LibertyBell

we have a good record of matching all time hot summers 1944, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1955, 2001, 2002 They hit 100 back in June too didn't they? I saw they also hit 100 in 1955.

I just looked through these and even for Newark that 99 in September 1983 hasn't been matched. Didn't they exceed 100 like Central Park did in September 1953?

Yeah but a place like Newark is ALWAYS hot lol. I'm talking about the rest of the area, 7 90 degree days in September peaking at 99 in September 1983 is a record that's never been touched....unless you go back to 1953 when it was 100+ in September.

1944 was a historically hot 11 year cycle summer, we have yet to break many of the records set in 1944, I am in awe of that summer. Many of the above summers are part of the 11 year cycle: 1944, 2010, 1988, 1911, 2021, 1977

I slept from 10-2 and then got up to look for shooting stars from 2-5 and then slept again from 5-9 lol. I saw a handful of shooting stars.

wow Newark has even more than Philly....I've seen a tendency towards this in recent years, if we look back at historical summers like 1991 and 1993, EWR usually had around 10 more 90 degree days than NYC did and PHL usually had 5 more 90 degree days than EWR did back then.

be careful of rip currents, 4 people have died this week already

I think it could be like last fall, but don't see any fall record heat, as it's going to hard to beat 1983 when it comes to September heat.

would that make it hotter or would a recurving hurricane make it hotter here?

This is normal as the hottest departures always seem to be to the north. The Arctic has been heating up faster than any other region on the planet. I'm sure eventually, as the years ago by, those departures will reach us. It's like a fire spreading from the roof through the attic and then downwards.

In my experience, all these urban locations are much hotter than the suburban places I'm used to. I can tell you about my experiences driving from here to the Poconos, there are two main heat spikes, one is in Queens and the other one is in Eastern NJ. I find both of these places intolerable to walk around outside in more than a few minutes so I didn't unless I was out of gas lol. Once I drove past eastern NJ on I-80 and got past about Morristown, the weather always got much nicer. It's like this every summer, no matter how hot it is, those places are always hot. I can understand why some people have to work in these places, but why would anyone ever want to live there?

The reason I single out EWR though is because its number of 90 degree days always seem to be much more in line with PHL than they are with NYC even going back to the early 90s. Their summers are very Philly like.

100/55 sounds pretty good though lol

Yep, the part of Queens after you exit the Midtown Tunnel and get on the Grand Central Parkway.

wow that sounds like absolutely perfect weather! Great for the peak of the Perseids tonight too!

it's absolutely ideal!!

Hotter than the city too. Even before the foliage issues, EWR had 10 more 90 degree days than NYC in 1993. It's just a different climate in the oven of NJ, for the same reason that NJ gets more snow in the winter they get more heat in the summer.

How does MMU compare to SMQ?

its actually an ideal location for those of us who like temperature extremes because its hotter during the day and colder at night than most other areas.

radiationally cools at night as well or even better than KFOK does sometimes.

it also cools down very quickly at night, sometimes even colder than KFOK

I know, when I drive through that area, it's always a few degrees hotter than Manhattan and where I live. I think Don mentioned this before, that area is very densely populated with a lot of traffic, I'm sure it has something to do with it.

upper 90s is very close to 100, it wouldn't take much to get there.

1989 - One of the most severe convective outbreaks of record came to a climax in southern California after four days. Thunderstorms deluged Benton CA with six inches of rain two days in a row, and the flooding which resulted caused more than a million dollars damage to homes and highways. Thunderstorms around Yellowstone Park WY produced four inches of rain in twenty minutes resulting in fifteen mudslides. Thunderstorms over Long Island NY drenched Suffolk County with 8 to 10 inches of rain. Twenty-three cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. It was, for some cities, the fourth straight morning of record cold temperatures. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) wow what was going on in 1989? we had another huge and terrible nationwide severe wx outbreak in November 1989 (which has been discussed before on here.) 1944 - The temperature at Burlington, VT, soared to an all-time record high of 101 degrees. (The Weather Channel) The Dog Days officially come to an end on this date, having begun the third day in July. Superstition has it that dogs tend to become mad during that time of the year. (The Weather Channel) Look at how hot 1944 was, absolutely amazing !! Highs: EWR: 102 (1949) NYC: 102 (1944) LGA: 99 (1949) JFK: 99 (1949) 1949 too, I would have been pissed off, JFK hit 99 instead of 100 lol. 1933: The shade temperature reached 136.4° at San Luis, Mexico, to unofficially share the world record with Aziziyah, Lybia. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1936: The warmest August temperature ever recorded in both Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls occurred on this date. The morning low in Oklahoma City was a warm 82°, before both cities warmed up to a very hot 113°. The old August record in Oklahoma City was 112, which was set the day before. In Wichita Falls, this record was tied on 8/6/1964. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) Tony what happened to this 1933 record from Mexico, I don't see it mentioned anywhere? and 1936 endless heat continued....

Heat is generally stronger to the north because those places are further away from the moderating effects of the ocean. Manhattan is an island.