July 2023

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

 

Highs:

 

EWR: 101 (1949)
NYC: 98 (1988)
LGA: 99 (1988)


Lows:

 

EWR: 57 (1956)
NYC: 57 (1956)
LGA: 61 (1956)

 

Historical:

 

1949 - The state record for Connecticut was established when the town of Greenville registered an afternoon high of 102 degrees. (The Weather Channel)

1965 - The temperature at Portland, OR, reached 107 degrees to equal their all-time record high. (The Weather Channel)

 

1970: Hurricane Celia was born in the northwest of the Caribbean Sea on this day. The hurricane would be one of the worst ever to hit Texas and would reach Texas late on August 3. The storm reached its peak as it made landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas, as a strong Category 3 hurricane. Hurricane Celia is currently the last major hurricane to make landfall on the middle Texas Coast until Hurricane Harvey in 2017. 

1979 - A forty-minute hailstorm bombed Fort Collins, CO, with baseball to softball size hail. Two thousand homes and 2500 automobiles were damaged, and about 25 persons were injured, mainly when hit on the head by the huge stones. A three month old baby died later of injuries. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Afternoon highs of 105 degrees at Aberdeen SD, 102 degrees at Bismarck, ND, and 102 degrees at Pueblo, CO, were records for the date. Pueblo, CO, reported just .09 inch of rain for the first thirty days of the month. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - A dozen cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown Baltimore, MD, hit 103 degrees, marking a record eight days of 100 degree heat for the month, and ten for the year. The high of 101 degrees at Billings, MT, marked a record seventeen days of 100 degree heat for the year. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the northeast, with nearly fifty reports of large hail or damaging winds in Pennsylvania and New York State. A tree fell on a car at Erie, PA, injuring four persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Morning thunderstorms over central Missouri deluged Columbia with 5.98 inches of rain causing flash flooding. Daytime thunderstorms in Kentucky drenched Paducah with 1.73 inches of rain in less than half an hour. Evening thunderstorms in the north central U.S. produced wind gusts to 78 mph east of Moccasin, MT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

[Rtd208]

It looks like we will get another bout of rain/storms late week and possibly into next weekend after a nice 5 day stretch coming up. Enjoy it while you can. 

[bluewave]

9 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

100 degrees with 30% humidity feels much better than this mediocre "heat" crap

 

All the upper 80s days at the local warm spots become low 90s when you factor in the high dew points pushing the heat index into the low 90s for the monthly daily high temperature average. Even JFK gets closer to 90 when you factor in the record high dew points.
 

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?_wait=no&q=76&network=NJ_ASOS&station=EWR&season=jul&varname=feel&agg=max&year=1893&w=bar&hours=0-23&_r=t&dpi=100&_fmt=png

 

 

 

[lee59]

64.5 my low. Feels  good outside today compared to that high humidity.

[lee59]

47 minutes ago, bluewave said:

All the upper 80s days at the local warm spots become low 90s when you factor in the high dew points pushing the heat index into the low 90s for the monthly daily high temperature average. Even JFK gets closer to 90 when you factor in the record high dew points.
 

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?_wait=no&q=76&network=NJ_ASOS&station=EWR&season=jul&varname=feel&agg=max&year=1893&w=bar&hours=0-23&_r=t&dpi=100&_fmt=png

 

 

 

I quess in a place like Phoenix the heat index is actually lower than the air temperature.

[CIK62]

Next HW not till mid-August and for seven days?

[bluewave]

9 minutes ago, lee59 said:

I quess in a place like Phoenix the heat index is actually lower than the air temperature.

Yeah, by a few degrees. Both were at record levels this month over 110°. Not a fun place to spend the summer. 
 

[donsutherland1]

Uprooted tree from yesterday’s thunderstorm in southern Westchester County. 

 

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

2 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Uprooted tree from yesterday’s thunderstorm in southern Westchester County. 

 

Hard to tell, but I think that’s an ash, which would be doomed anyway. 

[winterwx21]

Dewpoint of 52 here right now. This is the start of 4 days in a row with dewpoints this low. A spectacular stretch. 

[Allsnow]

3 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

Dewpoint of 52 here right now. This is the start of 4 days in a row with dewpoints this low. A spectacular stretch. 

Get out and enjoy it…

 

windows open 

[donsutherland1]

6 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Hard to tell, but I think that’s an ash, which would be doomed anyway. 

I’m pretty sure it is an ash. I came across it during a morning walk. Limbs were downed in Scarsdale.

[lee59]

29 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, by a few degrees. Both were at record levels this month over 110°. Not a fun place to spend the summer. 
 

Yes not really a pleasant place to live, at least for me. It is a desert and the longevity of the heat and lack of rain just  not for me.

[forkyfork]

this weather is dreadful. thankfully it won't last too long

[dmillz25]

75/51 here beautiful 

[bluewave]

8 minutes ago, dmillz25 said:

75/51 here beautiful 

Caribou is expected to finally drop below 55° in the coming days. 
 

 

[Intensewind002]

75/50 feels great outside

[Nibor]

25 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

this weather is dreadful. thankfully it won't last too long

 

[dmillz25]

24 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Caribou is expected to finally drop below 55° in the coming days. 
 

 

That’s pretty insane for that far north

[bluewave]

3 minutes ago, dmillz25 said:

That’s pretty insane for that far north

Yeah, their average minimum was around +3 warmer this month than the next warmest low temperature July set back in 2020.

 

Time Series Summary for Caribou Area, ME (ThreadEx) - Month of Jul
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Rank	Year	Mean Min Temperature	Missing Count
1	2023	63.1	2
2	2020	59.9	0
3	1947	59.5	0
4	2018	59.4	0
5	2010	59.2	0

[SACRUS]

Coolest since Jun 22nd for many.

[Jacob brooklyn]

Feels almost like fall compared to last week

[LibertyBell]

4 hours ago, bluewave said:

All the upper 80s days at the local warm spots become low 90s when you factor in the high dew points pushing the heat index into the low 90s for the monthly daily high temperature average. Even JFK gets closer to 90 when you factor in the record high dew points.
 

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?_wait=no&q=76&network=NJ_ASOS&station=EWR&season=jul&varname=feel&agg=max&year=1893&w=bar&hours=0-23&_r=t&dpi=100&_fmt=png

 

 

 

Yes it was really uncomfortable.  2010 and 2011 felt a lot better than this.

[LibertyBell]

7 hours ago, bluewave said:

Another top 10 warmest month so far for several of our stations around the area.

Time Series Summary for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY - Month of Jul
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Rank	Year	Mean Avg Temperature	Missing Count
1	1999	78.6	0
2	2019	78.1	0
3	2013	78.0	0
-	2010	78.0	0
4	2020	77.7	0
5	2011	77.6	0
6	2023	77.5	2
7	1994	77.3	0
8	2022	77.1	0
9	2016	76.8	0
10	1966	76.3	0

 

Time Series Summary for LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, NY - Month of Jul
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Rank	Year	Mean Avg Temperature	Missing Count
1	2020	82.9	0
2	2010	82.8	0
3	1999	81.9	0
4	2019	81.5	0
5	2013	81.2	0
6	2022	81.1	0
-	2016	81.1	0
7	1955	80.9	0
8	2023	80.8	2
-	1966	80.8	0
9	2006	80.7	0
10	1994	80.6	0

 

Time Series Summary for WESTCHESTER CO AP, NY - Month of Jul
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Rank	Year	Mean Avg Temperature	Missing Count
1	1999	78.5	1
2	2013	77.0	0
-	2010	77.0	0
3	2020	76.9	0
4	2022	76.8	0
-	2019	76.8	0
5	2023	76.7	3
-	1966	76.7	0
-	1955	76.7	2
6	2011	76.6	1
7	2012	76.4	0
8	2016	76.3	0
-	1983	76.3	1
9	1952	76.2	0

 

Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ - Month of Jul
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Rank	Year	Mean Avg Temperature	Missing Count
1	2011	82.7	0
2	2022	82.6	0
3	1993	82.5	0
4	2010	82.3	0
5	1994	81.9	0
6	2023	81.0	2
7	2013	80.9	0
8	2020	80.8	0
-	2012	80.8	0
-	1999	80.8	0
9	2019	80.6	0
10	1955	80.5	0

I guarantee that 1983, 1993, 1999 and 2010 saw a lot more 90 degree highs than this though

 

[LibertyBell]

5 hours ago, bluewave said:

At XMACIS2. The departures were largely driven by so many top 5 average warm minimum monthly temperatures around the region with the near to record high dew points. So the perception by some was that it wasn’t that hot of a month since there were no 100s and the 90 day count wasn’t as high as some recent years. 
 

http://xmacis.rcc-acis.org

 

https://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/wxstation/perspectives/perspectives.html

 

Yes, I have a very specific definition of hot month and hot year.

10 90+ degree highs in a month = hot month

30 90+ degree highs in a year = hot year

We can use LGA for this calculation since NYC is obviously compromised

 

[LibertyBell]

4 hours ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, by a few degrees. Both were at record levels this month over 110°. Not a fun place to spend the summer. 
 

I am hoping it hits 110 there right through Monday, so every day in July is at or above 110.

 

[LibertyBell]

5 hours ago, SACRUS said:

 

Records:

 

Highs:

 

EWR: 101 (1949)
NYC: 98 (1988)
LGA: 99 (1988)


Lows:

 

EWR: 57 (1956)
NYC: 57 (1956)
LGA: 61 (1956)

 

Historical:

 

1949 - The state record for Connecticut was established when the town of Greenville registered an afternoon high of 102 degrees. (The Weather Channel)

1965 - The temperature at Portland, OR, reached 107 degrees to equal their all-time record high. (The Weather Channel)

 

1970: Hurricane Celia was born in the northwest of the Caribbean Sea on this day. The hurricane would be one of the worst ever to hit Texas and would reach Texas late on August 3. The storm reached its peak as it made landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas, as a strong Category 3 hurricane. Hurricane Celia is currently the last major hurricane to make landfall on the middle Texas Coast until Hurricane Harvey in 2017. 

1979 - A forty-minute hailstorm bombed Fort Collins, CO, with baseball to softball size hail. Two thousand homes and 2500 automobiles were damaged, and about 25 persons were injured, mainly when hit on the head by the huge stones. A three month old baby died later of injuries. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Afternoon highs of 105 degrees at Aberdeen SD, 102 degrees at Bismarck, ND, and 102 degrees at Pueblo, CO, were records for the date. Pueblo, CO, reported just .09 inch of rain for the first thirty days of the month. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - A dozen cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown Baltimore, MD, hit 103 degrees, marking a record eight days of 100 degree heat for the month, and ten for the year. The high of 101 degrees at Billings, MT, marked a record seventeen days of 100 degree heat for the year. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the northeast, with nearly fifty reports of large hail or damaging winds in Pennsylvania and New York State. A tree fell on a car at Erie, PA, injuring four persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Morning thunderstorms over central Missouri deluged Columbia with 5.98 inches of rain causing flash flooding. Daytime thunderstorms in Kentucky drenched Paducah with 1.73 inches of rain in less than half an hour. Evening thunderstorms in the north central U.S. produced wind gusts to 78 mph east of Moccasin, MT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

wow I knew 1988 was hot but not record breaking hot, at least not here.

Downtown Baltimore, MD, hit 103 degrees, marking a record eight days of 100 degree heat for the month, and ten for the year.

That record has never been matched or broken, even in 1991, 1993 or 2010 there?

 

[bluewave]

20 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I am hoping it hits 110 there right through Monday, so every day in July is at or above 110.

 

Some of our fastest growing cities are in really hot climates. Increasing urbanization plus global warming adds to the adaptation challenge. They are going to have to get creative.

 

 

 

[LibertyBell]

2 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Some of our fastest growing cities are in really hot climates. Increasing urbanization plus global warming adds to the adaptation challenge. They are going to have to get creative.

 

 

 

This is why I'm against the whole densely packed megacities.

It isn't just bad for the climate it's unhealthy, laden with pollution and also more likely to spread disease.  It's why NYC is greenifying the city, because vegetation, specifically trees, cleans the air and is healthier than having all that concrete all over the place.  Not to mention how much better and healthier fresh produce is from urban farms than the processed crap.

 

 

[dWave]

That north wind brining the colder ocean temps back to the surface. Big difference from before.