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From this afternoon ahead of a heavier shower:

From this morning. The thunderstorms passed to the south and east of where I live with only a few raindrops reaching me. Lightning was visible and thunder could be heard.

Sunrise this morning. The temperature was 76° and a nearby buoy registered 73°.

DCA __ NYC __ BOS ___ ORD __ ATL __ IAH ___ DEN __ PHX __ SEA 0.2 0.5 0.5 -0.3 -0.3 -0.4 -2.0 0.3 3.1

I am not surprised. UAH v6.0 appears to have a spurious statistical cooling trend. Has it been peer reviewed yet?

DCA __ NYC __ BOS ____ ORD __ ATL __ IAH _____ DEN __ PHX __ SEA 1.3 1.3 0.9 -0.1 0.3 -0.2 -0.3 1.4 1.1

I did. It is surreal that we live in an increasingly anti-knowledge era in which science, evidence, and truth are rejected.

June 1-15, 2000-2016 Data: June 2000-16: LGA High: 0.7° warmer than NYC; LGA Low: 1.0° warmer than NYC; Days with warmer high: LGA: 52%/NYC: 26%; Days with warmer low: LGA: 62%/NYC: 16%

Some NYC-LGA comparisons for June 2017: LGA: Average high temperature: 79.6°; Average low temperature: 62.4°; % Days with High > NYC: 92%; % Days with Low > NYC: 77% NYC: Average high temperature: 77.0°; Average low temperature: 60.5°; % Days with High > LGA: 0%; % Days with Low > NYC: 0% June 2000-16: LGA High: 1.1° warmer than NYC; LGA Low: 1.3° warmer than NYC; Days with warmer high: LGA: 59%/NYC: 20%; Days with warmer low: LGA: 69%/NYC: 14%

Yesterday was the earliest on record.

Record high minimum temperatures from this morning: LGA: 76° (old record: 75°, 1973) NYC: 76° (old record: 73°, 2015)

DCA __ NYC __ BOS ____ ORD __ ATL __ IAH _____ DEN __ PHX __ SEA 0.3 0.3 0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 0.2

Select Record High Temperatures (Through 4 PM): Bridgeport: 89° (old record: 86°, 1998 Islip: 89° (old record: 87°, 1998) New York City—LGA: 96° (old record: 95°, 1962) Providence: 91° (old record: 89°, 1906) Westhampton: 86° (old record: 77°, 2002)

Select Record High Temperatures (Through 2 PM): Bridgeport: 87° (old record: 86°, 1998 Islip: 89° (old record: 87°, 1998 Providence: 91° (old record: 89°, 1906) Westhampton: 86° (old record: 77°, 2002)

Select Record High Temperatures (Through 1 PM): Islip: 88° (old record: 87°, 1998 Providence: 89° (tied record set in 1906) Westhampton: 85° (old record: 77°, 2002)