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Records:

Highs:

EWR: 97 (1943)
NYC: 99 (1925)
LGA: 96 (1943)
JFK: 91 (1971)


Lows:

EWR: 48 (1964)
NYC: 48 (1926)
LGA: 51 (2023)
JFK: 49 (2023)

Historical:

1825 - A hurricane struck Long Island NY leveling trees and causing damage to ships. The early season hurricane, which originated around Cuba, caused major damage along the Atlantic coast from Charleston SC to New York City. Many were lost at sea. (David Ludlum)

1825: A severe storm of tropical origin swept up the Atlantic Coast during the first week of June 1825 with reports of significant damage from Florida to New York City. Shipping logs told of a disturbance at Santo Domingo on May 28th and Cuba on June 1st. Gales were reported at St. Augustine, Florida on the 2nd. The Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald reported "undiminished violence" from the gale force winds for 27 hours, ending on June 4th. The effect of the storm reached well inland. Washington had cold, heavy rain all day on the 4th with high winds laying the crops in the vicinity. The wind also tore up trees by the roots in front of the State House in Philadelphia. This storm impacted the New Jersey Coast and the Long Island area as well with high winds and a two-foot storm surge. A Columbian frigate was driven ashore as were many smaller boats. The largest loss of life occurred along the Long Island shore when a schooner capsized. The entire crew of seven was lost.

1860 - Iowa's Commanche Tornado , with wind speeds estimated in excess of 300 mph, was unquestionably one of the worst experienced by early settlers, with nearly a million dollars damage. (The Weather Channel)

1877: A tornado of estimated F4 intensity touched down just west of Mt. Carmel, Illinois and moved east-northeast, devastating the town. 20 businesses and 100 homes were damaged or destroyed. At least 16 people and as many as 30 were killed, with 100 others injured.

1885: Pittsburgh, PA & Cleveland, OH received up to 10 inches of rain that caused serious flooding. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1892: A rare June snowfall occurred at Cheyenne, WY with 8 inches reported also in 1937 Cheyenne, WY reported 3 inches of snow.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1945: Several locations in the upper Midwest had their coldest June temperatures on record. La Crosse, WI and Waukon, IA dropped to 32°. This was their latest spring freeze and coldest June temperature. Other locations recording their coldest June temperature were Mondovi, WI: 29° and Richland Center, WI: 31°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1958: An F4 tornado tracked 32 miles through St Croix and Dunn Counties in Wisconsin, killing 20 people and injuring 110 others.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
 

1982 - A four day storm began over New England which produced up to 14 inches of rain in southern Connecticut breaching twenty-three dams and breaking two others. Damage was estimated at more than 276 million dollars. (David Ludlum)

1987 - Early morning thunderstorms in south Texas produced 6.5 inches of rain at Hockheim, and five inches at Hallettsville, in just a few hours. Afternoon thunderstorms in Virginia deluged northern Halifax County with 5.5 inches of rain in two hours. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 76 mph at Dusty WA, and wind gusts to 88 mph at Swanquarter NC. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - A dozen cities in the eastern U.S. reported record low temp- eratures for the date, including Atlantic City NJ with a reading of 40 degrees. Fifteen cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Glasgow MT and Havre MT with readings of 102 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Southern Plains Region and the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Southern Atlantic Coast Region during the day and into the night. Just four tornadoes were reported, but there were 87 reports of large hail and damaging winds. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1993: Lynchburg had 70 mph winds, 95% of city lost power, 21 million damage. Severe thunderstorms were widespread from Missouri and Arkansas eastward to the Mid Atlantic states with more than 260 reports of severe weather, including over two dozen tornadoes. An early morning mesoscale convective complex over southern Missouri and north Arkansas moved eastward and evolved into a vicious derecho, traversing eastward across Kentucky in excess at 80 mph at one point. Wind gusts reached 100 mph near Elizabethtown, KY. Damage was widespread. 30 homes and mobile homes suffered major damage in Butler County. Over 75% of the roads in the county were blocked due to downed trees. 4.5 inch diameter hail fell at Smith Mountain Lake, VA. Total damage from the high winds at hail in Virginia was $60 million dollars, with $21 million of that occurred in the city of Lynchburg. 3.5 inch inch diameter hail was reported in Davie County in North Carolina. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1998: The temperature at Williston, ND dropped to 26° to establish a monthly record for June. Neillsville, WI also reported their coldest June temperature as they dropped to 22°. The mercury dropped to 24° in Tower, MN as winter made one last call across the northern Plains. 2 to 3 inches of snow fell in portions of South Dakota and 7 inches fell in portions of Wyoming. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

63 / 55 - warmest day since May 17th or May 2nd for many.  Mid - upper 80s, stray chance one of the hot spots in C/NE/N-NJ could touch 90.   Some haze / smoke could reduce a degree.  Tomorrow first 90s for many in NJ / NJ/NYC metro areas and some of the boroughs.  Friday would get there too but clouds and scattered showers / storms look likely.  Another cloudy weekend with storms and showers, although the latest forecasts have less focus of rain still think 1 inch is likely.  Sunday could clear later in the day but other data has gone to the slower frontal passage the ECM has had most week,  cloudy but warmer than the last 2 weekends.   

Next week 6/9 - 6/13 -  near / above normal still rain chances with trough west of us into the GL/MW.   Overall warmer look - wetter look into mid month.  Heights rise later and pieces of the western heat building over the top and expanding east.  GFS continues to try and get some tropical activity in the Gulf.  Next shot at 90 degree temps would be in the 6/14-6/17 range.

5 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

There's a couple of other ones like that-- look up 2004 and 2014.

These are typically very rainy summers, that's the only way to keep the temperatures down here.

1992 had a strong Pinatubo influence.  The summers surrounding it were historically hot (both 1991 and 1993).  1994 and 1995 were also very hot.  After 1996 and 1997 we had hotter summers again in 1998 and especially 1999.

It basically went something like this

1990- moderately hot

1991- historically hot

1992- Pinatubo cooled

1993- historically hot

1994- early historically hot

1995- historically hot

1996- cool but very humid

1997- cool

1998- moderately hot

1999- historically hot

2000- cool

2001- cool

2002- historically hot

2003- cool but very humid (and a big black out on the hottest day)

2004- cool

2005- hot but onshore flow meant no extremely hot days

 

2001 had one of the warmest 5 day periods from Aug 6 - 10th.

2005 was very hot in other parts of the region , NJ had 3-4 days in the 100s and a very sustained hot streak in Jun.

98 was on the cooler side each of the 3 months Ju-Jul-AU

1987/1988 were both very hot, 1989 near even.

Highs

 

New Brnswck: 82
ACY: 82
PHL: 82
TEB: 82
EWR: 81
TTN: 81
NYC: 79
LGA: 79
ISP: 78
BLM: 77
JFK: 76 (* no inter hour highs 1300 - 1900) 

2PM ROundup

New Brnswck: 81
PHL: 80
ACY: 79
TEB: 79
ISP: 78
EWR: 78
TTN: 78
NYC: 77
LGA: 77
JFK: 75
BLM: 73

81 here now

Up to 78 here - nicest day sine May 17th 

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

1997: It was a chilly day in the East. The high temperature at Philadelphia International Airport was only 59 degrees, tying a record-low maximum for the date set back in 1881. The temperature at Middletown, Pennsylvania rose to 58 degrees, breaking the record-low maximum for the date of 59 degrees set back in 1915. Washington, DC only reached 58 degrees, breaking the old record-low maximum of 59 set back in 1915. Central Park in New York City only reached 61 degrees.

 

2002: An impressive heat burst at Amarillo, TX caused the temperature to jump to 90° at 3:21 am. The heat burst was accompanied by winds of 55 mph. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 

wow I didn't know or remember this about 1997.  What was our low that morning?  Wild, 1915 had one of our largest late season snowfalls ever in the month of April.

 

Heat bursts are one thing Texas is famous for, Kopperl Texas had a severe one when the temperature rose to 140 degrees and trees and even wooden doors were burned!

 

 

6/3/1997

LGA 61 / 49
JFK: 62 / 50
NYC: 61 / 49
EWR: 
 

Wet in the central plains, and southeast with the cut off low near Northern FL, GA, and the Carolinas this week, storms from the slow front get our area closer to the >1 inch Fri-Sat.  

4 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Next week looks cooler and wetter than the earlier forecasts as another cutoff low is forecast to develop over the Great Lakes. 

New run

Old run

 

 

Monday/Tue next week then trough into the GL/MW overall beyond there.  Euro similar to the Canadian (not sure why its not updating yet).   Week of 15 looks warmer as of now with ridging and more heat from the SW building east, perhaps the Western Atlantic Ridge back west later on in the month as well.  No sustained heat on the horizon but what has become more typical above normal overall with potentially routine storms/showers with the trough to our west.

Warmest day since May 30th and first 80s (for most) since May 17th today.  Also moving into a period + departures for a majority of the next 2 weeks (overall) .

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 94 (1943)
NYC: 95 (1895)
LGA: 93 (1943)
JFK: 88 (2010)



Lows:

EWR: 45 (1946)
NYC: 45 (1929)
LGA: 49 (1946)
JFK: 48 (1946)


Historical:

 

1860: Iowa's infamous Camanche Tornado, likely an F5 storm, kills 92 and injures 200. Every home and business were destroyed. It was one of the most damaging families of tornadoes ever to strike the US and resulted in more farm fatalities than any other tornado except for the Tri-State tornado. 

1921 - A cloudburst near Pikes Peak CO killed 120 people. Pueblo CO was flooded by a twenty-five foot crest of the Arkansas River, killing 70 persons. Fourteen inches of rain was reported at Boggs Flat, where a hard surface road through nearly level country was washed out to a depth of seven feet. (The Weather Channel)

1921: Heavy rains caused flash flooding over the southeastern portion of Colorado. The flooding cost the lives of 100 people and millions of dollars in property damage.

1959 - Thunderstorms in northwestern Kansas produced up to eighteen inches of hail near Salden during the early evening. Crops were completely destroyed, and total damage from the storm was about half a million dollars. Hail fell for a record eighty-five minutes. The temperature dropped from near 80 degrees prior to the storm to 38 degrees at the height of the storm. (David Ludlum)

1987 - Six days of flooding in South Texas culminated with five to six inch rains from Bexar County to Bandera County, and five to nine inches rains in Gonzalez and Wilson Counties. Total crop damage was estimated at 500 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Early morning thunderstorms in southern Texas produced wind gusts to 86 mph at Port Isabel, and wind gusts to 83 mph at South Padre Island. Unseasonably hot weather prevailed from the Southern Plateau Region to the Northern High Plains. Fourteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms developing over the Southern Plains Region during the afternoon hours produced severe weather into the night. Thunderstorms spawned eleven tornadoes, and there were 169 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph at Newcastle, OK, and Wilson, OK. Softball size hail was reported at Monahans, Childress and Groesbeck TX. Monahans TX reported six million dollars damage. Five inches of rain deluged Geronimo OK. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1993: Early morning severe thunderstorms dumped huge hailstones across northern Oklahoma. Hail, up to 6 inches in diameter in Enid, went through roofs of homes, damaged three jets at Vance Air Force Base, and did $500,000 in damage at a car dealership. Winds gusts reached 70 mph at Vance Air Force Base as well. Hail damage to the wheat crop was estimated at 70 million dollars. 

1997: It was a chilly day in the East. The high temperature at Philadelphia International Airport was only 59 degrees, tying a record-low maximum for the date set back in 1881. The temperature at Middletown, Pennsylvania rose to 58 degrees, breaking the record-low maximum for the date of 59 degrees set back in 1915. Washington, DC only reached 58 degrees, breaking the old record-low maximum of 59 set back in 1915. Central Park in New York City only reached 61 degrees.

2002: An impressive heat burst at Amarillo, TX caused the temperature to jump to 90° at 3:21 am. The heat burst was accompanied by winds of 55 mph. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

Quickly up from 48 to 70.  Clear now with a mostly sunny day and upper 70s to low 80s.  Approaching 90 or to 90 in the warm spots Wed and Thu - pending on clouds from southern cut off low another high at or exceeding 90s in the warm spots otherwise mid/upper 80s east.   Front slowly approaches later Friday with clouds in the way of the seasons first heatwave in the warm spots (most likely).  Scattered storms / showers Sat with clouds before front clear later in the PM and evening with 1+ inches of rain.  Hope to see it clear up Sunday but boundary is close by and could be the stingy clouds especially along the coast - front get us back near normal Sun - Tue.   

 6/9 - 6/15 looks overall above normal with limited heat and potential of storms with trough back into the GL/MW. 

Beyond there warmer look into and beyond mid month with heights rising into the east.

Assuming smoke in PA slowly coming this way so get rid of the clouds and the magnet pulls in smohy haze

Highs today

PHL: 75
EWR: 75
TEB: 74
ACY: 74
LGA: 73
New Brnswck: 73
JFK: 72
BLM: 72
ISP: 71
TTN: 71
NYC: 71

29 minutes ago, JustinRP37 said:

I think we are going to average out closer to average than not over this time period. I see heat building, but still persistent storminess. It looks muggy some of the time. Here in northern Westchester/Putnam it looks like 3 days in the 80s this week peaking on Thursday but mid 70s for the weekend. Next week looks like 70s too for the first part of the week. 

Depends on the area. Tomorrow will be mid-70s for most of the forum. Weekend looks like 70s and humid. And maybe struggling to reach 70 next Wednesday. It isn't screaming hot or well above average like I am hearing. 

Tue should get to or exceed 80 for most of NJ / NYC metro as it looks now.  We'll see next week with frontal boundary / clouds otherwise once to Tue could be 80s.

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6 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

The interesting thing is, I see clear blue skies to my north and east and west and a yellowish haze to my south.

Are you in PA?

1 hour ago, JustinRP37 said:

Maybe I am blind, but I am not seeing a true heat signal yet. We have a few well above average days this week, but then it is right back to normal/below normal. Highs in the mid 70s this time of year are normal. Today will be another well below normal day. Thursday should be +10 to +12 then right back down to the mid 70s. Anyone who is proclaiming high heat can you point me as to where you are seeing this? Maybe in the southern part of our forum?

Today Normal's  EWR: 77 / 59 ; NYC: 76 / 60.   Lows EWR 50 / NYC 53 with highs in the 74 - 77 range today puts daily departures in the -3 to -6 range.  Looks like 80s through Sunday then the Ridge in the west and EC on the fringes of the ridge trough setting up into the GL/MW.   It would be brief day or so of any heat getting into the area during the  6/9 - 6/15 period only but does appear to be overall above normal.  

Up to 68  clear skies - some smoke moving through CPA

Records:

Highs:

EWR:  93 (2000)
NYC: 96 (1895)
LGA: 94 (1989)
JFK: 91 (1961)

Lows:

EWR: 48  (1946)
NYC: 48 (1946)
LGA: 48 (1946)
JFK: 51 (2015)

Historical:

1889 - A great flood on the Potomac River in Washington D.C. took out a span of Long Bridge, and flooded streets near the river. The flood stage reached was not again equalled until 1936. (David Ludlum)

1889: The same storm that caused the historic dam failure in Johnstown, PA, also affected Washington, D.C. The streets and reservations in the center of the city and all the wharves and streets along the riverfront were under water. Pennsylvania Avenue was flooded from 2nd to 10th Streets. The Potomac River crested at the Aqueduct Bridge at 19.5 feet on June 2. Additionally, damage occurred on Rock Creek, with the Woodley Lane Bridge washed away. Considerable damage occurred to machinery plants and material at the Navy Yard.

1917 - The temperature at Tribune, KS dipped to 30 degrees to establish a state record for the month of June. (The Weather Channel)

1949 - A tornado northeast of Alfalfa OK circled an area one mile in radius. (The Weather Channel)

1985 - Lightning struck a house, broke a bedroom window, and jumped to a metal frame bed. A man was killed but his wife was unharmed by the lightning. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Thunderstorms spawned seven tornadoes in West Texas and six tornadoes in Illinois. Thunderstorms in Illinois produced wind gusts to 70 mph at McComb and Mattoon. Thunderstorms in southern Texas produced 5.5 inches of rain south of Seguin, and up to eight inches of rain in Washington County. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Severe thunderstorms in Texas and Oklahoma produced hail more than three inches in diameter near Stilwater OK, and softball size hail in Jones County of north central Texas. Baseball size hail and 70 mph winds caused an estimated 100 million dollars damage around Abilene TX. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather across much of the south central U.S. through most of the day and night. Thunderstorms spawned a dozen tornadoes, and there were 123 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 78 mph at Russell KS, and baseball size hail was reported at Denver CO, Cuthbert TX, and in Reeves County TX. Afternoon thunderstorms in southern New England produced wind gusts to 120 mph at Fitchburg, MA, causing five million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1998: Frostburg, Maryland on June 2, 1998, at 9:45 PM - This was part of a killer outbreak of tornadoes that moved southeast from Pennsylvania. The storm entered Garrett County, Maryland striking the town of Finzel. It then moved up and over Big Savage Mountain in Allegany County and ripped through the northern portion of Frostburg. It reached its peak strength as it crossed the ridge. Winds were estimated between 210 and 250 mph (F4 on the Fujita Tornado Damage Scale). This was the first tornado to "officially" be rated an "F4" in the State of Maryland. The National Weather Service adopted the Fujita Damage Scale in 1973. The total damage path of the Frostburg tornado was over 25 miles long (8 miles in Allegany County) and up to a half-mile wide. Along most of its path, it was producing winds over 125 mph (F2 or stronger). The damage path was continuous as it moved up and down over 2000-foot mountain ridges. The fact that no one was killed in Maryland was attributed to 5 to 10 minutes warning that was well communicated to people in Frostburg over television, radio, scanners, telephones, and sirens. People took quick action to move to their basements. A mother and child rode out the storm as it destroyed their house hiding under a table in the basement. They were shaken but unharmed. A jacket from a Frostburg home was found 25 miles away. A diploma was found near Winchester, Virginia, 60 miles away and a bill was found near Sterling Virginia (about 100 miles away). 

2008: Several supercell thunderstorms rolled southeast from northwest South Dakota into central South Dakota, bringing large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding during the late afternoon and evening hours. The large hail, up to baseball size, and high winds killed a large number of birds, pheasants, and rabbits. The large hail also knocked out many windows and damaged the siding of buildings and homes in both Stanley and Hughes counties. Very heavy rain of over 3 inches caused flash flooding in many parts of Pierre into the early morning hours. A Federal Disaster Declaration was issued for Hughes and Stanley Counties, mainly for the flooding. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

60 / 46 off a low of 43.   Out of the cool/wet pattern and by tomorrow quickly to summer,  Low 70s/mid 70s today - low 80s / mid 80s Tuesday and upper 80s to low 90s Wed - Fri / cooler coast..  850 MB temps >17c Thu and again on Sunday could make a sneaky overperforming highs day pending on clouds/storms in between.  Frontal boundary linger by Friday nigh - Sun AM so could see some pop up storms in the period and debris clouds Saturday (another weekend cloudy day potential).  Sunday looks like the better day.  Overall, warmer 6/9 and beyond.

46 minutes ago, lee59 said:

First 5 months of this year all chillier than last year, at Central Park, averaging some 3 degrees colder.

NYC

MONTH   2024  ------   2025

JAN:   +3.3  --------  -2.5
Feb:    +4.1 ---------  -.08
March:  +5.2 --------  +4.0
April:   +1.9 ---------   +1.6
May:  +1.8  ----------   -0.9
 

32 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Don what was the low on June 4th 2023 at NYC and JFK and when's the latest we've ever had a low in the 40s?

 

6/4/2023

LGA: 70 / 51
JFK:  70 / 49
NYC: 69/49
 

66 so far today here as its clouded / smoked up since 1pm

27 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

LGA and JFK's last really hot summer on this scale was also 2010.  I consider that the peak of what's possible here in terms of summer heat.

EWR is a furnace, it doesn't even belong in the same climate zone with the rest of us.

NE-NJ and CNJ and parts of SI run closer to EWR than NYC