LibertyBell

tell me about it, we have dozens of them here. They aren't so good for the bird population either.

the new kind of cross polar flow ;-) considering that Maine and Montreal almost made it to triple digits, how hot would it have been had that air made it down here, Chris?

Is this connected to the record heat we have been seeing across the north (Siberia, Canada, Vermont, Maine, Northern NY, etc?)

of course they are, as are rats, but they weren't as common before humans started dirtying things up. Actually, I dont believe north america had any rats, cats or dogs before they were brought here by boat.

and what the heck was going on in 1908? two long stretches of 80+ dew points and heat in that summer!

Hopefully we will have come clear viewing for historic Comet Neowise, which is now a 1st mag object and will make its nearest approach to earth on 7/22. It will be visible in the NW skies about 90 min after sunset from the 14th onwards (prior to that it was in the early dawn sky about 90 min before sunrise in the NE.)

Yep thats what I have been saying, this is about as "good" of a year for midatlantic and northeast tropical impacts as we have seen in our lifetimes ("good" in quotes obviously because it aint really "good" in human impact terms.) But we also have to look at how this year matches up to 1996 and take note of the fact that an early tropical hit doesn't mean we will get another one later on.

wow thats shockingly high for NYC, I wonder what the highest DP at JFK was?

and none of those summers were particularly hot. Well 2005 at the bottom of the list was very warm, but not hot by 90 degree standards here on the south shore and no 100 degree readings here either. 1996 seems to be a really good match for this summer, first because we got hit by Bertha in early July similar to Fay, and also because of how humid it's been without a large number of 90 degree days. I remember back in May I said that this warm season matches up well to 1996.

It's really nice out there today, loving this lower humidity and warm temps.

The steel wool pads are what I'm using to plug up the holes, also thinking of getting FlexSeal which is supposed to be airtight and waterproof, because that can help me for multiple reasons. Why on earth do mice want to come inside anyway, they are pretty afraid of humans and I never actually see them until they're dead. The UV lamp container thing seems to be helping a lot with gnats and mosquitoes and other biting insects, I've seen a huge population reduction of them since I started trapping them in that container. I just have to empty it out once a week because the damn thing fills up quickly. One of these containers is supposed to cover a half acre, I got two of them and I'm getting another one for the inside. Little flying pests fly into the container and never come back out. I wish there was something like this for mice too. I blame most of these pests on humans- mice, cockroaches, mosquitoes, etc., have proliferated ever since humans started creating all this trash and standing water, etc. Have you heard about the swarms of locusts in South America and India? Seems like it's the worst swarm in many decades, a real plague going on in those regions. It's being blamed on excessive rainfall causing a population boom.

Walt, on a northerly to northwesterly wind, JFK is actually hotter than either NYC or LGA and more closely matches EWR. In SW Nassau County we are usually hotter than the city on those winds.

I'm telling ya Chris, the pattern this season has been utterly perfect for tropical systems to hit our area the hardest. This might be the most likely year of our lifetimes for this region to get hit by tropical systems. The heat to our north is a classic blocking pattern that makes that likely (Buffalo 98, second hottest on record, 96 in VT and ME, tied for hottest on record and 99 in Montreal, second hottest on record.). If we were in the area of the higher heat anomalies those tropical systems would be hitting the Carolinas and the SE, but this looks like the year of the MidAtlantic and Northeast. Next year is going to be the year of the big heat for us.

I saw a reservoir around here is using a solar powered cleaning system (chemical free) that cleans 100,000 gallons of water a minute, 24/7. No dangerous chemicals needed!

wear gloves and handle gently! Thats what I did when a bumble bee came inside my house and it didn't sting me!

why are insects so bold (less afraid) compared to birds? You'd think the smaller the creature the more afraid it should be of human beings. I've always wondered about that. Would diatomaceous earth help with mice too? I've gotten rid of most of them, but I'm not sure they're all gone and I want to be completely rid of them before the cold season comes. The last contractor who worked on my house left a few holes that I've been busy covering up. For the outside, I am using this UV lamp trapping container thing the exterminator recommended as a good nonchemical solution. It traps lots of flying insects (no birds, butterflies, dragonflies, bees, etc.)....so far it's been trapping mosquitoes, gnats, black flies, deer flies, all sorts of detestable pests like that.

I know about all those problems, I only spray them inside my house, so relax :-) I plant stuff for butterflies and bees and hummingbirds to come, so of course I dont spray anything outside to kill them I just want to know where all these new insects I've never seen before come from. And more importantly, why are so many coming inside my house this year that I haven't seen inside ever before. I think it's because of the mild winter we had. I can't think of any other reason. For the outside, I am using this UV lamp trapping container thing the exterminator recommended as a good nonchemical solution. It traps lots of flying insects (no birds, butterflies, dragonflies, bees, etc.)....so far it's been trapping mosquitoes, gnats, black flies, deer flies, all sorts of detestable pests like that.

I'm only using them inside for the bugs that come into my house. I know they're toxic because my throat was burning while I was spraying it lol. I have a bunch of stuff I specifically planted for birds, bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and dragonflies and an above ground "pond" where they come to drink water. On second thought, maybe that "pond" is causing more insects to breed, but I dont care, the birds absolutely love it! For the outside, I am using this UV lamp trapping container thing the exterminator recommended as a good nonchemical solution. It traps lots of flying insects (no birds, butterflies, dragonflies, bees, etc.)....so far it's been trapping mosquitoes, gnats, black flies, deer flies, all sorts of detestable pests like that.

The problem is my garden has become an obstacle course, I can't walk more than two feet out my door without either getting stung by something, bitten by something else, or caught in a web. I was waiting for all the birds that come to my yard to eat them but they seem to be more interested in the berries or drinking the water from my pond lol. This season has really seen a bug proliferation and a lot of them have also been coming inside my house and I'm trying to figure out how they're getting inside too.

Yet another thing to have to kill. I have been spraying nonstop this season.

Sounds a bit like 2011- remember that one? Big heat in July around the time of the wx conference in Baltimore and then epic rains in August from a few different systems, including Irene.

Sounds like it will peak right around the time the big heat peaks around here- if it's in the Big Dipper at that point it's going to be really high up in the sky and should be visible even over any tall buildings that usually block the view.

I expected this to get more press, but you dont hear about it in the media at all. And how is it we weren't told about a comet approaching months ago? Was this just discovered? Also, they didn't say how far up in the NE sky to look?

wow, it's a rare day to see NYC exceed EWR! also on the day before, 7/5, did you record LGA's high temp as 96.8?!

Yep, I'm envisioning us needing something like what we had last July when JFK reached 99 on back to back days with record high heat indices near 120. We just need to get a tad bit hotter than that......