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Crazy that EWR has NYC and LGA by 10 90F days. Is it just me or do LGA's highs this summer seem cooler/more in line with NYC than last year?

Today brought me to #14 with a high of 91.3. I've had a few 89.0-89.4 degree days, and those are annoying. I wish it'd either be lower or break 90, as I basically consider 89F to be 90, 1 degree certainly can't be felt outside.

Not even close for me today, was expecting 88-89 but ended up at 84 for the high.

A high of 93 here today, 7th 90+ day of the year so far.

Neck and neck Alex, today's my 7th as well. The past couple days fell short in the upper 80s. Not surprising, borderline days I tend to miss.

Tony, you forgot to post yesterday's highs

Uh oh, he's slacking.

Today's #4 for me.

I've only got 3 so far, but June's not really an impressive month for 90s in these parts, July/August tend to be much better. Even in the scorcher of last summer, I had just 5 or 6 90F days heading into the beginning of July. Plenty of time to rack them up.

So far my closest was yesterday at 88F here in CNJ. Looks like we'll make it through April/May without having a 90 degree day (today probably falls short).

I remember a few times here on the south shore of western LI we were in the low 90s and you were in the upper 80s lol.... we also had three days of 100+ and NYC only had 2. JFK also had 10 days of 95+ and I think NYC had less than that.

Yeah Alex it was probably on those NW wind days when your area really torches, that you beat me. Many of my near misses were literally less than 0.25-0.5 degrees from 90.

Correct, I made a statistical comparison with the other stations and they all had like 4-5 89 degree days while NYC had twice as much..... NYC should have had 47-48 90 degree days last year.

No doubt 90% of NYC saw 45+ 90 degree days, but for Central Park, the 37 number is probably close correct.

Same thing happened IMBY in Colts Neck -- I recorded 38 90F days total, but about 12-13 days at 88-89.4. More rural areas tend to have a much more difficult time cracking 90.

I guess what I agree with most is that it is important to have a wide range of interests. I am minoring in Environmental Science (who knows where my career path will take me?) and doing internships to get a sense of if research is for me, etc. I think there are plenty of opportunities out there for meteorologists - they just might not all be at your local WFO or your local TV broadcast met office, that's all.

I was dead-set on a meteorology major at Rutgers, but decided to major in environmental science at Villanova for a number of reasons, a big one being the future job opportunity. Environmental science is a very new major and it has a lot of similarities to meteorology, and I didn't want to veer too far from my interest. Green science, renewable energy sector, air quality, ect are all very interesting subjects and potential careers. So I think you made a good decision for sure minoring in env science; you've got to broaden your horizons and make yourself more marketable. The good thing about environmental science is it's a pretty broad field, and you can then dive into something more specific for your M.S. (which I plan to do). I love weather but I felt it was important to incorporate the practical approach as well, and that's (at least right now), the opportunities are generally greater in the environmental science / renewable energy sector.