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85/75 here, heating up quickly. Low was 72.
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90 here, down from 94. Not sure if the cool down is from the clouds or the sea breeze, or if the two are related.
9th 90 degree day here, 21st day of 75+ dews.
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87/74 (HI 95)....Haven’t hit 90 since 7/16, surprising given how hot it’s felt.
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39 minutes ago, 495weatherguy said:
Sun out in Melville. Rain appears to be over
Still cloudy here, hope the sun comes out soon.
0.41” at my station.
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Absolutely pouring in Selden.
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Nothing in Happauge, yet.
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Nassau County getting something at least.
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1 hour ago, NewYorkweatherfan said:
Another disgusting day. Who enjoys this stuff?
Me.
1 hour ago, dmillz25 said:That **** was a beast that 9/16/10 storm
My old school sustained structural damage. Wish I got to experience it.
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Looking past the general public’s (and even the wx community’s) “shock” about a tornado warning/touchdown in NYC, you’ll see the city has had quite a few tornado touchdowns in recent years, probably more than most major cities outside of the Plains/Midwest.
08/08/07 - EF2 - Brooklyn
07/25/10 - EF1 - The Bronx
09/16/10 - EF0 - Brooklyn
09/16/10 - EF1 - Queens
08/28/11 - EF0 - Queens (Hurricane Irene)
09/08/12 - EF0 - Queens
09/08/12 - EF1 - Brooklyn
08/02/18 - EF? - Queens
I’d add the 09/16/10 Macroburst as an honorable mention, that thing was basically a miles-wide borderline EF2/EF3 wedge tornado.
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And Long Island gets all of the unpopped kernels in the bottom of the bag.
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I can’t wait until it’s our turn for all-time record territory heat.
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18 hours ago, Cfa said:
Dew point hit 78 yet again, for the 4th time this summer, can’t seem to go beyond that, I want an 80.
Just hit 79.5, an 80 in my book.
18 days this summer with dews at or above 75.
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84/77 (HI 93) here. UV Index 10. Steambath.
Haven’t noticed much of a difference in day length, aside from it not being as bright after 9PM as it was in late June.
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15 hours ago, dWave said:
You're earning your user name
Lol you might be the first one here to make the connection between my username and weather preferences.
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46 minutes ago, psv88 said:
Low of 77 here...wow
Same, will be the highest of the year if it holds. I had a 77 degree morning low back in July, but it didn’t last all day.
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7 hours ago, mjr said:
On Monday July 30 at 3pm the following stations...NYC, LGA, EWR, TEB, JFK, ISP, BDR and Caribou Maine reported the following temperatures in scrambled order...81,81,80,80,77,77.77,74. See if you can guess who reported the 74 (hint...it was not Caribou). The answer is NYC. It had not rained in 48 hours.
NYC has now routinely been reporting maximum temps 3-5 degrees or more lower than comparable local stations not dominated by sea breezes. The temperature deficiencies are especially pronounced in the mid to late afternoon. On Tuesday July 31 at 4pm the temperatures for the 8 stations listed above (in scrambled order) were 84,82,81,80,80,80,78,77. NYC reported the 77.
Wednesday, August 1 was the most extreme. When I first saw the high of 93 at LGA I thought it was a typo. It turns out that while LGA was warm, NYC was the real outlier. At 4pm the average of 10 stations in the NYC metropolitan area, including Breezy Point (surrounded by water) and Bronx Botanical Gardens (probably has some foliage) was 86.8. Six Northern NJ stations averaged 87.3. Central Park boasted 81. I would think that a 9 degree spread between LGA and NYC has to be a record.
All of this would be an amusing diversion except for the fact that this is the "official" New York City temperature that everyone from the uninformed media and public to experienced professional meteorologists looks to as an accurate representation of conditions in Manhattan and an accurate standard of comparison (for example, experienced mets routinely use the NYC number when comparing the number of 90+ days around the country). The largest city in the US deserves better, foliage or no foliage. Meanwhile, I suggest that Upton send someone out to make sure that the temperature sensor wasn't vandalized and that someone didn't in fact remove it and toss it into the polar bear pool at the zoo.
Thank you for this, I was actually discussing this elsewhere the other day and someone (with a cold bias) tried to tell me that Central Park is more accurate because it’s in a shaded environment, and that airport observations are more questionable. Willful ignorance.
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Dew point hit 78 yet again, for the 4th time this summer, can’t seem to go beyond that, I want an 80.
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Just got smoked on I95 in the Bronx. I’ve never driven in rain that heavy, instant roadway flooding. Temp dropped from 90 to 76 quickly.
Hot and bone dry in Queens now.
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Mega heavy rain on the LIE from a tiny cell barely visible on radar.
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Never noticed this correlation. And apparently they’re fireflies in Manhattan, I’m from Queens and they’ve always been lightning bugs.
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I haven’t been able to come anywhere near 2 inches in a rain event since the 2014 flood.
Only 5 (lackluster) thunderstorms so far this year, 6 if you include thundersnow.
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Does dew count as precipitation? I have a few dry days with 0.01” on the record from heavy dew, not sure whether to remove those totals or not.
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Despite the cloud cover, my UV index peaked at 13 (very briefly), solar irradiance peaked at 1171wm^2, both the highest of the year.
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I felt it, I thought I was off balance initially but I noticed clothes hangers swaying back and forth.
Swaying not nearly as noticeable as the 2011 quake, that was enough to wake me up out of my sleep.
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August 2018 Discussions & Observations Thread
in New York City Metro
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89 already, 5 degrees ahead of yesterday at this time. Topped out at 94 yesterday (briefly), may surpass that today if the sea breeze stays away.