June 2025 discussion-obs: Summerlike

[SACRUS]

 

Records:
 

Highs:

EWR: 99 (1999)
NYC: 96 (1925) 94 in 1999 * / 2008
LGA: 97 (1999)
JFK: 92 (1999)


Lows:

EWR: 48 (1945)
NYC: 47 (1879)
LGA: 50 (2000)
JFK: 50 (2000)


Historical:

 

1816 - A famous June snow occurred in the northeastern U.S. Danville VT reported drifts of snow and sleet twenty inches deep. The Highlands were white all day, and flurries were observed as far south as Boston MA. (David Ludlum)

1816: FAMOUS JUNE SNOWSTORM; "YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER" -- 20 inch snowdrifts in Danville, VT flurries in Salem and Boston, MA A famous June snow occurred in the northeastern U.S. Danville, VT reported drifts of snow and sleet twenty inches deep. The Highlands were white all day, and flurries were observed as far south as Boston, MA.(David Ludlum) Upstate, NY received 3 inches of snow (p.33 Washington Weather Book 2002 by Ambrose, Henry, Weiss)

1816: The following is found on page 31, from the book, "History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Year, and Life of Chauncey Jerome," written by Chauncey Jerome. The book was published in 1860. "The next summer was a cold one of 1816, which none of the old people will ever forget, and which many of the young have heard a great deal about. There was ice and snow in every month of the year. I well remember on the seventh of June, while on my way to work, about a mile from home, dressed throughout with thick woolen clothes and an overcoat on, my hands got so cold that I was obliged to lay down my tools and put on a pair of mittens which I had in my pocket. It snowed about an hour that day." This bitter cold event occurred in Plymouth, Connecticut.

 

1885: A severe thunderstorm dropped hail up to 4 inches in diameter and spawned a tornado at Parkhill St.Thomas, Ontario Canada. Homes and orchards were damaged.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1907: A violent tornado moved across Washington County, from near Covington to New Minden, IL. Near the tornado's endpoint, 4 people were killed while running to their storm cellar. Another violent tornado in southern Clark County destroyed or damaged every building in Old York. The tornado tracked for 15 miles, crossing into Indiana. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1908: An F3 tornado touched down in Hillsboro, WI and then moved northeast to just southeast of Mauston, WI. About 4 miles south of Mauston, the tornado killed a farmer and his son as they ran for their storm cellar. Another F3 tornado tracked northeast from 9 miles northwest of Charles City, IA to two miles northeast of Charles City. It left only the floor boards on a small farm house about 5 miles northwest of Charles City. In the east part of Charles City, 5 homes were destroyed and 20 others were severely damaged. A man was killed by a falling chimney and 10 others were injured. About 200 buildings were damaged. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1953: An F4 tornado near Arcadia, NE killed 11 people, beginning a 3-day stretch of killer tornadoes that spread into the eastern U.S. Scottsbluff, NE received its greatest daily precipitation on record when 3.18 inches of rain deluged the city. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1972 - Richmond VA experienced its worst flood of record as rains from Hurricane Agnes pushed the water level at the city locks to a height of 36.5 feet, easily topping the previous record of thirty feet set in 1771. (The Weather Channel)

1980: Thunderstorms caused downed trees and power lines as well as street flooding all across western New York State. A wind gust of 79 mph was observed at greater Buffalo International Airport. Golf ball sized hail was reported north and east of the city. A rare flash of St. Elmo's fire knocked out the Weather Service's radar and telephone lines for about 10 minutes as the storm passed. Air controllers at the Buffalo Airport said the control tower received a direct lightning strike that blackened out the air control computer for a short period. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 

1983: Miami, FL dropped to an overnight low temperature of 80° which set a new record for the highest minimum temperature at that location.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1984: 42 tornadoes touched down in the Upper Midwest with 21 of them occurring in Iowa. An F4 tornado tracked 30 miles through Mahaska and Keokuk Counties in Iowa, killing two people and injuring 51 others. The small town of Wright was practically wiped out. Barneveld, WI was devastated shortly before midnight as an F5 tornado chewed up the town. 90% of the town was damaged or destroyed, nine people were killed, and 197 were injured. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1987 - Thunderstorms in the Laramie Mountains of eastern Wyoming produced golf ball size hail, and up to five inches of rain in just one hour. Half a dozen cities in the Upper Mississippi Valley reported record high temperatures for the date, including La Crosse, WI, with a reading of 97 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)(Storm Data)

1988 - Snow whitened some of the mountains of northern California and northwestern Nevada. Twenty-six cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Rapid City SD with a reading of 104 degrees, and Miles City, MT, with a high of 106 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from southern Oklahoma and eastern Texas to northwestern Florida through the day and night. Thunderstorms spawned 22 tornadoes, including a dozen in Louisiana, and there were 119 reports of large hail and damaging winds. A strong (F-2) tornado at Gross Tete LA killed two persons, injured thirty others, and another strong (F-2) tornado injured 60 persons at Lobdell LA. Softball size hail was reported at Hillsboro TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

 

1993: Thunderstorms erupted over western Iowa, with many producing hail. Damage at one car dealership in Carroll was estimated at $250,000 dollars and another at Estherville had $100,000 dollars in damage. At Arnolds Park, 65 mph winds lifted boats from their moorings. The strongest tornado was in Lyon and Osceola Counties where it was on the ground for 10 miles. In Sibley, IA one roof was taken off of a house and a high school bus barn was severely damaged causing about $150,000 dollars in damage.
A huge tornado touched down in northwest Minnehaha County in South Dakota and cut a swath of destruction 55 miles long and one half mile wide. Most structures within the path of the tornado were little match for the storm which packed winds estimated between 210 and 260 mph. Numerous farms and residences were destroyed and trees snapped off or uprooted. Parts of the Chicago, IL metropolitan area were flooded after thunderstorms produced 2 to 5 inches of rain in a 3-hour period. This type of a rainstorm in that area has an average occurrence rate of once every 30-60 years. Over the period of a day, up to 6.50 inches of rain fell, producing one of greater floods noted in that area. The deep tunnel flood control system under the south side of Chicago which holds 185 million gallons of water was filled. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
 

[qg_omega]

Rain today or no

[IrishRob17]

1 minute ago, qg_omega said:

Rain today or no

It’s raining now 

[qg_omega]

3 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

It’s raining now 

Congrats

[LibertyBell]

10 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

Records:
 

Highs:

EWR: 99 (1999)
NYC: 96 (1925) 94 in 1999 * / 2008
LGA: 97 (1999)
JFK: 92 (1999)


Lows:

EWR: 48 (1945)
NYC: 47 (1879)
LGA: 50 (2000)
JFK: 50 (2000)


Historical:

 

1816 - A famous June snow occurred in the northeastern U.S. Danville VT reported drifts of snow and sleet twenty inches deep. The Highlands were white all day, and flurries were observed as far south as Boston MA. (David Ludlum)

1816: FAMOUS JUNE SNOWSTORM; "YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER" -- 20 inch snowdrifts in Danville, VT flurries in Salem and Boston, MA A famous June snow occurred in the northeastern U.S. Danville, VT reported drifts of snow and sleet twenty inches deep. The Highlands were white all day, and flurries were observed as far south as Boston, MA.(David Ludlum) Upstate, NY received 3 inches of snow (p.33 Washington Weather Book 2002 by Ambrose, Henry, Weiss)

1816: The following is found on page 31, from the book, "History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Year, and Life of Chauncey Jerome," written by Chauncey Jerome. The book was published in 1860. "The next summer was a cold one of 1816, which none of the old people will ever forget, and which many of the young have heard a great deal about. There was ice and snow in every month of the year. I well remember on the seventh of June, while on my way to work, about a mile from home, dressed throughout with thick woolen clothes and an overcoat on, my hands got so cold that I was obliged to lay down my tools and put on a pair of mittens which I had in my pocket. It snowed about an hour that day." This bitter cold event occurred in Plymouth, Connecticut.

 

1885: A severe thunderstorm dropped hail up to 4 inches in diameter and spawned a tornado at Parkhill St.Thomas, Ontario Canada. Homes and orchards were damaged.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1907: A violent tornado moved across Washington County, from near Covington to New Minden, IL. Near the tornado's endpoint, 4 people were killed while running to their storm cellar. Another violent tornado in southern Clark County destroyed or damaged every building in Old York. The tornado tracked for 15 miles, crossing into Indiana. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1908: An F3 tornado touched down in Hillsboro, WI and then moved northeast to just southeast of Mauston, WI. About 4 miles south of Mauston, the tornado killed a farmer and his son as they ran for their storm cellar. Another F3 tornado tracked northeast from 9 miles northwest of Charles City, IA to two miles northeast of Charles City. It left only the floor boards on a small farm house about 5 miles northwest of Charles City. In the east part of Charles City, 5 homes were destroyed and 20 others were severely damaged. A man was killed by a falling chimney and 10 others were injured. About 200 buildings were damaged. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1953: An F4 tornado near Arcadia, NE killed 11 people, beginning a 3-day stretch of killer tornadoes that spread into the eastern U.S. Scottsbluff, NE received its greatest daily precipitation on record when 3.18 inches of rain deluged the city. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1972 - Richmond VA experienced its worst flood of record as rains from Hurricane Agnes pushed the water level at the city locks to a height of 36.5 feet, easily topping the previous record of thirty feet set in 1771. (The Weather Channel)

1980: Thunderstorms caused downed trees and power lines as well as street flooding all across western New York State. A wind gust of 79 mph was observed at greater Buffalo International Airport. Golf ball sized hail was reported north and east of the city. A rare flash of St. Elmo's fire knocked out the Weather Service's radar and telephone lines for about 10 minutes as the storm passed. Air controllers at the Buffalo Airport said the control tower received a direct lightning strike that blackened out the air control computer for a short period. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 

1983: Miami, FL dropped to an overnight low temperature of 80° which set a new record for the highest minimum temperature at that location.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1984: 42 tornadoes touched down in the Upper Midwest with 21 of them occurring in Iowa. An F4 tornado tracked 30 miles through Mahaska and Keokuk Counties in Iowa, killing two people and injuring 51 others. The small town of Wright was practically wiped out. Barneveld, WI was devastated shortly before midnight as an F5 tornado chewed up the town. 90% of the town was damaged or destroyed, nine people were killed, and 197 were injured. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1987 - Thunderstorms in the Laramie Mountains of eastern Wyoming produced golf ball size hail, and up to five inches of rain in just one hour. Half a dozen cities in the Upper Mississippi Valley reported record high temperatures for the date, including La Crosse, WI, with a reading of 97 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)(Storm Data)

1988 - Snow whitened some of the mountains of northern California and northwestern Nevada. Twenty-six cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Rapid City SD with a reading of 104 degrees, and Miles City, MT, with a high of 106 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from southern Oklahoma and eastern Texas to northwestern Florida through the day and night. Thunderstorms spawned 22 tornadoes, including a dozen in Louisiana, and there were 119 reports of large hail and damaging winds. A strong (F-2) tornado at Gross Tete LA killed two persons, injured thirty others, and another strong (F-2) tornado injured 60 persons at Lobdell LA. Softball size hail was reported at Hillsboro TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

 

1993: Thunderstorms erupted over western Iowa, with many producing hail. Damage at one car dealership in Carroll was estimated at $250,000 dollars and another at Estherville had $100,000 dollars in damage. At Arnolds Park, 65 mph winds lifted boats from their moorings. The strongest tornado was in Lyon and Osceola Counties where it was on the ground for 10 miles. In Sibley, IA one roof was taken off of a house and a high school bus barn was severely damaged causing about $150,000 dollars in damage.
A huge tornado touched down in northwest Minnehaha County in South Dakota and cut a swath of destruction 55 miles long and one half mile wide. Most structures within the path of the tornado were little match for the storm which packed winds estimated between 210 and 260 mph. Numerous farms and residences were destroyed and trees snapped off or uprooted. Parts of the Chicago, IL metropolitan area were flooded after thunderstorms produced 2 to 5 inches of rain in a 3-hour period. This type of a rainstorm in that area has an average occurrence rate of once every 30-60 years. Over the period of a day, up to 6.50 inches of rain fell, producing one of greater floods noted in that area. The deep tunnel flood control system under the south side of Chicago which holds 185 million gallons of water was filled. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
 

Highs:

EWR: 99 (1999)
NYC: 96 (1925) 94 in 1999 * / 2008
LGA: 97 (1999)
JFK: 92 (1999)

 

1999 had such a great summer, we didn't have all these darned ticks that year.  Looks like this is when the heat got started that wonderful summer and today was a clean sweep for record highs that year.

 

 

[LibertyBell]

5 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

It’s raining now 

we have to like it because it's much needed, Rob!

[SACRUS]

4 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Highs:

EWR: 99 (1999)
NYC: 96 (1925) 94 in 1999 * / 2008
LGA: 97 (1999)
JFK: 92 (1999)

 

1999 was such a great summer, we didn't have all these darned ticks that year.  Looks like this is when the heat got started that wonderful summer and today was a clean sweep for record highs that year.

 

 

It was a 6/7 to 6/8, 2 day heat spike.  The heat didnt return till later in the month 6/26 in 1999.

[LibertyBell]

7 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

It was a 6/7 to 6/8, 2 day heat spike.  The heat didnt return till later in the month 6/26 in 1999.

and two big heatwaves in July of 7+ days each, something we don't see anymore :-( We saw it happen one more time in 2002 and that was it.

 

[SACRUS]

3 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

and two big heatwaves in July of 7+ days each, something we don't see anymore :-( We saw it happen one more time in 2002 and that was it.

 

(we) meaning JFK?

[LibertyBell]

6 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

(we) meaning JFK?

No I'm just going by the Longest Heatwaves page the NWS maintains for NYC, I don't know what heatwaves JFK had that year except for the amazing 102 degrees we hit out here right after the 4th of July!  According to that page NYC last 7+ day heatwave was in 2002 and 2002 was also the last year to have two heatwaves of that length (well of course since it was also the last time they had one 7+ day heatwave lol.)

 

 

[FPizz]

10 hours ago, Poker2015 said:

.6" out of the storm around 4pm, came down real quick 

Amazing. Once again, you're like 3 miles away, and I only got like .03

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Near zero vis on the beach right now. Hits like a wall right around merrick road. Let’s see if we can scrape together a couple tenths on the south shore. 

[cleetussnow]

16 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

omg, how do you and your poor dog deal with it?

this seems to be a really bad season for ticks.

I wonder if it's because of all the rain followed by very warm weather?

 

Ticks are insane. The small ones esp.  Up until this year it was not a problem for the dog because he used to be able to have a collar or take meds.  Never had seizures before then BOOM he had one.  Vet says no more tick meds or collars.  Leash walks now only in the neighborhood.  We may try another tick topical product and see what happens.  

[SACRUS]

36 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

No I'm just going by the Longest Heatwaves page the NWS maintains for NYC, I don't know what heatwaves JFK had that year except for the amazing 102 degrees we hit out here right after the 4th of July!  According to that page NYC last 7+ day heatwave was in 2002 and 2002 was also the last year to have two heatwaves of that length (well of course since it was also the last time they had one 7+ day heatwave lol.)

 

 

Ahh central park LGA, EWR, New brnswck many other sites have had 7+ or longer heatwaves since 2002. SO has NYC

[LibertyBell]

6 minutes ago, cleetussnow said:

Ticks are insane. The small ones esp.  Up until this year it was not a problem for the dog because he used to be able to have a collar or take meds.  Never had seizures before then BOOM he had one.  Vet says no more tick meds or collars.  Leash walks now only in the neighborhood.  We may try another tick topical product and see what happens.  

The small black ticks are the worst and they're the ones that cause Lyme disease.  A deer fell into my pool and died a few years ago and I found six of those ticks on my clothes that summer and got that tick repellant chemical from Amazon to put on my clothes, but I was changing my clothes in my garage every day I worked in my garden and washing those garden clothes in a bucket in my driveway outside every day.

I did some research and found out that the tick's best natural enemy is an opossum, they eat those things like crazy so now I always leave food out for them.

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, SACRUS said:

Ahh central park LGA, EWR, New brnswck many other sites have had 7+ or longer heatwaves since 2002. SO has NYC

But not two 7+ day streaks in one summer since 2002.  Also found this regarding Central Park

 

https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2013/07/new-yorks-lengthiest-heat-waves.html

A heat wave, at least in the Northeast, is defined by the National Weather Service as three days in a row with high temperatures of 90° or hotter.  They occur, on average, about twice each summer.  However, this post is interested in "big boy" heat waves, i.e., those lasting seven days or longer.  Since records began in 1872 there have been just twenty-two, with one occurring about every seven years.  The seven-day heat wave of July 2013 broke a ten-year streak without one (and there hasn't been one of this length since).

 

[LibertyBell]

34 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Near zero vis on the beach right now. Hits like a wall right around merrick road. Let’s see if we can scrape together a couple tenths on the south shore. 

it looks like the sun is trying to come out here, thankfully

[LibertyBell]

Some of our longest 95+ streaks, the last one was in 2002.

 

 

[SACRUS]

16 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

But not two 7+ day streaks in one summer since 2002.  Also found this regarding Central Park

 

https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2013/07/new-yorks-lengthiest-heat-waves.html

A heat wave, at least in the Northeast, is defined by the National Weather Service as three days in a row with high temperatures of 90° or hotter.  They occur, on average, about twice each summer.  However, this post is interested in "big boy" heat waves, i.e., those lasting seven days or longer.  Since records began in 1872 there have been just twenty-two, with one occurring about every seven years.  The seven-day heat wave of July 2013 broke a ten-year streak without one (and there hasn't been one of this length since).

 

 

Thats central park - many sites had two 7+ in 2016 and 2018 in NYC/NE-NJ.  Ill check some other years and sites.

[SACRUS]

 

Might be seeing first 70 degree dewpoint of the season in some spots.

[steve392]

Moderate rainfall in Mahwah.  

[donsutherland1]

Showers in Hartsdale.

[JustinRP37]

Starting to look like those calls for much above normal temperatures this summer aren’t going to materialize on LR guidance. Looks like average to slightly above average. 
 

As for the ticks we are much above normal.  It has been a brutal year for those but people haven’t been outside as much. 

[SACRUS]

 

Next bath of light scattered showers with some isolated areas of heavier rains moving through

 

[LibertyBell]

Found this, not so sure how accurate it is, but it's interesting:

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/newyorkcity/comments/1epkptr/central_park_ny_highest_maximum_temperature_f/

That 106° reading was on 07/09/1936 during the incredible 1936 heatwave that effected most of the US from the Midwest to the east coast. It was the highest temperature ever recorded in NYC. In those days the official weather bureau temperature was measured at the old Battery Maritime Building near Battery Park where it was always a little cooler due to it's proximity to the water. So the actual temperature in midtown may have been more like 112° if not higher.

My mother remembered that heat wave and said that people left their tenement windows open during the day even if they were at work. A very different city then.

[LibertyBell]

2 hours ago, SACRUS said:

 

Might be seeing first 70 degree dewpoint of the season in some spots.

This is probably why I felt so ill today.

I had my a/c on for 6 hours but shut it off just now because now I feel cold lol.

Interestingly, high humidity affects me more late at night and early in the morning.  Not in the middle of the day or the afternoon.

 

[LibertyBell]

The sun is coming out!

[SACRUS]

19 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Found this, not so sure how accurate it is, but it's interesting:

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/newyorkcity/comments/1epkptr/central_park_ny_highest_maximum_temperature_f/

That 106° reading was on 07/09/1936 during the incredible 1936 heatwave that effected most of the US from the Midwest to the east coast. It was the highest temperature ever recorded in NYC. In those days the official weather bureau temperature was measured at the old Battery Maritime Building near Battery Park where it was always a little cooler due to it's proximity to the water. So the actual temperature in midtown may have been more like 112° if not higher.

My mother remembered that heat wave and said that people left their tenement windows open during the day even if they were at work. A very different city then.

Park (104) vs 1936 location probably saw higher temps Jul 22, 2011 than 1936

[jm1220]

4 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Near zero vis on the beach right now. Hits like a wall right around merrick road. Let’s see if we can scrape together a couple tenths on the south shore. 

Hopefully. My car could use a wash anyway.

[IrishRob17]

.57 today, making for .88 in the last 24 hours. Perfect timing for multiple reasons, it just wouldn’t be the weekend if it didn’t precipitate and the mud in the shade had gone from soupy to just thick over the four dry days I had this week, so it’s good to be back to soupy mud…