LibertyBell

what is causing this flow to last for so many days near the solar peak of the year? you'd think the sun is powerful enough this time of the year to burn off any and all clouds.

more 90 degree days but less 95+ and no 100+?

it's the best way to neutralize the bad weather outside, it feels like summer in my house

Yes, it neutralizes the horrible weather outside. it actually feels sunny inside my house

did we have a la nina state in the 44-55 period too?

why cant we get that here?

it's wild that the rainiest day of the entire month had a high of 99. It would have been over 100 if not for that rain lol.

Looks like EWR also had an 8 day streak of 95+, was that their longest? Maybe not, as July 1993 was hotter there, 5 consecutive days of 100+

wild, 4 100+ days in just the first 13 days of the month lol By the way, it looks like it's going to be cloudy on Wednesday and more rain on Thursday? Looks like we won't see sunny weather until Friday? In a way it's a good thing as it will reset the pattern back to sunny weekends.

Thanks, 1944 really stands out wow, I wonder what was going on that summer to cause such intense prolonged heat (outside of that 11 year sunspot cycle lol.) 1944 must've been the hottest summer on record up to that point, I can't see any previous summer going back to the 1860s being as hot as 1944 was. 1896 did have that historic 10 day heatwave, but it didn't reach 100 degrees during that stretch.

It's interesting that JFK and LGA had almost the same number of 95+ days in 2010, what was NYC's count Chris?

Yes and here too, we had 11 of those days. The station maximum was set in 2011 though when they reached 108, the same as Newark on the same day?

What did the 8 in the other table indicate Chris? There is something in the other table that says 8 for 1955, 4 for 2010 and 2 for 2016 and 2024-- was that number of 100+ days? If so that would mean that Hightstown had 8 days of 100+ in 1955? WOW!

Not having lived during the 50s, Newark matches my experience of 1993 and 2010 being my two hottest summers during the time I've been alive. It's curious EWR is so much closer to my experience than LGA is lol.

Tony what was the high on August 16, did it stay in the 90s?

meh that 102 peak and 8 straight days of 95+ from 1944 really stands out, when you compute the average highs of both how do they compare? Incidentally both 1944 and 1988 are part of the 11 year solar cycle (as were 1955, 1966, 1977, 1999, 2010).

But what if it's a 12 year cycle from the 1944-1955 period that repeated during the 1991-2002 period, do you think the circulation pattern itself could be cyclic and if so, when it happens again the extreme heat will be even hotter than it was back then?

Incidentally where is Hightstown Chris? I had never heard of this town until you started posting this but they seem to have a treasure trove of data going back to the 1940s, including some of the best historically hot summers like 1955 which leads the pack with 8 days of 95+ on that list!

wow I wish I was alive then, this must have been absolutely amazing-- look at that 96 high on August 16 with 0.88 of rain, who said it can't get hot and rain a lot at the same time ;-)

Chris, isn't the consecutive 95+ streak at Central Park from 1944 at 8 days? That's why I listed 1944 as the start of the super hot cycle that ended in 1955. 1944-1955 is twelve years and 5 of those summers were extremely hot. It mirrors the 12 year period from 1991-2002 which also had 5 really hot summers. Maybe climate change will add more to this intense heat and the next time we get this very hot 12 year cycle climate change superimposed on top of this 12 year cycle will break the records that were set in both those cycles? The records I'm looking at are: 1944 8 consecutive 95+ days NYC 1948 3 straight days of 100+ at JFK 1949 5 days of 99+ at NYC (the 8 days of 100+ at EWR was already exceeded in 1993, in the next very hot cycle). 1953 a 12 day and a 7 day super heatwave at NYC with 4 days of 100+ evenly split between the two superheatwaves, which included the highest temperature ever recorded in September at 102. 1955 16 95+ days at NYC and 14 95+ days at LGA Second hot cycle 1991 39 90+ days at NYC 1993 39 90+ days at NYC (tied 1991), 3 straight days of 100+ at NYC during a 10 day super heatwave, 9 days of 100+ at EWR, including 5 in a row (beat the record from 1949 during the last very hot cycle) 1995 July had our area's highest heat index on record (at LGA) followed by the driest August on record with widespread wildfires 1999 Two super heatwaves of 9 and 8 days length in July, exceeded 100 areawide and set records for number of 90+ days in July 2002 Two super heatwaves of 8 and 7 days length in July and August

Maybe there was some cyclical factor that made the period from 1944-1955 exceptionally hot? And maybe that cyclical factor repeated itself between 1991 and 2002? Note that both periods were 12 years in length...... I don't know about the other summers but I can list the exceptionally hot ones from both 12 year periods: 1944 1948 1949 1953 1955 and 1991 1993 1995 1999 2002 hmmm both 12 year periods had 5 extremely hot summers.....

Specifically 1953 and 1955. I added more to the post Tony. Although we can also add in 1948 and 1949 which were exceptionally hot too. 1949 8 100+ days at Newark only exceeded in 1993 with 9. NYC 5 days of 99+ at NYC never matched or exceeded (and 4 days of 100+ in 1953). Incidentally, the great 1953 heatwave and historic number of 95+ days in 1955 at both NYC and LGA hasn't been matched since either. I agree that climate change is changing our climate, but I don't think it's making our extremely hot days any hotter, it's increasing the mins and making it wetter. Otherwise why is the 95+ record at both LGA and NYC still from 1955?

I wasn't alive in the 50s when those historic heatwaves occurred in 1953 and 1955 that haven't been matched since, but I was alive in the 1990s especially years like 1991 and 1993 when it was hotter here with less rain and more sunshine. I feel like our springs have gotten cooler and wetter since then. Central NJ has always been a heat paradise lol. Incidentally, the great 1953 heatwave and historic number of 95+ days in 1955 at both NYC and LGA hasn't been matched since either. I agree that climate change is changing our climate, but I don't think it's making our extremely hot days any hotter, it's increasing the mins and making it wetter. Otherwise why is the 95+ record at both LGA and NYC still from 1955?

Yes I would like to see a traditional 40s and 50s style heat ridge. I think climate change is messing with our ridges and making it more wet and less hot here in the summer so maybe we can reverse that now.

it's different dry vs wet. I have a really bad mold allergy problem and I sneeze too much to be able to sleep if the air is really moist.