July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability

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[TheClimateChanger]

Record high minima tied at Bridgeport (73F) and Islip (74F) yesterday. Not even record-breaking rainfall can flush out this unbelievably resilient heat. Elkins, West Virginia also saw a record high minimum tied (69F), while Concord, New Hampshire, Burlington, Vermont, and Beckley, West Virginia, each matched their 2nd warmest low temperature for July 14. Pittsburgh, PA, Charleston, WV, and Huntington, WV all matched their third warmest low for July 14. There would have been additional records, but unfortunately, several places were unable to retain their heat through 1 am EDT.

[bluewave]

11 hours ago, Wxoutlooksblog said:

I think we could turn that around a bit either later in July or in August. More likely in August.

WX/PT

It will be interesting to see this time since we usually don’t get widespread 100° heat after these major flash flood events. This has been very monsoon-like during recent summers. First we get the widespread 100° heat followed by a 5”+ or 10”+ deluges.

[TheClimateChanger]

9 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Record high minima tied at Bridgeport (73F) and Islip (74F) yesterday. Not even record-breaking rainfall can flush out this unbelievably resilient heat. Elkins, West Virginia also saw a record high minimum tied (69F), while Concord, New Hampshire, Burlington, Vermont, and Beckley, West Virginia, each matched their 2nd warmest low temperature for July 14. Pittsburgh, PA, Charleston, WV, and Huntington, WV all matched their third warmest low for July 14. There would have been additional records, but unfortunately, several places were unable to retain their heat through 1 am EDT.

Looks like it made it down to 68F at Elkins this morning, 2F below the record high minimum set in 1916, so they will end their record high minima streak at 2 days.

[jm1220]

11 hours ago, wdrag said:

You may want to monitor a potential marine heatwave in the north Pacific and discussion of its subsequent winter impact in the northeast USA. Long ranging is fraught with poor performance but the researchers and pattern relators attempt to Improve

The 2025-26 ENSO thread covers this quite a bit. I agree and it’s been documented by Bluewave especially how this marine heatwave east of Japan ruins our winter storm setups. And looks like record heat there again. Hoping for an active typhoon season with lots of recurves into that area, maybe that’ll help a little but my hope for winter is very low with that warm water still there. It hypercharges the Pacific Jet which is the opposite of what gets it done here. 

[jm1220]

39 minutes ago, bluewave said:

It will be interesting to see this time since we usually don’t get widespread 100° heat after these major flash flood events. This has been very monsoon-like during recent summers. First we get the widespread 100° heat followed by a 5”+ or 10”+ deluges.

Brief break this weekend hopefully but it’s a Miami-like regime with it being normal now to have 75+ dews and now mixed with 90+ temps. 

[bluewave]

22 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

Brief break this weekend hopefully but it’s a Miami-like regime with it being normal now to have 75+ dews and now mixed with 90+ temps. 

Even here along the CT Shoreline we have seen a big increase in 75°+ dew point days over the last decade. 
 

 

[SACRUS]

 

79 / 74   2.87 inches in the bucket.  Clouds and breaks of sun as the record skips, warm - hot / humid with scattered storms the sunniest and hottest places make it to 90.  More of the same / hotter Wed with more widespread 90s, Thursday / Friday hottest of the week low - mid 90s in the sunnier and hotter spots.   Drier warm weekend mainly 80s - hotter spots / inland could get to 90 on Sat.   Next storms look to be focused Sunday.  Overall warm/ humid week next week.  Beyond looks to transition with ridge pushing west and then heat building by the close of the month.

7/15 - 7/16 :  Warm - Humid / wet (storms) 
7/17 - 7/19 :  Hotter - more widespread 90s / 7/20 - 7/23 :   warm / limited 90s storms focused on 20th
724 - 7/26 :  Hotter period
7/27 - beyond :  Overall warm drier

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 104 (1995)
NYC: 102 (1995)
LGA: 103 (1995)
JFK: 99 (1983)
New Brnswck: 99 (1995)


Lows:

EWR: 55 (1940)
NYC: 57 (1930)
LGA: 62 (1960)
JFK: 59 (1999)
New Brnswck: 51 (1940)


Historical:

 

1643: (July 5th on old Julian calendar) 1643, Plymouth Colony: A violent windstorm hits the Plymouth Colony, the "sudden gust" fells trees and kills one Native American. May have been first documented American tornado or microburst. (Ref. WxDoctor)

1901: The city of Marquette, Michigan set their all-time record high temperature with 108-degree reading.

1916 - A dying South Atlantic Coast storm produced torrential rains in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Altapass, NC, was drenched with more than 22 inches of rain, a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. Flooding resulted in considerable damage, particularly to railroads. (David Ludlum)

1936: Perhaps the hottest night ever recorded in the US outside of the desert Southwest, occurred at Lincoln, Nebraska when the minimum temperature fell to only 91°F. The citizens of that city spent the night outdoors trying to sleep on the lawn of the state capitol. (Nebraska State Historical Society) (Extreme Weather p. 30, by Christopher C. Burt)


1936: All-time record highs were set at the following cities: Quincy, IL: 114°, Peoria, IL: 113°, Lincoln, IL: 113° and Rockford, IL: 112°. Champaign, IL hit 107°. This stood as their all-time record until 1954.

1940: A cool 51° minimum temperature equaled July's record low on July 2nd in 1965 in Richmond, VA.  (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC)

1954 - The temperature at Balcony Falls, VA, soared to 110 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)

1976: Thunderstorms caused 76 mph winds at DCA and the highest since 98 mph winds were recorded in Hurricane Hazel in October 15, 1954. (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA)

1980: Minneapolis, MN was plagued by severe thunderstorms that produced hail and tornadoes. Nearly 100,000 people were without power. Damage totaled over $43 million dollars.  The city of Memphis, TN set their all-time record high temperature record with 108 °F and Albany, GA also set their all-time record high with 107 °F.  (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1981: Daytona Beach, FL set their all-time record high with 102 °F. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1983 - The Big Thompson Creek in Colorado flooded for the second time in seven years, claiming three lives, and filling the town of Estes Park with eight to ten feet of water. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Unseasonably cool weather spread into the south central and eastern U.S. Fifteen cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Houghton Lake, MI, with a reading of 37 degrees. The high temperature for the date of 58 degrees at Flint, MI, was their coolest of record for July. Thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana, injuring a cow near Donovan, IL. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Twenty-six cities east of the Mississippi River reported record high temperatures for the date. Charleston, WV, established an all-time record high with a reading of 103 degrees, and Chicago, IL, reported a record fifth day of 100 degree heat for the year. A severe thunderstorm moving across Omaha, NE, and the Council Bluffs area of west central Iowa spawned three tornadoes which injured 88 persons, and also produced high winds which injured 18 others. Winds at the Omaha Eppley Airport reached 92 mph. Damage from the storm was estimated at 43 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms drenched Kansas City, MO, with 4.16 inches of rain, a record for the date. Two and a half inches of rain deluged the city between Noon and 1 PM. Afternoon thunderstorms in South Carolina deluged Williamstown with six inches of rain in ninety minutes, including four inches in little more than half an hour. (The National Weather Summary)(Storm Data)

 

1995: Upstate New York: A extremely severe derecho sweeps across upstate New York. Wind gusting to 106 mph devastates over one million acres (400,000 hectares) of trees, felling tens of millions. Five campers are killed by the falling timbers.
(Ref. WxDoctor)

1995: Danbury, Connecticut: The highest temperature ever reported in Connecticut is 106 °F. (Ref. Lowest and Highest Temperatures for the 50 States)

1995: Dew points >80 degrees, with a date record high of 103 degrees gave Philadelphia, PA a heat index of 129 degrees. 40 people died from heat in SE PA; approx. 1 million PA chickens succumbed to the heat. Some highways (including I-83 in York County) closed due to heat buckling. (Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

2003: Phoenix, Arizona: A daily maximum temperature above 90°F is usually considered a hot day, but this date, the official minimum temperature at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport never dipped below 96°F. It is the highest low temperature in Phoenix history. (Ref. WxDoctor)

2006: Kelly Ranch/Usta set South Dakota’s ties high temperature record for SD with 120 °F. Pierre and Rapid City, SD sets their new all-time daily maximum temperature records with 117 °F and 111 °F respectively. Chadron, NE also set their all-time record high with 112 °F. Alliance, NE reported their second hottest day on record with 107 °F. Denver, CO set daily record highs on this date and the 16th with 101 °F and 103 °F respectively. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

[LibertyBell]

13 hours ago, bluewave said:

The warming atmosphere from excess CO2 holds more moisture for these extreme rainfall events.

https://www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news/observer-copernicus-climate-change-service-tracks-record-atmospheric-moisture-and-sea

Water vapour: the invisible amplifier of global warming 

In 2024 the atmosphere held more moisture than previously recorded by a large margin. Total column water vapour—the total amount of moisture in a vertical column of air extending from the surface of the Earth to the top of the atmosphere—reached 4.9% above the 1991–2020 average, far surpassing previous highs in 2016 (3.4%) and 2023 (3.3%). 

Water vapour is Earth’s most abundant greenhouse gas, responsible for about half of the planet’s natural greenhouse effect. Unlike other greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH4), the concentration of water vapour in the atmosphere is not directly influenced by human activities. However, water vapour concentration rises as the atmosphere warms: for every 1°C increase in atmospheric temperature, air can hold 7% more moisture. This creates a vicious cycle—warmer air absorbs more vapour, which traps more heat, further accelerating warming.   

 

 

Annual anomalies in the average amount of total column water vapour over the 60°S–60°N domain relative to the average for the 1992–2020 reference period. The anomalies are expressed as a percentage of the 1992–2020 average. Data: ERA5. Credit: C3S/ECMWF. 

 

 

“Water vapour is both a consequence and a driver of climate change,” explains C3S Director Carlo Buontempo. “In 2024, we saw this feedback loop in ‘overdrive’. Higher sea surface temperatures intensified evaporation, whilst warmer atmosphere allowed more water to be held there as vapour, adding ‘fuel’ to several extreme weather events.”   

The consequences are potentially disastrous. Increased atmospheric moisture can intensify storms and increase the intensity of the most extreme rainfall. The atmosphere knows no borders, so the potential effects are 

 

We need to remove both CO2 AND water vapor from the atmosphere, we're in an emergency situation and removing CO2 or stopping fossil fuels (which won't happen in our lifetimes) won't be enough, water vapor needs to be taken out of the atmosphere too.  And with the melting of the ice caps the emergency will only accelerate.  

 

[LibertyBell]

29 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 104 (1995)
NYC: 102 (1995)
LGA: 103 (1995)
JFK: 99 (1983)
New Brnswck: 99 (1995)


Lows:

EWR: 55 (1940)
NYC: 57 (1930)
LGA: 62 (1960)
JFK: 59 (1999)
New Brnswck: 51 (1940)


Historical:

 

1643: (July 5th on old Julian calendar) 1643, Plymouth Colony: A violent windstorm hits the Plymouth Colony, the "sudden gust" fells trees and kills one Native American. May have been first documented American tornado or microburst. (Ref. WxDoctor)

1901: The city of Marquette, Michigan set their all-time record high temperature with 108-degree reading.

1916 - A dying South Atlantic Coast storm produced torrential rains in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Altapass, NC, was drenched with more than 22 inches of rain, a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. Flooding resulted in considerable damage, particularly to railroads. (David Ludlum)

1936: Perhaps the hottest night ever recorded in the US outside of the desert Southwest, occurred at Lincoln, Nebraska when the minimum temperature fell to only 91°F. The citizens of that city spent the night outdoors trying to sleep on the lawn of the state capitol. (Nebraska State Historical Society) (Extreme Weather p. 30, by Christopher C. Burt)


1936: All-time record highs were set at the following cities: Quincy, IL: 114°, Peoria, IL: 113°, Lincoln, IL: 113° and Rockford, IL: 112°. Champaign, IL hit 107°. This stood as their all-time record until 1954.

1940: A cool 51° minimum temperature equaled July's record low on July 2nd in 1965 in Richmond, VA.  (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC)

1954 - The temperature at Balcony Falls, VA, soared to 110 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)

1976: Thunderstorms caused 76 mph winds at DCA and the highest since 98 mph winds were recorded in Hurricane Hazel in October 15, 1954. (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA)

1980: Minneapolis, MN was plagued by severe thunderstorms that produced hail and tornadoes. Nearly 100,000 people were without power. Damage totaled over $43 million dollars.  The city of Memphis, TN set their all-time record high temperature record with 108 °F and Albany, GA also set their all-time record high with 107 °F.  (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1981: Daytona Beach, FL set their all-time record high with 102 °F. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1983 - The Big Thompson Creek in Colorado flooded for the second time in seven years, claiming three lives, and filling the town of Estes Park with eight to ten feet of water. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Unseasonably cool weather spread into the south central and eastern U.S. Fifteen cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Houghton Lake, MI, with a reading of 37 degrees. The high temperature for the date of 58 degrees at Flint, MI, was their coolest of record for July. Thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana, injuring a cow near Donovan, IL. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Twenty-six cities east of the Mississippi River reported record high temperatures for the date. Charleston, WV, established an all-time record high with a reading of 103 degrees, and Chicago, IL, reported a record fifth day of 100 degree heat for the year. A severe thunderstorm moving across Omaha, NE, and the Council Bluffs area of west central Iowa spawned three tornadoes which injured 88 persons, and also produced high winds which injured 18 others. Winds at the Omaha Eppley Airport reached 92 mph. Damage from the storm was estimated at 43 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms drenched Kansas City, MO, with 4.16 inches of rain, a record for the date. Two and a half inches of rain deluged the city between Noon and 1 PM. Afternoon thunderstorms in South Carolina deluged Williamstown with six inches of rain in ninety minutes, including four inches in little more than half an hour. (The National Weather Summary)(Storm Data)

 

1995: Upstate New York: A extremely severe derecho sweeps across upstate New York. Wind gusting to 106 mph devastates over one million acres (400,000 hectares) of trees, felling tens of millions. Five campers are killed by the falling timbers.
(Ref. WxDoctor)

1995: Danbury, Connecticut: The highest temperature ever reported in Connecticut is 106 °F. (Ref. Lowest and Highest Temperatures for the 50 States)

1995: Dew points >80 degrees, with a date record high of 103 degrees gave Philadelphia, PA a heat index of 129 degrees. 40 people died from heat in SE PA; approx. 1 million PA chickens succumbed to the heat. Some highways (including I-83 in York County) closed due to heat buckling. (Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

2003: Phoenix, Arizona: A daily maximum temperature above 90°F is usually considered a hot day, but this date, the official minimum temperature at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport never dipped below 96°F. It is the highest low temperature in Phoenix history. (Ref. WxDoctor)

2006: Kelly Ranch/Usta set South Dakota’s ties high temperature record for SD with 120 °F. Pierre and Rapid City, SD sets their new all-time daily maximum temperature records with 117 °F and 111 °F respectively. Chadron, NE also set their all-time record high with 112 °F. Alliance, NE reported their second hottest day on record with 107 °F. Denver, CO set daily record highs on this date and the 16th with 101 °F and 103 °F respectively. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1995: Upstate New York: A extremely severe derecho sweeps across upstate New York. Wind gusting to 106 mph devastates over one million acres (400,000 hectares) of trees, felling tens of millions. Five campers are killed by the falling timbers.
(Ref. WxDoctor)

1995: Danbury, Connecticut: The highest temperature ever reported in Connecticut is 106 °F. (Ref. Lowest and Highest Temperatures for the 50 States)

1995: Dew points >80 degrees, with a date record high of 103 degrees gave Philadelphia, PA a heat index of 129 degrees. 40 people died from heat in SE PA; approx. 1 million PA chickens succumbed to the heat. Some highways (including I-83 in York County) closed due to heat buckling. (Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

I distinctly remember both Danbury and Poughkeepsie reaching 106 matching the heat in Chicago, we had a sea breeze so we did not reach triple digits here.  This summer, while it had a very hot few weeks, was not on the same scale as 1993 or 1999.

 

1936: Perhaps the hottest night ever recorded in the US outside of the desert Southwest, occurred at Lincoln, Nebraska when the minimum temperature fell to only 91°F. The citizens of that city spent the night outdoors trying to sleep on the lawn of the state capitol. (Nebraska State Historical Society) (Extreme Weather p. 30, by Christopher C. Burt)


1936: All-time record highs were set at the following cities: Quincy, IL: 114°, Peoria, IL: 113°, Lincoln, IL: 113° and Rockford, IL: 112°. Champaign, IL hit 107°. This stood as their all-time record until 1954.

 

wow this was the kind of summer the CONUS has a whole has never seen since..... 1936

 

1954 - The temperature at Balcony Falls, VA, soared to 110 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)

wild to see anywhere on the east coast hit 110....

 

Highs:

EWR: 104 (1995)
NYC: 102 (1995)
LGA: 103 (1995)
JFK: 99 (1983)

Exceptionally hot day, I was in the Poconos on this day and it hit 100 there too.

1983 was a hotter summer for us though and hit 100 multiple times here both in July and August.

 

[LibertyBell]

13 hours ago, bluewave said:

The warming atmosphere from excess CO2 holds more moisture for these extreme rainfall events.

https://www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news/observer-copernicus-climate-change-service-tracks-record-atmospheric-moisture-and-sea

Water vapour: the invisible amplifier of global warming 

In 2024 the atmosphere held more moisture than previously recorded by a large margin. Total column water vapour—the total amount of moisture in a vertical column of air extending from the surface of the Earth to the top of the atmosphere—reached 4.9% above the 1991–2020 average, far surpassing previous highs in 2016 (3.4%) and 2023 (3.3%). 

Water vapour is Earth’s most abundant greenhouse gas, responsible for about half of the planet’s natural greenhouse effect. Unlike other greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH4), the concentration of water vapour in the atmosphere is not directly influenced by human activities. However, water vapour concentration rises as the atmosphere warms: for every 1°C increase in atmospheric temperature, air can hold 7% more moisture. This creates a vicious cycle—warmer air absorbs more vapour, which traps more heat, further accelerating warming.   

 

 

Annual anomalies in the average amount of total column water vapour over the 60°S–60°N domain relative to the average for the 1992–2020 reference period. The anomalies are expressed as a percentage of the 1992–2020 average. Data: ERA5. Credit: C3S/ECMWF. 

 

 

“Water vapour is both a consequence and a driver of climate change,” explains C3S Director Carlo Buontempo. “In 2024, we saw this feedback loop in ‘overdrive’. Higher sea surface temperatures intensified evaporation, whilst warmer atmosphere allowed more water to be held there as vapour, adding ‘fuel’ to several extreme weather events.”   

The consequences are potentially disastrous. Increased atmospheric moisture can intensify storms and increase the intensity of the most extreme rainfall. The atmosphere knows no borders, so the potential effects are 

 

By the way whomever said Long Island wouldn't get much rain was wrong, we had heavy rain last night and it was still raining here pretty hard around 8 AM this morning, it only ended just before 9 AM here, we had over 12 hours of rain!!

 

[bluewave]

9 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

By the way whomever said Long Island wouldn't get much rain was wrong, we had heavy rain last night and it was still raining here pretty hard around 8 AM this morning, it only ended just before 9 AM here, we had over 12 hours of rain!!

 

The South Shore hardly got anything compared to the areas just inland from the coast. 

[TheClimateChanger]

2 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Looks like it made it down to 68F at Elkins this morning, 2F below the record high minimum set in 1916, so they will end their record high minima streak at 2 days.

Quick update here. With some additional observations from yesterday now available, it looks like DC-Dulles Airport also tied a record high minimum yesterday.

 

[LibertyBell]

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

It will be interesting to see this time since we usually don’t get widespread 100° heat after these major flash flood events. This has been very monsoon-like during recent summers. First we get the widespread 100° heat followed by a 5”+ or 10”+ deluges.

to be honest this is the first widespread 100 degree heat we have gotten since 2013, all the years in between were nowhere near this extreme.

 

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, bluewave said:

The South Shore hardly got anything compared to the areas just inland from the coast. 

I live here and trust me we got a lot, I woke up to flooding it was still raining hard around 8 am.

I just thought it was silly that people thought that the rain would weaken a lot when the SST are up around 75 degrees now, we got between 1 - 2 inches here.

 

[bluewave]

Just now, LibertyBell said:

to be honest this is the first widespread 100 degree heat we have gotten since 2013, all the years in between were nowhere near this extreme.

 

Only a 3 day period back in June with enough westerly flow before the dominant onshore flow pattern since.

[LibertyBell]

Just now, bluewave said:

Only a 3 day period back in June with enough westerly flow before the dominant onshore flow pattern since.

it will be interesting if the high can get strong enough again later in the summer to overpower the ocean and create another westerly flow pattern.

[bluewave]

Just now, LibertyBell said:

I live here and trust me we got a lot, I woke up to flooding it was still raining hard around 8 am.

I just thought it was silly that people thought that the rain would weaken a lot when the SST are up around 75 degrees now, we got between 1 - 2 inches here.

 

The South Shore of LI only got around .5 or less same as the CT shore by me. Everything greatly weakened once east of NJ which got 6”+. NYC was the transition zone.

[LibertyBell]

4 minutes ago, bluewave said:

The South Shore of LI only got around .5 or less same as the CT shore by me. Everything greatly weakened once east of NJ which got 6”+. NYC was the transition zone.

where? I saw a report of 0.88 on the south shore in Nassau County and 1.09 inches at JFK, there was a report of 2.09 inches in southern Queens, we definitely got much more than 0.5, maybe less in Suffolk County, but we had a lot more than that here.  I saw large puddles and even flowing water on my street between 7-8 am when it was still raining hard.

I still don't see a vehicle to significantly weaken storms when the SST have rapidly warmed into the mid 70s now.

[TheClimateChanger]

27 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

1995: Upstate New York: A extremely severe derecho sweeps across upstate New York. Wind gusting to 106 mph devastates over one million acres (400,000 hectares) of trees, felling tens of millions. Five campers are killed by the falling timbers.
(Ref. WxDoctor)

1995: Danbury, Connecticut: The highest temperature ever reported in Connecticut is 106 °F. (Ref. Lowest and Highest Temperatures for the 50 States)

1995: Dew points >80 degrees, with a date record high of 103 degrees gave Philadelphia, PA a heat index of 129 degrees. 40 people died from heat in SE PA; approx. 1 million PA chickens succumbed to the heat. Some highways (including I-83 in York County) closed due to heat buckling. (Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

I distinctly remember both Danbury and Poughkeepsie reaching 106 matching the heat in Chicago, we had a sea breeze so we did not reach triple digits here.  This summer, while it had a very hot few weeks, was not on the same scale as 1993 or 1999.

 

1936: Perhaps the hottest night ever recorded in the US outside of the desert Southwest, occurred at Lincoln, Nebraska when the minimum temperature fell to only 91°F. The citizens of that city spent the night outdoors trying to sleep on the lawn of the state capitol. (Nebraska State Historical Society) (Extreme Weather p. 30, by Christopher C. Burt)


1936: All-time record highs were set at the following cities: Quincy, IL: 114°, Peoria, IL: 113°, Lincoln, IL: 113° and Rockford, IL: 112°. Champaign, IL hit 107°. This stood as their all-time record until 1954.

 

wow this was the kind of summer the CONUS has a whole has never seen since..... 1936

 

1954 - The temperature at Balcony Falls, VA, soared to 110 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)

wild to see anywhere on the east coast hit 110....

 

Highs:

EWR: 104 (1995)
NYC: 102 (1995)
LGA: 103 (1995)
JFK: 99 (1983)

Exceptionally hot day, I was in the Poconos on this day and it hit 100 there too.

1983 was a hotter summer for us though and hit 100 multiple times here both in July and August.

 

Sure, 110 in Virginia on July 15, 1954. What a joke. It's 10 degrees warmer than all of its next day neighbors. Absolute rubbish. It was a hot day, absolutely. With some 100s, the second highest reading (also a little suspect, given the nearby 92) was 106. But this 110F reading is absolute fantasy. It's also nowhere near the East Coast, BTW.

[SACRUS]

 

 

Saw some partly cloudy forecasts for the whole day.  Just look out he window to know its been 80% - 100% cloudy for much of the area and likley wont get more clearing till 2/3 PM

 

[bluewave]

7 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

where? I saw a report of 0.88 on the south shore in Nassau County and 1.09 inches at JFK, there was a report of 2.09 inches in southern Queens, we definitely got much more than 0.5, maybe less in Suffolk County, but we had a lot more than that here.  I saw large puddles and even flowing water on my street between 7-8 am when it was still raining hard.

Only .5 to .6 from Massapequa out along the South Shore Suffolk. It was another case of the 1.00”+ totals staying closer to the North Shore like we often see this time of year. Remember it was August last year when LI got the 10 inch plus totals. So the 6 inch plus totals stayed to our west.  Even here on the CT Shore hardly  got much as the lawns are beginning to turn brown here. 

[LibertyBell]

2 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Sure, 110 in Virginia on July 15, 1954. What a joke. It's 10 degrees warmer than all of its next day neighbors. Absolute rubbish.

I do see a 103 a 104 and a 106 in a straight line, where was that 110 located in reference to those numbers?

[TheClimateChanger]

Just now, LibertyBell said:

I do see a 103 a 104 and a 106 in a straight line, where was that 110 located in reference to those numbers?

Zooming in a bit.

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, bluewave said:

Only .5 to .6 from Massapequa out into the South Shore Suffolk. It was another case of the 1.00”+ totals staying closer to the North Shore like we often see this time of year. Remember it was August last year when LI got the 10 inch plus totals.

also western part of the south shore, check out the area from around Jamaica Bay to Valley Stream and Lynbrook, those areas saw around an inch or a little more than that.

Massapequa is SE Nassau about 20 miles east of here (the same distance that Manhattan is west of here lol.)

 

 

[LibertyBell]

Just now, TheClimateChanger said:

Zooming in a bit.

it's up in the mountains? that's topographically impossible it should be at least 5 degrees cooler than the surrounding areas because of elevation.  The 103 104 and 106 east of there are more reasonable because they're east of the mountains and downsloping will heat up the air east of the elevated area.

 

[bluewave]

3 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

also western part of the south shore, check out the area from around Jamaica Bay to Valley Stream and Lynbrook, those areas saw around an inch or a little more than that.

Massapequa is SE Nassau about 20 miles east of here (the same distance that Manhattan is west of here lol.)

 

 

Those amounts along the South Shore dropped off very quickly to the east of Queens. Same up here where I got very little on the CT Shoreline and more to my NW. The lawns and grassy areas around the airport here have begun turning brown up here. The rains usually reach the South Shore areas a little later in time.

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, bluewave said:

Those amounts along the South Shore dropped off very quickly to the east of Queens. Same up here where I got very little on the CT Shoreline and more to my NW. The lawns and grassy areas around the airport here have begun turning brown up here.

It reminds me of the March 1993 superstorm.  JFK got 12 inches (actually more than Central Park by 1 inch), Oceanside, close to where I am got 10 inches..... but Massapequa only got 6 inches.  Divide all of these by 10 (like liquid equivalent lol) and that was the rain total from this storm!

Brown, really? Everything is still green here lol.

 

[bluewave]

10 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

It reminds me of the March 1993 superstorm.  JFK got 12 inches (actually more than Central Park by 1 inch), Oceanside, close to where I am got 10 inches..... but Massapequa only got 6 inches.

Brown, really? Everything is still green here lol.

 

Yeah, each day I walk around the Tweed airport just to my west. The vegetation and grassy areas around have gradually been turning brown last few weeks. Par for the course with the dry pattern and record heat since June 1st. We have generally had under 3 inches since June 1st. The 6 days reaching 90° since June 1st is 2nd highest here from June 1st to July 14th.

June 1st to July 14th Time Series Summary for NEW HAVEN TWEED AP, CT
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

2025-07-14	2.80	0
2024-07-14	6.36	0
2023-07-14	5.29	1
2022-07-14	2.45	0
2021-07-14	7.73	0
2020-07-14	3.97	0