LibertyBell

this is why 1993 and 1953 were such great summers (and it was hot everywhere and not just Newark.)

Hey the sun is nice!

But I'd dispute that this can even be considered heat at all. Someone said earlier that we should now consider 95+ to be heat. I turn my a/c off at night because it gets so cold. It's not hot at all.

it's actually cleared out again, I wonder if the clouds will stay away for the rest of the day? deep blue skies now just like yesterday!

it's very comfortable right now. I turn off my a/c every night around 2-3 am when I get up for meteor viewing because it's freezing.

Yeah it wasn't even close lol Cant even say which model did the best because NONE of them did well!!

There is nothing normal about this, it's actually pissing me off that it's over 100 degrees on Prince Edward Island, while we are stuck in mediocre low level *heat*

Prince Edward Island at over 100 degrees really vexes me, there is no way PEI should be hotter than LI Thats the equivalent of Miami getting snow while it's raining up here!!

it probably depends on how August pans out but June 20 - July 31st was nicely hot. I would have liked to have hit 100 in July though.

The interesting thing is even Boston had onshore flow, the heat was pushed well to the north of us. What causes that to happen vs the more normal kind of heat we had in late June? In late June weren't the 100 degree temperatures more extensive (we were over 100 and so was Maine?)

Something interesting I've noticed is that our best winters come after our hottest summers. Cases in point: 1933-34, 1955-56, 1966-67, 1977-78, 1993-94, 1995-96, 2002-03, 2010-11

How is the heat skipping here and getting up there-- look at that place Maple Plains right on the Ocean, it's over 100 degrees.

2014 - An official, New York State 24 hour precipitation record was set at Islip, NY on August 12-13 when 13.57" of rain fell.2014: In the New York City metro area early (Wednesday August 13, 2014) more than a foot of rain fell in just a few hours, causing extensive flooding on Long Island. As of 10 a.m. ET, Islip, New York had received 13.27 inches of rain, which set a state record for the heaviest 24-hour rainfall total in state history. This broke the previous record of 11.6 inches, set at Tannersville, New York in August of 2011 during Hurricane Irene. NY state record for the heaviest 24-hour rainfall(Ref.BY ANDREW FREEDMAN)Midwest and Mid-Atlantic Flooding: August 11-13. Five inches of rain in 24 hours inundated Detroit, Michigan, submerging cars up to their roofs, in one of the city's worst flooding episodes on record. Flooding also hit the Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., areas, and Islip, Long Island, New York, measured 13.26 inches in 24 hours, setting a new state record. Economic costs exceeded $2 billion.Ref. (Weatherwise MAY-JUNE 2015, page 14) I remember this epic event as if it was yesterday!!!! 1995: Chicago, IL was in the midst of a four day heat wave where temperatures climbed into the middle 90s and lows were in the mid to upper 70s. The low temperature of 77° on this date tied for the record high minimum. Humidity was high and 27 deaths were attributed to the heat wave. The majority was in the Chicago area. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) This was Chicago's endless summer 1980 - The afternoon high at New York City was just 89 degrees. But there were fifteen days of 90 degree heat during the month, their hottest August of record. (The Weather Channel) Wild, and this August 1980 record still stands-- it was hotter than most Julys!!

Yes, today is much different from yesterday. I'm glad we got so many nights of clear meteor viewing, I was up until 5:30 am this morning looking for shooting stars and there were no clouds (3 am to 5:30 am was when I was viewing.)

Yes aside from the June 20 - July 31 period, this summer has been only slightly warmer than normal

I wasn't alive back then of course but I would have loved to have been alive back then. I don't remember what year it was (I think 1943 maybe?) NYC went below zero at least 4 times and one of them was -6. That was the last time NYC was more than 2 below zero. 1947-48 was our greatest snowfall winter here until 1995-96 and epic heat in 1944, 1948, 1949, 1953 and 1955

I see there was a major step back between the 1990s and 2000s. I think the high number in the 2010s was driven by the 2010-2013 period which was exceptional, we had some very mediocre summers after that. the 1990s, 2010s and 2020s (so far) are the only ones to average over 30 90 degree days. How did Hightstown shoot so far up, where is that town located? Prior to the 2010s they never averaged more than the low 20s? I find that to be weird, I don't find our summers measurably hotter than the 90s. If they are, it's not because we have had hotter summers than 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, but mainly because we haven't had the cooler in between summers like 1992 and 1996 and 1997. Also, when do you think this kind of heat will reach our area and not just be confined to the Philly to Newark area?

well it looks like they will now.... rip current warnings are issued in advance aren't they?

But what causes the heat to get so far north and skip our latitude completely?

my all time summers hold up well here, 1949 stands out, as does 2001 and especially 1944. Some real roasters in the 40s and 50s.

Yes clear skies and some are saying tonight is the peak? I thought it was last night lol

They really should have and actually the beaches should be closed if there are no lifeguards there. The other person who died was a grandmother at Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn. In both cases it was after lifeguards left at 5 pm. They should either make the lifeguards work until 8 pm (sun set) or close the beaches at 5 pm when they leave. When that hurricane recurves the rip current problem will be even worse.

The weird thing is I distinctly remember in 1995 when we had a ton of recurving hurricanes (they could never get past the 70W barrier) and all it did was make it hotter here. August was historically hot and dry and we had so many wildfires that month.

Chris, was 1983 the only time that we had 95+ degree high temperatures in all four months (June, July, August, and September)? Maybe 2010 matched that year?

They're closing all the beaches at 5 because of the deaths caused by the rip currents from what I have heard.