August 2024

[winterwx21]

2 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

Missed it but lots of branches down in somerset

Just got back from Seaside Heights and yeah, I see the heavy stuff missed just to the south. Heavy storm went through central Middlesex County. Looks like we got a little bit of a downpour here though as I got 0.17". I was glad that the activity didn't make it down to Seaside Heights, so the fireworks show was able to go on. 

[Stormlover74]

9 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

Just got back from Seaside Heights and yeah, I see the heavy stuff missed just to the south. Heavy storm went through central Middlesex County. Looks like we got a little bit of a downpour here though as I got 0.17". I was glad that the activity didn't make it down to Seaside Heights, so the fireworks show was able to go on. 

Yeah it went right through here and Middlesex but I was up in long valley 

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Literally praying for the cell over central Jersey to make it to the uws. Otherwise I have to spend the entire day watering. It’s going to be close…

[SACRUS]

 

 73 / 69 E winds clouds and scattered showers/storms.  Onshore flow keeps it cooler below / near 80.  The same tomorrow.   Cloudy with shower and warmer sat to low 80s.   Sun clearing but after morning showers and the warmest of the weekend mid-  upper 80s.  Labor looks to be the nicest of the holiday weekend with temps near 80/low 80s.   

Cooler Sep 3 - Sep 7 before warming back / abive normal.   Tropics activity by the end of next week could track near EC. 

 

[bluewave]

We had a much stronger sea breeze influence this El Niño to La Niña transition summer. So the only spot around NYC metro to reach 40 days like Newark did in 2016 and 2010 was Harrison away from local sea breeze at the airport. To our SW Hightstown away from the sea breeze only needs 2 more to reach 40.
 

Data for January 1, 2024 through August 29, 2024
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NJ	HARRISON	COOP	40
NJ	NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	33
NJ	CALDWELL ESSEX COUNTY AP	WBAN	33
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	31
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	COOP	29
NJ	CANOE BROOK	COOP	27

 

Data for January 1, 2024 through August 28, 2024
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NJ	HIGHTSTOWN 2 W	COOP	38
PA	READING REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	37
PA	PHILADELPHIA FRANKLIN INSTITUTE	COOP	37
PA	NORRISTOWN	COOP	35
NJ	SOMERSET AIRPORT	WBAN	35

Data for January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016
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NJ	CANOE BROOK	COOP	49
NJ	NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	40
NJ	HARRISON	COOP	40
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	36
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	COOP	36

 

Data for January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010
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NJ	CANOE BROOK	COOP	59
NJ	NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	54
NY	MINEOLA	COOP	52
NJ	RINGWOOD	COOP	51
NJ	HARRISON	COOP	50
NY	LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	48
NJ	CRANFORD	COOP	46
NY	BRONX	COOP	45
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	COOP	41
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	40

[doncat]

31 minutes ago, bluewave said:

We had a much stronger sea breeze influence this El Niño to La Niña transition summer. So the only spot around NYC metro to reach 40 days like Newark did in 2016 and 2010 was Harrison away from local sea breeze at the airport. To our SW Hightstown away from the sea breeze only needs 2 more to reach 40.
 

Data for January 1, 2024 through August 29, 2024
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NJ	HARRISON	COOP	40
NJ	NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	33
NJ	CALDWELL ESSEX COUNTY AP	WBAN	33
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	31
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	COOP	29
NJ	CANOE BROOK	COOP	27

 

Data for January 1, 2024 through August 28, 2024
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NJ	HIGHTSTOWN 2 W	COOP	38
PA	READING REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	37
PA	PHILADELPHIA FRANKLIN INSTITUTE	COOP	37
PA	NORRISTOWN	COOP	35
NJ	SOMERSET AIRPORT	WBAN	35

Data for January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016
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NJ	CANOE BROOK	COOP	49
NJ	NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	40
NJ	HARRISON	COOP	40
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	36
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	COOP	36

 

Data for January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010
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NJ	CANOE BROOK	COOP	59
NJ	NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	54
NY	MINEOLA	COOP	52
NJ	RINGWOOD	COOP	51
NJ	HARRISON	COOP	50
NY	LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	48
NJ	CRANFORD	COOP	46
NY	BRONX	COOP	45
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	COOP	41
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	40

27,  90° days here this season...record is 44 in 2010.

[FPizz]

Wow, just realized before my weather station went out because we lost power that I got a wind gust of 59.3 mph.  That is the highest I've ever recorded in the 5 years that I've had it.

[Stormlover74]

This breeze is quite refreshing 

[Poker2015]

2 minutes ago, FPizz said:

Wow, just realized before my weather station went out because we lost power that I got a wind gust of 59.3 mph.  That is the highest I've ever recorded in the 5 years that I've had it.

Lots of damage in town. May have had a microburst or something.

Some big trees ripped in half.

[FPizz]

2 minutes ago, Poker2015 said:

Lots of damage in town. May have had a microburst or something.

Some big trees ripped in half.

Figures, I leave town at like 3 pm and all hell breaks loose for an hour or so there.  The pics on the Facebook pages are impressive.

[Poker2015]

1 hour ago, FPizz said:

Figures, I leave town at like 3 pm and all hell breaks loose for an hour or so there.  The pics on the Facebook pages are impressive.

Barna sent me some too from his house.

[Stormlover74]

Looks like a few opportunities for rain this weekend but timing varies depending on the model

[winterwx21]

2 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

Looks like a few opportunities for rain this weekend but timing varies depending on the model

I see the Euro increased rain amounts and also lingers some showers until early afternoon Sunday now. It has been looking mostly like a Saturday night into Sunday morning event, but hopefully it won't mess up Sunday afternoon.

The one sure thing about the holiday weekend is Monday will be great. Dew points will fall to the 40s Monday afternoon. 

[psv88]

Still muggy out there with dews in the mid 60s. 

[SACRUS]

5 hours ago, FPizz said:

Figures, I leave town at like 3 pm and all hell breaks loose for an hour or so there.  The pics on the Facebook pages are impressive.

That gust must have been around 8:40 - 52 MPH here.  quite the wind.

[donsutherland1]

A fresh shot of Canadian air began overspreading the region last night. The cooler air will remain in place to close out the month.

Highs will again reach the middle and upper 70s tomorrow and then the upper 70s to lower 80s during the weekend. Sunday could be the warmest day with some locations reaching the middle 80s, but another shot of cooler air will arrive early next week. Overall, the first week of September will likely wind up somewhat cooler than normal.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -0.3°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was 0.0°C for the week centered around August 21. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -0.35°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged 0.00°C. Neutral ENSO conditions will likely evolve into a La Niña event during the fall.

The SOI was +13.17 yesterday.

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +1.488 today.

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 100% probability that New York City will have a cooler than normal August (1991-2020 normal). August will likely finish with a mean temperature near 75.1° (1.0° below normal).

 

[psv88]

Dews still in the 60s…helluva way to run a cool down. 

[Stormlover74]

45 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Dews still in the 60s…helluva way to run a cool down. 

Gotta wait til Sunday night for drier air

[SACRUS]

 

Highs:

PHL: 86
EWR: 80
New Brnswck: 79
JFK: 79
ACY: 79
TTN: 79
TEB: 78
NYC: 77
ISP: 76
LGA: 76
BLM: 75

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR:  100 (1953)
NYC: 99 (1953)
LGA: 100 (1953)
JFK: 98 (1953)


Lows:

EWR: 45 (1982)
NYC: 50 (1986)
LGA: 51 (1982)
JFK: 51 (1982)

Historical:

 

1960 - The storm that would become Hurricane Donna forms near Cape Verde off the African coast. It would go on to cause 150 deaths from Puerto Rico to New England over the next two weeks.

1962 - Hackberry, LA, was deluged with twenty-two inches of rain in 24 hours, establishing a state record. (The Weather Channel)

1965 - A national record for the month of August was established when 2.5 inches of snow fell atop Mount Washington NH. Temperatures in New England dipped to 39 degrees at Nantucket MA, and to 25 degrees in Vermont. For many location it was the earliest freeze of record. (David Ludlum)

1983 - A devastating hail storm struck portions of central South Dakota. In a small part of Faulk County, hail pounded the area for two straight hours. At times, the hail was the size of baseballs. Of course, this incredible hailstorm devastated crops in the area and took out windows in area buildings. In one home, the windows were shattered, the curtains shredded, and glass shards and water ruined much of the upper floor. On some houses, the paint was peeled off by the continual pounding of the hail. Also, funnel clouds were reported just east of Lake City, and near Langford and Veblen in Marshall County. In Veblen, a pole barn was blown over, and shingles were torn off.

1987 - Some of the most powerful thunderstorms in several years developed over the piedmont of North Carolina, and marched across central sections of the state during the late afternoon and evening hours. Baseball size hail was reported around Albemarle, while thunderstorm winds downed giant trees around High Falls. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Cool air invaded the north central U.S. Ten cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Bismarck ND with a reading of 33 degrees. Deerfield, a small town in the Black Hills of South Dakota, reported a low of 23 degrees. The remnants of Tropical Storm Chris drenched eastern Pennsylvania with up to five and a half inches of rain, and produced high winds which gusted to 90 mph, severely damaging a hundred boats in Anne Arundel County MD. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Evening thunderstorms produced destructive lightning in West Virginia. The lightning caused widepsread damage, particularily in Doddridge County. Numerous trees were downed closing many roads. Fire companies had a difficult time tending to the many homes and trailers on fire. Anchorage AK reported a record 9.60 inches of rain for the month of August. The average annual precipitation for Anchorage is just slighty more than fifteen inches. Three day rainfall totals in northwest Missouri ranged up to 8.20 inches at Maryville. (The National Weather Summary)

2005 - Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Plaquemines Parish in southeastern Louisiana early on the 29th with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph, a strong category-three, and the third most-intense landfalling hurricane in U.S. history. The center of the hurricane passed just east of New Orleans, where winds gusted over 100 mph. Widespread devastation and unprecedented flooding occurred, submerging at least 80 percent of the city as levees failed. Farther east, powerful winds and a devastating storm surge of 20-30 feet raked the Mississippi coastline, including Gulfport and Biloxi, where Gulf of Mexico floodwaters spread several miles inland. Rainfall amounts of 8-10 inches were common along and to the east of the storm's path. Katrina weakened to a tropical storm as it tracked northward through Mississippi and gradually lost its identity as it moved into the Tennessee Valley on the 30th, dum

 

[BxEngine]

Pouring. Over 1” per hr rates in spots. 

[SACRUS]

 

64/ 60 clouds and showers/rain moving through.  Cloudy and cooler today mid 70s, not as many breaks in the clouds.   Labor day weekend starts with a mainly cloudy Sat near 80 / warms up Sunday mid upper 80s but storms come through in the pm as front clears through.  Memorial the sunniest and driest day near normal.    Cooler 9/2 - 9/8.   Humid/wetter 9/9 - mid month.  Perhaps warmer approaching the mid month period or just before.   Tropics may have some activity later this weekend / next week.

 

[jm1220]

Light rain. Heavier in SW Nassau, locally 1-2” in Long Beach/Rockaways. 

[bluewave]

Another top 5 warmest summer for many stations across the Northeast. 

 

 

[Stormlover74]

Hoodie weather this morning 

[MJO812]

44 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Hoodie weather this morning 

66 is still warm

[Stormlover74]

2 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

66 is still warm

It's cloudy and windy. I have a sweatshirt on

[MANDA]

Two day rainfall total here of .88".  Received .63" in heavy T-Shower Wednesday evening and another .25" overnight into this morning.

Enough to water the garden and lawn. 

[Brian5671]

clearing out here-a positive bust today

[jm1220]

5 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

clearing out here-a positive bust today

Yep, mostly clear here now.