LibertyBell

it's like 1983 was a warning shot for our hot humid summers and 1977-78 was a warning shot for our snowy but not very cold winters lol

not too bright? you want it to be a red dwarf lol? or are you rooting for an eclipse that lasts all day

How extreme 1983 was with over 80 inches of rain and our 90 day high record along with record high humidity.

Nice list.... a couple of additions if you could add these: Historic freezing rain event Jan 1994 Jan 2016 historic blizzard Feb 1983 historic blizzard April 1982 historic blizzard

1980 is also top on your list for longest period of 80 degree average (60 days I think?)

1983 really seems to be like an early warning shot of the type of summers that have become more common in recent years

Could break that there tomorrow and even make a run at 110! Amazing at that elevation and proximity to a large lake.

Looks like Needles and Death Valley were the only ones to exceed 120 so far.

must be difficult for planes to take off in that weather

wow and JFK hit 100 both those years....94 in 1972 when JFK hit 100 must've been one of the largest gaps of temp between the two with JFK hitting 100.

we've been very slow to change because of a "wait and see" approach that just means the changes that need to be made will have to be made on a faster trajectory. The fact is the changes to our climate are no longer theoretical, they are very tangible now. Megadrought in the west along with massive expansion of forest fires, much higher humidity and rainfall in the southeast and midatlantic regions including the NYC area. Tangible rises in sea level that has lead to a rapid increase in sunny day flooding, in cities like Miami and Charleston. Evacuations of residents being made off barrier islands off the Lousiana coast because sea level rise has made those islands uninhabitable. Climate change causing the death of food crops in Central America resulting in mass migrations north. Much more soon to follow.

I see some amazing things going on in California https://twitter.com/i/events/1404519631667216389 It has the best economy of any state by far and is already 21% powered by solar energy!

wow interesting, all the wet was along the coast.....and to my knowledge there weren't even any tropical cyclones for us that year.

I wonder what the heck happened in 1983 to set all those heat records at the same time as having the wettest year on record lol (it was JFK's wettest year on record too?) Thanks for the list, those are some of my favorite summers! 1983 had 2 100 degree days at JFK and just 1 at NYC?

wow how often does Medicine Hat reach 100? I'm familiar with the region from Calgary to Medicine Hat to Brooks to Red Deer up to Edmonton, can't say I've seen it reach 100 there much.

with better education and lessening the influences of religion one would hope that population growth tapers off on its own.

Yep, we see that in other industries too, like bio and chemical engineering.

That would be amazing but wont there be some lag before we can get CO2 levels to come down?

Don do you think Phoenix could hit 120 during this torrid stretch?

Any changes we make towards renewable energy will be too late to change anything for the next century or so. We're going to have to go full tilt towards climate modification, and part of that means redistributing rainfall from the east to the west. Whatever the cost is, it must be done. We do plenty of engineering in the other sciences, weather should not be off limits.

How much energy would it take for us to engineer the Hadley Cell? We will need weather and climate modification to make it to the next century.

We may have to start weather engineering. Weather science should not be offlimits, we tinker with nature in every other science, why not weather too?

Once Lake Mead dries up, several states will be in trouble. 30 years at the latest.

Thanks this is more like it! A lot of my favorite summers are in the high temp list. 2010 is still lapping the field though like Secretariat at the Belmont lol. I wonder if those 90 and 95 and 100 day numbers from 2010 will ever be exceeded? Look at how 2010 and 1983 are both miles ahead of the rest of the field for 90 degree highs, but 2010 puts some distance between it and 1983 even so..... Do you also have a list of most 95+ and 100+ days for JFK too, Chris?

I view average temperatures as highly suspect as warmer mins do not impress me (how much of that is the concretization of our cities?) so I go by number of hot days (90 degrees or higher), and I specifically refer to JFK as that is closest to my location....they set the record in 2010 for both most number of 90 and 95 degree highs, I think they had 3 100 degree highs, which is 1 behind 1966. 1980 and 1983 were both amazing in terms of sustained heat. I think the summers I'd want to experience again would be 1980, 1983, 1991, 1993, 2002 and 2010. I wasn't born in time for 1966, but I'd love to experience that one too. And the winter that followed also!