JBG

1972 and 1987 had some incredible summer warmth despite vigorous El Niños. Ditto 1983 but that was as the Super El Niño was fading.

2006-7 had a full turnaround; IIRC middle of January went from record torch in NYC area to lots of cold and snow, with Valentine's Day IP blizzard.

Well Russia lost the 1980 Hockey Olympics.

There's warm and there's warm. IP is better than ZR.

What would happen if they expanded the "base periods" to fifty or sixty year intervals? They would be less susceptible to short-period fluctuations as 1976-9, which were sharply cooler than normal.

Thanks. I have always been suspicious of instant declarations that any date or period of time was the "hottest ever." Clickbait or alarmism.

It would be even better to have a real summer for once. The last four were disappointing.

We made it through July that year. August, meh.

They can adjust the location from Belvedere Castle.

I can't get any clarity on whether Central Park equaled or exceeded 100° on June 24, 2025. It's a crucial number because if we did it would be the earliest in the summer. Previous earliest was June 26, 1952. Next earliest was June 27, 1966, a day I actually remember. As a nine year old I was being packed onto a bus for sleepaway camp in the Berkshires.

That sure happened in December 2010, the Boxing Day Blizzard. That was also a Niña.

I actually never knew that. They were originally the Brooklyn Atlantics. Everything changed with the creation of the subway system, which fueled the amalgamation of modern NYC.

Bronx is very much in New York City. Most of the Bronx and all of Manhattan were in the original, pre-December 31, 1897 NYC; Queens (a collection of villages), Brooklyn (in its own right the second or third largest US City at the time) and Staten Island (a collection of villages) were added effective January 1, 1898, the birthday of NYC as we know it.

Your lips to G-d's ears.

February 30, 2024. Only kidding, thinking January 15, 2024.