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Highs: ACY: 89 PHL: 85 JFK: 85 EWR: 84 BLM: 83 ISP: 82 New Brnswck: 81 TTN: 81 TEB: 80 NYC: 80 LGA: 80

Gust to 39 MPH hre LGA: 45 EWR: 44 JFK: 40

General forecast continues to look overall warm / humid into the Jul 4th period. A bit cooler 7/1 - 7/2, warmer/humid 7/3 into the exrentded weekend.

Next seven days - most of this from the front / storms Wed Pm -(overrnight)/ THu AM.

Wed (6/26) and Sun (6/30) have >20c 850mb potentially. With recent dryness and enough sun, temps will overperform. Both day may have storms/showers and clouds nearby. Today, Fri (6/28) , and Mon (7/1) look NW flow - low humidity gems, so sustained heat with brief interludes of drier/cooler look to progress the next week - 8 days,

81 / 55 WNW flow - trough swinging through.

Hot - humid look in the longer run, perhaps more opportunities for storms and brief reprieve from the heat with 1/2 days of NW canadian flow

78 / 63 clouds splitting the region in half. Cooler today and the heatwave breaks as the trough and front bring 18 hours of a reprieve from the heat. Clouds and scattered Ridge pushes and bumps surge of heat north on Tue (6/25) and Wed (6/26). >20c 850 MB temps by Wed, only clouds and showers/storms will blunt upper 90s to 100. A 2 day cool down Thu (6/27) - Fri (6/28) before next surge of heat this weekend Sat (6/29) - Sun (6/30). Beyond there overall warmer - hot and humid after a day or two of a brief cooldown for the holiday weekend as ridging looks to maintain into the east.

7 in 2010

Records: Highs: EWR: 99 (2024) NYC: 96 (1888) LGA: 95 (1965) JFK: 94 (2010) Lows: EWR: 51 (1992) NYC: 40 (1918) LGA: 53 (1940) JFK: 52 (1992) Historical: 1902 - The temperature at Volcano Springs, CA, soared to 129 degrees to set a June record for the U.S. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders) 1944 - Four tornadoes killed 153 persons and caused five million dollars damage in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. The tornadoes formed during the evening and moved southeast along parallel paths flattening everything in their way. The town of Shinnston WV was leveled, and was left with the majority of the causalities. Until that time it was believed that damaging tornadoes did not travel across mountainous terrain. (David Ludlum) 1944: The deadliest and strongest tornado in the state of West Virginia occurred on this day. The Shinnston Tornado that ravaged a path of destruction from Shinnston to Cheat Mountain, then on to Maryland and ending in Pennsylvania in the Allegheny Mountains, is the only twister to produce F4 damage in West Virginia. This tornado killed 103 people. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel. 1957 - A few miles west of Fort Stockton TX, softball size hail injured 21 persons unable to find shelter, mostly farm laborers. Some livestock were killed. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - A massive hailstorm hit eastern Colorado causing an estimated 60 to 70 million dollars damage. At La Junta, CO, hail as large as softballs caused 37 million dollars damage. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Thirty-four cities reported record high temperatures for the date. The reading of 90 degrees at Bluefield, WV, equalled their record for the month of June. The record high of 104 degrees at Billings, MT, was their thirteenth of the month. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Six cities in the High Plains Region reported record low temperatures for the date, including Sheridan, WY, with a reading of 38 degrees. Showers and thunderstorms in the eastern U.S. deluged New Castle County, DE, with 2.5 inches of rain in one hour. (The National Weather Summary)

Highs: BLM: 99 EWR: 99 ACY: 98 (*) PHL: 98 (*) TEB: 96 TTN: 96 LGA: 95 New Brnsck: 95 NYC: 92 JFK: 85 ISP: 85

Highs: BLM: 99 EWR: 99 (*) ACY: 98 (*) PHL: 98 (*) TEB: 96 TTN: 96 LGA: 95 New Brnsck: 95 NYC: 92 JFK: 85 ISP: 85

EWR: 98 (so far)

94/ 71 with more sun now - clearest part of the afternoon so far , but more clouds west, maybe they'll break up a bit

Jul 2011, 2013

Up to 90 / 74 despite mostly cloudy - many sunny : would have yielded a 99 - 101 but clouds will likely keep it 93 - 97 .

87 / 73 here partly cloudy / with haze Wind: 221° (SW) : 11PMH

General forecast continues to look overall warm for the July 4th period. Ridging east and occasional NW flow interrupting the hotter S-SW flow. Period looks near - above normal.

Next week rainfall the heaviest concentrated in the GL / Northern NE/ME

Signal for strong ridge into the east next weekend , there was some trend to keep surge of heat, with brief NW(cooler flow) between next puh of ridging, with that may come more opportunity for storms.

Clouds the only monkey wrench in the 98 - 102 readings.

83/ 73 - hazy and partly cloudy. Some clouds and spotty showers around. Only clouds would impact a 100 degree readings in the area. Some showers possible overnight, trough pushes through a brief 18 hour drier / cooler period that may break the heatwave in the warmer spots with mid - upper 80 degree readings (oasis in a sea of heat / humidity). Heat returns Tue (6/25) - Thu (6/27) with surge of >20c 850 MB temps Wed into Thu. The race to 100 on Thu will be close between storm/clouds on the approaching front. Cooler later Thu and Fri (6/28) before ridging and more heat push into the area next weekend to close the month hot and humid. Overall ridging into the east, hot and humid and perhaps more chances for storms riding the periphery of the ridge fluctuating between the humid southerly and brief northwest flow. 6/17 - 6/27: Hot (oasis of cooler 6/24) 6/27 - 6/28: Cooler 6/29 - beyond : hot, humid

Records: Highs: EWR: 101 (1988) NYC: 98 (1988) LGA: 99 (1988) JFK: 94 (2012) Lows: EWR: 48 (1940) NYC: 52 (1940) LGA: 53 (192) JFK: 55 (1992) Historical: 1928: A farmer near Greensburg, KS looked up into the heart of a tornado. He described its walls as "rotating clouds lit with constant flashes of lightning and a strong gassy odor with a screaming, hissing sound." 1947 - Twelve inches of rain fell in forty-two minutes at Holt, MO, establishing a world rainfall record. That record was tied on January 24-25, 1956, at the Kilauea Sugar Plantation in Hawaii, as their state record was established with 38 inches of rain in 24 hours. (The Weather Channel) 1972 - Hurricane Agnes deluged Pennsylvania and New York State with torrential rains resulting in the most costly flood in U.S. history. In the Middle Susquehanna Valley of Pennsylvania, 24 hour rainfall amounts were generally 8 to 12 inches, with up to 19 inches in extreme southwestern Schuylkill County. At Wilkes-Barre, PA, the dike was breached destroying much of the town. Flooding resulted in 117 deaths and 3.1 billion dollars damage. (David Ludlum) 1981 - A young woman from Lubbock, TX, was struck by lightning. The bolt of lightning struck just above her right shoulder near her neck, and passed right to left through her body, tearing her warm-ups, causing her tennis shoes to explode, and lifting her two feet into the air. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Thunderstorms in southern Texas produced wind gusts to 116 mph near Quemado. Thunderstorms in New York State produced 5.01 inches of rain in 24 hours at Buffalo, an all-time record for that location, and produced an inch of rain at Bath, PA. The temperature at Fairbanks AK soared to 92 degrees, establishing a record for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Sixty-five cities in twenty-four states reported record high temperatures for the date. Tucson AZ reported an all-time record high of 114 degrees, surpassing the previous record of 112 degrees established a day earlier. Highs of 98 degrees at Pittsburgh, PA, and 100 degrees at Baltimore, MD, tied records for the month of June. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Record cold temperatures were reported in the High Plains Region. Rapid City, SD, reported a record low of 39 degrees, in sharp contrast to their record high of 102 degrees two days earlier, on the 20th. (The National Weather Summary) 2003: A hailstone measuring 7.0 inches in diameter with a circumference of 18.75 inches and weighing 1.33 pounds falls in Aurora, Nebraska. The National Weather Service reports this is the second largest hailstone ever documented in the U.S. by weight, and the largest by size at that time. The world's largest hailstone NOW was produced from storms in South Dakota; 8" in diameter and 1.9375 lbs. on July 23, 2010. kl

Highs New Brnswck: 98 ACY: 98 PHL: 98 TTN: 98 BLM: 97 EWR: 95 TEB: 95 LGA: 94 NYC: 93 JFK: 87 ISP: 85