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Records: Highs: EWR: 99 (2017) NYC: 96 (1961) LGA: 101 (2017) JFK: 95 (1983) Lows: EWR: 51 (1982) NYC: 51 (1953) LGA: 51 (1982) JFK: 51 (1980) Historical: 1889 - Forest fires in northern Wisconsin and northeast Minnesota were in the process of destroying millions of dollars of board feet of timber. (David Ludlum) 1907 - The temperature at Tamarack, CA, dipped to 2 degrees above zero, the lowest reading of record for June for the U.S. The high that day was 30 degrees. Tamarack received 42 inches of snow between the 10th and the 13th. On the 13th the snow depth was 130 inches. (The Weather Channel) 1955: Water from the Spring Mountains swept down on Las Vegas, NV after a violent thunderstorm of rain and hail, virtually isolating the City, flooding hundreds of homes and stores and causing an untold amount in property damage. Residents of the Twin Lakes Subdivision reported that a four-foot wall of water came down from the slope of Mt. Charleston. Hardest hit was the Brentwood Park Tract, where large stocks of lumber, stacked for construction on new homes, were washed away by the flood, and littered the Municipal Golf Course and Twin Lakes Subdivision. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1956: Boston, Massachusetts recorded peak gust of 84 mph gusts during a thunderstorm. (Ref. NOAA Boston Weather Events) 1967: Three separate lines of thunderstorms developed and raced across eastern South Dakota. The storms dumped up to 5 inches of rain and hail the size of golf balls was common. Winds gusted to 71 mph in the Aberdeen area resulting in some damage. Crop damage was 100% in some areas in the northeast due to the relentless hail and flooding rains. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1968: A violent F5 tornado killed 9 people at Tracy, MN. Over 110 homes were destroyed, while a steel I-beam was reportedly carried for 2 miles on a piece of roof. Two farms hit by this tornado were also hit by a violent F4 tornado on 6/24/1924.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1969: 10 inches of snow fell in Deerfield, SD as an unusual late season storm covered parts of South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and Nebraska. Five inches of snow was measured at Great Falls, MT. The low temperature at Billings, MT fell to 32°, their latest freeze on record. The temperature also fell to 32° the previous day; both tying a record low for the month of June. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1976: A deadly tornado moved across parts of the southwestern Chicago, IL suburbs killing two people and injuring 23 others. The tornado, with winds over 200 mph moved from Lemont to Downers Grove causing $13 million dollars in damage when 89 homes were destroyed and another 90 were damaged. The tornado passed over the Argonne National Laboratory, peeling part of a roof off the building housing a nuclear reactor. The tornadoes movement was rather erratic moving southeast the north and finally turning northwest. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1984 - Severe thunderstorms struck Denver deluging the city with five inches of rain, and leaving up to six feet of water in some places. Softball size hail smashed windshields and ripped through metal cars. Snow plows had to be called out. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Fifteen cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including International Falls, MN, with a reading of 92 degrees. Mason City IA and Waterloo IA reported record highs of 100 degrees. Thunderstorms in the northeastern U.S. produced golf ball size hail around Hamilton Square NJ, along with high winds which tore the roof off a hospital causing a million dollars damage. Averill Park NY was deluged with 1.64 inches of rain in fifteen minutes. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Afternoon thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern and Central Plains Region. Forrest NM was deluged with 5.5 inches of rain in ninety minutes. Temperatures soared into the 90s across much of the eastern half of the nation, including New England. Northern Illinois reported a record twenty straight days of dry weather. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Southern Plains Region to the Carolinas during the day and night, and continued to drench parts of Texas and Oklahoma with heavy rain. Oklahoma City reported 13.41 inches of rain for the first thirteen days of the month, and Fort Worth TX reported 29.56 inches for the year, a total more than 13 inches above normal. Severe drought continued to rage across South Texas. (The National Weather Summary) 1991: Lightning struck a tree at the U.S. Open Golf Tournament being held at Chaska, MN. One spectator was killed, and six others were injured. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1993: Four inches of rain fell in one hour on Lenox, IA as the Great Mississippi Flood of 1993 was beginning. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1994: A series of violent thunderstorms roared across parts of western and central New York. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. A tornado touched down in the town of Freedom. Damage was intermittent along the mile long path, with only tree damage for the first 3/4 mile. Over its last quarter mile the tornado destroyed a 25 x 25 foot garage. The tornado then struck the Pleasantview Mobile Home Park. A roof which was blown off one mobile home penetrated the wall of another home about 200 feet away. Two other mobile homes were lifted and moved off their foundations. The thunderstorms dropped between two and four inches of rain which produced flash flooding. One hundred basements were flooded in Jamestown. Damage from flash flooding was extensive in Allegany State Park in Cattaraugus County. Two recreational bridges collapsed and other major bridges were undermined. Beaches were damaged extensively and roads were washed out. In one instance, the blacktop from one road was carried over 20 feet. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2002: As thunderstorms roared through Ponca City, OK with lots of large hail and wall clouds, lightning caused a fire at a Conoco refinery. The news immediately sent gasoline futures higher by 50 points. The refinery was back on line quickly, but gasoline prices rose a few extra cents in time for the Fourth of July Holiday. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2005: Low pressure, the remnants of Hurricane Arlene, moved northeast across the Great Lakes. The bands of showers and thunderstorms produced damage across parts of the Niagara Frontier and Finger Lakes. Heavy rains produced flash flooding in Livingston County, an area which received heavy rains on several consecutive days. The strong winds downed trees and limbs in Le Roy, Stafford, Mendon, Livonia, Lockport, Kendall, and Clarkson. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

74 / 53 breaks in the clouds for now. Cooler today highs in the low 80s with enough sun in the warmest areas. Clouds arriving on schedule for the weekend with a cloud filled cool onshore flow. Highs near or below 70 Saturday / Sunday and while the brunt of ht heaviest rain will stay south with the front still 0.5 - 1.00 in the highest places mainly south. Mon / Tuesday not much better with hung up front lingering , 70s and chance of rain/ showers any sun shine will get us mid 70s or near 80. Clearing out later on Tuesday and setting up a much warmer to hotter close to the week as we enter into a much warmer period that transitions to hotter with western heat building north and east by the 20th and beyond. Still could feature frequent storms chances around the rim of the ridge but hotter finish to the month continues to be focussed 6/20 - beyond. 6/13 : near 80 clouds increase 6/14 - 6/17 : Judy Collins clouds got in the way - cool - rain / heaviest stays south 0.5 or + 6/18 - 6/19 : Warmer / drier near / slightly above normal 6/20 - beyond : Ridge pushes higher heights and heats builds into the east. - Hotter / still wet

Clouds moving in quick and what had looked like partly cloudy Friday from as recent as Tue, now looks mostly cloudy and clouds lingering through Tuesday cue Judy Collins Both Sides now - clouds got in the way.

7.61 inches of rain since May 1st in the park. I am noticing TTN seems to be lower than surrounding sites in the last 4 years but havent looked to deep into it. The park has been a clear outlier when abundantly wet and overgrowth.

Highs: BLM: 92 EWR: 92 PHL: 92 ACY: 91 JFK: 90 LGA: 90 TEB: 90 New Brnswck: 90 ISP: 88 TTN: 88 NYC: 87

Highs: BLM: 92 EWR: 92 PHL: 92 ACY: 91 JFK: 90 LGA: 90 TEB: 90 New Brnswck: 90 ISP: 88 TTN: 88 NYC: 87

88 here now

So far so clear

Up to 85 here

Just hit 80 here - going to be close for first 90 here and 2nd other spots.

Heaviest rains now forecasted south into the MD/VA area this is majority Sat - Mon;

Records: Highs: EWR: 97 (2017) NYC: 93 (2017) LGA: 96 (2017) JFK: 92 (2017) Lows: EWR: 47 (1951) NYC: 48 (1979) LGA: 49 (1979) JFK: 49 (1980) Historical: 1881 - Severe thunderstorms spawned more than half a dozen tornadoes in the Lower Missouri Valley. Five of the tornadoes touched down near Saint Joseph MO. In south central Kansas a tornado nearly wiped out the town of Floral. Hail and high winds struck Iowa and southern Minnesota. In Minnesota, Blue Earth City reported five inches of rain in one hour. (David Ludlum) 1885: A tornado in Iowa blew part of a train off the tracks, injuring three passengers. Three coaches and a baggage car were lifted into the air and onto a field. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1899: New Richmond, Wisconsin: A killer tornado rampages through New Richmond, Wisconsin, 114 people die, many attending an outdoor circus. 1915: An estimated F4 tornado moved northeast from northwest of Waterville, Iowa crossing the Mississippi River two miles south of Ferryville, Wisconsin. A man and his daughter were killed in one of three homes that were obliterated southwest of "Heytman," a small railroad station on the Mississippi River. 60 buildings and eight homes were destroyed in Wisconsin. This tornado caused approximately $200,000 in damage. In addition to this tornado, another estimated F4 tornado moved northeast across Fayette and Clayton Counties in northeast Iowa. One farm was devastated, the house and barn leveled. Heavy machinery was thrown 300 yards. Clothing was carried two miles. 1947 - A heavy wet snow blanketed much of southern and central Wyoming, and gave many places their heaviest and latest snow of record. Totals included 18.4 inches at Lander, 8.7 inches at Cheyenne, and 4.5 inches at Casper. (11th-12th) (The Weather Channel) 1948: The Columbia River Basin flood peaked on this date in the Northwest. The flood produced the highest water level in the basin since the flood there in 1894. The damage estimate for the 1948 flood was $101 million, and 75 lives were lost. 1956: The upper Midwest was in the midst of a six-day stretch of 90 degree plus temperatures. The high of 97° at Chicago, IL and 95° at Rockford, IL set daily high temperature records. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1959: A heavy thunderstorm was accompanied by a small tornado at Celeron near Jamestown, NY and gave a two inch rainfall in 75 minutes in Colden, NY. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1968: Tropical Storm Abby moved northeast and crossed central Florida, briefly reaching hurricane status in the Gulf of Mexico. The tropical storm then moved along the coast of Florida and into Georgia, then made a loop as a tropical depression through the Carolinas, moving south to the North Carolina/South Carolina coast. Locations that received record daily rainfalls included: Philadelphia, PA: 3.05 inches, Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC : 2.23 inches, Dulles Airport at Sterling, VA: 1.88 inches, Wilmington, DE: 1.75 inches, Newark, NJ: 1.74 inches and Williamsport, PA: 1.30 inches. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1969 - Record late season snows covered parts of Montana. Five inches was reported at Great Falls and east of Broadus. Billings, MT, tied their June record with lows of 32 degrees on the 12th and the 13th. (The Weather Channel) 1978: Lightning killed a 14 year old boy running home to avoid the rain at Lauderhill, FL. The lightning struck a pine tree near the boy and severely burned his legs and knocked his shoes off. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1983 - The state of Utah was beseiged by floods and mudslides. Streets in downtown Salt Lake City were sandbagged and turned into rivers of relief. The town of Thistle was completely inundated as a mudslide made a natural dam. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Thunderstorms in Nebraska produced softball size hail around Fremont and Ames, and 3.5 inches of rain in less than one hour. Four and a half inches in less than an hour caused flooding around Ithica, NE. A tornado destroyed a mobile home near Broken Bow, NE, injuring both occupants. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Fifteen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Asheville with a reading of 40 degrees. Drought conditions continued to intensify across the eastern half of the nation. Rainfall at Nashville, TN, was running 12.5 inches below normal. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Tennessee Valley to the Central Appalachians in the afternoon and evening, and produced severe weather in Oklahoma and Texas during the evening and night. Thunderstorms spawned ten tornadoes, and there were 164 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 100 mph at Amarillo, TX, and wind gusts to 110 mph at Denton TX. Hail three inches in diameter was reported at Tucumcari NM. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 2005 - A tornado in Hammond, Wisconsin damaged 22 homes and produced $3.6 million in damage (Associated Press).

71 / 62 - could be the warmest day so far for many and the 2nd for some and first for others 90 degree day. A brief summer blast, before the next front approaches and linger over or near by with 96 hours of mainly cloudy and around 1 - 1.5 inches of rain, which trended more south with the recent forecacts. Clouds could arrive as early as Friday late morning and with any hope or luck we can trend drier and maybe get pokes of sun on Saturday. Warmer / drier by the 17th with heat building north and east by the 20th with next shot at some heat. Looks overall warm - hot and perhaps wetter as center of the ridge looks to center just west initially. 6/12 : Hottest day of the next 7 6/14 - 6/16 : Cloudy / wet cooler 6/17 - 6/19 : warmer 6/20 - beyond : Heat potential

Highs: Wet central park growth keeping NYC lower TEB: 87 EWR: 86 BLM: 85 PHL: 85 ACY: 85 LGA: 84 New Brnswck: 84 JFK: 83 TTN: 82 ISP: 81 NYC: 81

JFK 95 degree or higher by season top 12 Year Rank Days >= 95 °F 2010 1 10 1963 2 8 2002 3 7 1999 3 7 1983 3 7 2013 6 6 1949 6 6 2012 8 5 1966 8 5 1955 8 5 2022 11 4 2006 11 4 1993 11 4 1991 11 4 1974 11 4 1968 11 4 1948 11 4 2019 18 3

JFK rank 90 degree days or higher Year Rank Days >= 90 °F 2010 1 32 1983 2 26 2002 3 21 1971 4 18 1949 4 18 2005 6 17 1991 6 17 2022 8 16 2012 8 16 1959 8 16 1955 8 16 2016 12 15 1995 12 15 1961 12 15 1999 15 14 1988 15 14 1966 15 14 1952 15 14 2011 19 13 1993 19 13 1984 19 13 1977 19 13 1970 19 13 1969 19 13 1963 19 13 2020 26 12 2015 26 12 2006 26 12 2003 26 12 1978 26 12 1968 26 12 1953 26 12 1987 33 11 1981 33 11 1980 33 11 1962 33 11 2021 37 10 1997 37 10 1974 37 10 2017 40 9 2013 40 9 2008 40 9 1989 40 9 1956 40 9 2023 45 8 2018 45 8 2001 45 8 1986 45 8 1975 45 8 1973 45 8 1972 45 8 1964 45 8 2019 53 7 2007 53 7 1994 53 7 1957 53 7 1948 53 7 2024 58 6 2009 58 6 2000 58 6 1992 58 6 1990 58 6 1965 58 6 1998 64 5 1985 64 5 1976 64 5 1954 64 5 1996 68 4 1982 68 4 1960 68 4 1958 68 4 1979 72 3 2014 73 2 1950 73 2 2004 75 1 1951 75 1 1967 77 0

JFK July, 199 + Auf 1st was 97 degrees 97 / July 1 74 69 0.34 0.0 July 2 79 70 0.00 0.0 July 3 84 70 0.00 0.0 July 4 97 76 0.00 0.0 July 5 102 80 0.00 0.0 July 6 99 82 0.00 0.0 July 7 93 72 0.00 0.0 July 8 89 71 0.00 0.0 July 9 82 69 0.00 0.0 July 10 85 68 0.00 0.0 July 11 82 62 0.00 0.0 July 12 79 61 0.06 0.0 July 13 77 61 0.06 0.0 July 14 74 61 0.00 0.0 July 15 84 59 0.00 0.0 July 16 89 69 0.00 0.0 July 17 89 73 0.00 0.0 July 18 92 74 0.00 0.0 July 19 90 73 0.48 0.0 July 20 82 71 0.00 0.0 July 21 79 70 0.00 0.0 July 22 78 72 0.09 0.0 July 23 82 71 0.00 0.0 July 24 90 73 0.00 0.0 July 25 92 76 0.00 0.0 July 26 91 75 0.00 0.0 July 27 95 73 0.00 0.0 July 28 97 74 0.00 0.0 July 29 85 73 0.00 0.0 July 30 87 73 0.00 0.0 July 31 84 74 0.00 0.0

Oddly JFK officially began recording on Jul 17, 1948 so the prior 17 days are not avaible to post.

JFK July, 1993 Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches) July 1 83 66 0.00 0.0 July 2 71 64 0.85 0.0 July 3 85 65 0.61 0.0 July 4 96 71 0.00 0.0 July 5 89 71 0.00 0.0 July 6 81 71 0.00 0.0 July 7 88 73 0.00 0.0 July 8 94 77 0.00 0.0 July 9 101 77 0.00 0.0 July 10 100 80 0.00 0.0 July 11 91 76 0.00 0.0 July 12 94 77 0.00 0.0 July 13 89 75 0.00 0.0 July 14 85 71 0.05 0.0 July 15 90 74 0.00 0.0 July 16 88 68 0.00 0.0 July 17 87 67 0.00 0.0 July 18 82 68 0.00 0.0 July 19 75 65 0.33 0.0 July 20 91 66 0.00 0.0 July 21 87 72 0.00 0.0 July 22 85 69 0.00 0.0 July 23 87 70 0.00 0.0 July 24 81 66 0.00 0.0 July 25 86 68 0.00 0.0 July 26 76 65 0.00 0.0 July 27 81 68 0.33 0.0 July 28 89 73 0.00 0.0 July 29 88 72 0.22 0.0 July 30 86 73 0.00 0.0 July 31 84 70 0.00 0.0

1991 not as hot in JFK JFK, July, 1991 July 1 79 62 0.00 0.0 July 2 80 67 0.28 0.0 July 3 77 66 0.00 0.0 July 4 77 63 0.00 0.0 July 5 71 66 0.35 0.0 July 6 77 67 0.00 0.0 July 7 84 71 0.07 0.0 July 8 89 71 0.00 0.0 July 9 88 73 0.00 0.0 July 10 80 62 0.00 0.0 July 11 90 68 0.00 0.0 July 12 82 63 0.00 0.0 July 13 77 66 0.68 0.0 July 14 82 69 0.00 0.0 July 15 87 67 0.00 0.0 July 16 86 67 0.00 0.0 July 17 91 71 0.00 0.0 July 18 92 76 0.00 0.0 July 19 88 76 0.00 0.0 July 20 96 76 0.00 0.0 July 21 99 77 0.05 0.0 July 22 89 74 0.08 0.0 July 23 97 74 0.39 0.0 July 24 89 74 0.00 0.0 July 25 80 70 0.26 0.0 July 26 84 71 0.20 0.0 July 27 79 69 0.00 0.0 July 28 86 67 0.00 0.0 July 29 74 67 0.12 0.0 July 30 78 68 0.00 0.0 July 31 80 69 0.00 0.0

Haze moving out and some clouds forming - A beautiful 81 / 54 here https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES19/ABI/SECTOR/NE/GEOCOLOR/GOES19-NE-GEOCOLOR-600x600.gif

JFK July, 2010 July 1 81 64 0.00 0.0 July 2 83 62 0.00 0.0 July 3 87 66 0.00 0.0 July 4 101 69 0.00 0.0 July 5 97 71 0.00 0.0 July 6 101 75 0.00 0.0 July 7 100 77 0.00 0.0 July 8 87 76 0.00 0.0 July 9 87 74 0.00 0.0 July 10 83 74 0.00 0.0 July 11 90 73 0.00 0.0 July 12 90 71 0.00 0.0 July 13 83 74 0.85 0.0 July 14 82 74 0.29 0.0 July 15 86 73 0.00 0.0 July 16 87 74 0.00 0.0 July 17 93 79 0.00 0.0 July 18 95 77 0.00 0.0 July 19 88 74 0.58 0.0 July 20 89 75 0.00 0.0 July 21 90 76 0.00 0.0 July 22 91 75 0.00 0.0 July 23 84 74 0.61 0.0 July 24 97 80 0.00 0.0 July 25 93 74 0.08 0.0 July 26 89 68 0.00 0.0 July 27 90 71 0.00 0.0 July 28 86 71 0.00 0.0 July 29 87 74 0.03 0.0 July 30 80 68 0.00 0.0 July 31 81 64 0.00 0.0

JFK July, 2011 July 1 85 63 0.00 0.0 July 2 86 67 0.00 0.0 July 3 78 70 0.23 0.0 July 4 86 69 0.00 0.0 July 5 91 70 0.00 0.0 July 6 86 71 0.00 0.0 July 7 92 73 0.09 0.0 July 8 82 70 0.58 0.0 July 9 91 70 0.00 0.0 July 10 82 68 0.00 0.0 July 11 88 72 0.00 0.0 July 12 98 77 0.00 0.0 July 13 89 70 0.06 0.0 July 14 85 66 0.00 0.0 July 15 86 68 0.00 0.0 July 16 89 69 0.00 0.0 July 17 87 70 0.00 0.0 July 18 94 72 0.00 0.0 July 19 93 75 0.00 0.0 July 20 85 73 0.00 0.0 July 21 88 73 0.00 0.0 July 22 103 76 0.00 0.0 July 23 102 79 0.00 0.0 July 24 93 76 0.21 0.0 July 25 81 70 0.09 0.0 July 26 88 70 0.17 0.0 July 27 87 69 0.00 0.0 July 28 86 69 0.00 0.0 July 29 83 71 1.28 0.0 July 30 93 75 0.00 0.0 July 31 89 71 0.00 0.0