LibertyBell

it's raining here now!

it was historic because we didn't get the seabreeze nonsense of every mediocre heatwave after 2013.

There's one in Brooklyn too.

There hasn't been a sea breeze here at all the last two days. When the temperature drops, it's a function of cloud cover not wind direction.

I didn't really experience a sea breeze either day, yesterday was hotter though but I would say that's because we only had clouds for a short time (sporadically between 3 and 4). Yesterday I was up around 104 until 6:20 or so and today I was up around 102 until about 5.

historic times call for historic volume of posts Rob! Never thought I'd see something like this in June

you must've had a late peak like I did when I hit 102.0 for the final time at 4:51

It also happened in NJ

89 degrees now it's not that beautiful, it feels much worse now than when it was 102+ earlier. Overcast extremely humid weather is my worst possible combination of weather, at least when the sun is out it keeps the humidity lower. The last time it hit 102.0 here was at 4:51 pm, the ninth time I hit 102+ today.

it probably has to do with the sea breeze front, I notice that it's cloudy when it's close by. I'm down to 89 degrees here now, so the heatwave is now officially over here, even though it feels much more uncomfortable now than when it was 100+ a few hours ago. It reached 102.0-102.6 9 times here today, the last time was at 4:51 pm, after that another wall of clouds moved in and didn't leave. The humidity must have spiked too, because it felt a lot worse after that than it did at any point earlier in the day.

it might have more to do with those pesky clouds though. It's so dark here that I turned on my lights to see the temperature still near 100 here.

Two days in a row JM!! Did you ever do that when you were in Long Beach??

and this is why I hate clouds, but today the heat couldn't be denied, every time there were 10 consecutive minutes of sunshine it went to 102 or even a little higher.

JFK reached 99 on May 29, 1969

How is it staying close to 100 with all these thick dark clouds?

Wow that snowstorm sounds even more rare than Sandy, Don! Something weird about today, it's very dark here and yet the temperatures have not fallen. The clouds are pretty thick and yet it's still staying close to 100 here

Three straight days at EWR and two straight days at JFK achieved !!! If it wasn't for those clouds it would have been just as hot as yesterday, I hit 102.0-102.6 five times (most recently at 3:08 pm) and each time the clouds capped the heat.

reached 102+ for the 4th time today when the sun wasn't behind clouds for more than 10 minutes lol, hit 102.4 here again at 2:45 pm before the clouds moved back in. The air is so dry how are these clouds even around?

Yep another historic day for me, 106.0 yesterday and 102.6 today and today would have been hotter but the clouds came in right after 1 pm

TWC has someone in Central Park who says it's 98 in there (maybe they used their own thermometer?)

NYC at 98, it would be funny if they finally hit 100 today

I think I skipped over that part I wonder if everyone makes it too 100+ again today besides Central Park

They didn't mention that the monthly record they tied was from yesterday lol Don what would you say was more statistically unlikely- a 30 inch snowstorm at JFK (January 2016) or back to back 102 degrees at JFK in June??

*what could have been* I hope the sun gets strong enough one day to just burn a hole through the clouds. It got over 102 for the third time today a few minutes ago but every time it does the clouds come back.

102.6 here at 1 PM and then the sun came out for 10 minutes and got me back up to 102.4 at 1:45 PM lol