outside of a few el nino exceptions

You have to remember, unless you want a sticky insane Florida like climate, you cant have storms every day. Record heat for 2 weeks followed by a big storm outbreak is the best of both worlds. Storms every 2 weeks is fine as long as it's 100 degrees in between.

Amazing, so I guess 110 for Monday is a definite possibility? Whats causing them to be so hot? Is the air coming directly from the SW and getting compressed by coming down the mountains and the extreme drought is making it even worse?

Yeah there's a tipping point around 110 where even dry heat becomes painful. 100-105 and dry actually feels a lot better than even 80 and very humid. Like 80 with 100% humidity is a lot worse than say 100 with 20% humidity.

Don didn't Seattle hit 102?

and Seattle 102! I bet they max out above 110 on Monday

exactly, who likes boring weather?

because thats boring, I'd rather have 105 and dry

a dry heat at 101 is AMAZING! we had it on July 4th in 2010. at 110 its not as amazing

wow it was 102 in Seattle today? The weather channel may be right about 107 there tomorrow and 111 on Monday, looks like the NWS underestimated the heat there

1966! I think you said that was extreme only for June and July?

meh I've seen far hotter summers than what we've had lately

yeah but these bigger wars dont mean record heat for us, not like we saw in the 90s and early 10s. so it's pretty much all academic.

looks like the week after the 4th weekend wont be too hot either? Upper 80s and Low 90s at best?