June 2026

[SACRUS]

Todays's High

 

New Brnswck: 87
PHL: 87
TTN: 85
ACY: 85
LGA: 84
TEB: 84
EWR: 83
BLM: 83
NYC: 83
ISP: 81
JFK: 81

[Stormlover74]

3 hours ago, winterwx21 said:

Not surprisingly the NAM models shifted south on the 18z run. Saturday is looking like very little rain. 

Now it has nothing

[winterwx21]

42 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Now it has nothing

RGEM tonight has nothing too. I was hoping for rain because we really need it, but I know most people will be happy because it's a Saturday. 

[winterwx21]

2 hours ago, MANDA said:

For now at least we look to just be on the northern fringe of the heat.  We'll see how that looks as we get closer.  Heat looks fierce from roughly D.C. area south and southwest.  Carolinas and southeast look to bake under intense upper level ridge.  Maybe enough of an offshore trough to give us a slightly less hot NW flow at least initially.  If ridge position is more north and east the heat will surge in but as it looks now the worst of the heat could be held at bay and only last for 2-3 days mid to late late next week.

The afternoon Euro and GFS runs took us to 100 next week. Hopefully overdoing it a little bit, but we'll see. 

[NEG NAO]

Questions still remain about how far north the heatwave will reach next week with much cooler  air just to our north and east

[steve392]

nwnj & orange/rockland counties really getting hammered overnight. 

[Snowlover11]

About to get slammed here in Nanuet.

[Snowlover11]

Little pink showing on returns must be some small hail either that or just extremely heavy rain.

[gravitylover]

Raining pretty hard here. Up to .4 already.

[doncat]

0.02" here,  1.77" for month and 16.70" for year.

[gravitylover]

.99

[BxEngine]

Finished just a bit under 2”. Some of the hardest rain we’ve had in a long time. Too bad it was so isolated.

[JerseyWx]

Got drenched here last night, about 1.5" or so.  Definitely filled the pool up and won't need to add water.

I'm okay if tomorrow misses up here.

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Another couple of hundredths. Congrats to everywhere north of the south shore and central nj


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[bluewave]

6 hours ago, NEG NAO said:

Questions still remain about how far north the heatwave will reach next week with much cooler  air just to our north and east

Right now 95°-99° like the GFS and GEM looks like the floor. The ceiling is probably around 100°+ like the Euro has. Unfortunately, this will continue to dry things out. 
 

 

 

[forkyfork]

i'm sure this will be the first strong ridge in years that trends weaker

[FPizz]

0.0

[winterwarlock]

Lol .04 last night whoopee

[Prue11]

Woke up to 0.18” nice surprise 

[qg_omega]

decent .63 last night, grass is in good shape

[jm1220]

GFS also hints at a ring of fire MCS or two that rounds the side of the ridge and might pound many of us and New England. But it's early to say how hot it gets here with the ridge centered so far west of us, it could also be multi-day onshore backdoor flow and 70s. I'll be in Chicago much of next week where it looks to be absolutely roasting. 

[Picard]

Another drencher last night - I had 1.8" the Lafayette gauge and 1.85" in the gauge here.
Nice training thunderstorms.  Too bad they didn't make it further south.

[SACRUS]

72 / 67 showers / clouds.   Cloudy today capping temps but still warm into the low - mid 80s any sun pushes it higher / upper 80s. Split weekend with a wet/ cloudy Saturday perhaps 0.5 - >1.00 inches in spots and nice Sunday - dry and near normal.  Trough digs into the west pushing ridge into the Midwest  6/29 - 7/4 peak heat Tue - Fri, with beaches / shore onshore tendency.  Periphery of the ridge yields isolated showers and any MCS coming through spoils parts of the July 4th weekend, but as now the long weekend looks very hot to start and overall warm to hot 4-5-6th but could see storms pop scatteed / isolated.  Beyond there overall warm and next heat push coming in the 7/9 period.

 

 

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 102 (1952)
NYC: 100 (1952)
LGA: 101 (1952)
JFK: 99 (1949)


Lows:

EWR: 55 (1986)
NYC: 56 (1979)
LGA: 56 (1985)
JFK: 54 (1986)

Historical:

 

1888 - Residents of New York suffered through a record heat wave. Daily average temperatures were above 80 degrees for fourteen straight days. The heat wave was a sharp contrast to the severe blizzard in March of that year, which buried the city under nearly two feet of snow. (David Ludlum)

 

1930: Lightning struck the John B. King drillship in the St. Lawrence River, igniting a storage of dynamite onboard. The resulting explosion killed 30 people and injured 11 others. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1931: Anchorage, Alaska: The temperature soars to 92 °F, their hottest reading of record to date.(Ref. WxDoctor)(David Ludlum)

1952: Record Maximum temperature for Richmond International Airport for the date and for June is 104 °F. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC)

1952: Boston, MA recorded its highest temperature of 100 °F for June. (Ref. NOAA Boston Weather Events)

1954: Under calm winds and a bright sunny sky a killer wave rose suddenly from a placid Lake Michigan sweeping 8 unsuspecting fishermen off a breakwater to their deaths. The water level at Montrose Harbor surged more than 10 feet within a few minutes. The “seiche” was caused by an earlier squall on the lake. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1957: Residents of Cameron, LA went to bed believing that they had plenty of time to evacuate the following morning in advance of what was then Category 2 Hurricane Audrey. Official bulletins from the U.S. Weather Bureau stated that the storm would not come ashore until late the next day. They would be very surprised the next morning to find water covering much of their parish as a 12 foot storm surge was already impacting the area and the center was just offshore. Also, Audrey had intensified rapidly during the night, with the central pressure dropping 35 millibars from the last reconnaissance fix during the day. Winds correspondingly increased to 145 mph and the storm surge rose from an expected 5 to 8 feet to a devastating 12 feet and higher. Additionally, the forward movement of the hurricane increased from 6 to 15 mph, and as residents were told that the hurricane would not strike until the following afternoon. 390 people died and another 192 were missing.

1957: The high temperature at Palm Springs, CA hit 121°; tying their highest temperature set on 6/24 & 6/29/1994. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1961: This was the 10th consecutive day of temperatures in Las Vegas, NV reaching 110° or hotter making this the longest on record.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1977 - The Human Lightning Conductor, park ranger Roy C. Sullivan, was struck by lightning for the seventh time. He was first hit in 1942, then again in 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1976. (The Weather Channel)

1979: Temperature failed to reach 90° in Washington, DC. during first 6 months of 1979 this hasn't happen since 1886.(Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA)

1980: Severe storms in South Dakota with winds over 60 mph were reported in at least 10 separate counties. The hardest hit area was Mitchell where 100 mph winds slammed into the city wiping out trees, blowing out windows, and damaging the airport. Damage in Mitchell alone exceeded $200,000 dollars. Several locations across the Plains endured record breaking heat including: Dallas (DFW), TX: 113°, Wichita Falls, TX: 113°, Dallas (Love Field), TX: 112°, Wichita, KS: 109°, Waco, TX: 107°, Grand Junction, CO: 106, Houston, TX: 102°, San Antonio, TX: 102°, North Platte, NE: 101°, Corpus Christi: 100° andVictoria, TX: 100°.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1983 - Record heat prevailed from Texas to Michigan. Alpena MI hit 98 degrees. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)

1985 - A spectacular early morning waterspout developed at 5:20 AM (MST) from a stationary thunderstorm over the south end of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. It was visible 20 miles away, and lasted four minutes. (The Weather Channel)

 

1986: Hurricane Bonnie made landfall on the upper Texas coast. A wind gust to 98 mph occurred at Sea Rim State Park. Ace, Texas recorded a total of 13 inches of rain.

1987 - Hot weather prevailed in the Pacific Northwest. Afternoon highs of 88 degrees at Seattle, WA, 103 degrees at Medford, OR, and 111 degrees at Redding, CA, were records for the date. Cloudy and cool weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S. The high at Boston, MA, was just 60 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Thirteen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. In Montana, the record high of 102 degrees at Billings, MT, was their fifteenth of the month, and the high of 108 degrees at Glasgow MT equalled their record for June. Thunderstorms in the Atlantic Coast Region produced wind gusts to 102 mph at Tall Timbers MD. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Central Plains to the Middle Mississippi Valley. There were 129 reports of severe weather during the day and night. Thunderstorms in Kansas produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Liberal, and hail four inches in diameter at Quinter. Thunderstorms in Wisconsin spawned a tornado at Lake Delton injuring four persons. Lightning struck and killed a woman at Junction City, KS, who had gotten out of her car to photograph the lightning. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)crossed northern Mexico), began to spread heavy rain into southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. (The National Weather Summary)

1993: Two miles northwest of Little Sioux, Iowa golf ball size hail completely covered the ground and strong winds caused this hail to drift. The most significant hail damage occurred in Shelby County. Here, a thunderstorm dropped golf ball to softball size hail in a swath about two miles wide and 20 miles long. Baseball size hail covered the ground six miles north of Harlan. Reports of 75% crop destruction were common within this hail swath. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1994: Albuquerque, NM temperature hit 107°, for its hottest temperature ever. The same record was set at Lubbock, TX with 111°. Both Midland and El Paso, TX reached 112°, to both tie their hottest temperatures on record. Daily record highs included: Roswell, NM: 111°, Denver, CO: 104°, Grand Junction, CO: 104 °F. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1998: Severe thunderstorms crossed the Niagara Frontier, the western southern tier and eastern Lake Ontario Region in New York during the early morning hours. The thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds which downed trees and power lines. One-inch hail fell in Batavia. Five to six inches of rain fell in a 200 square mile area sending small streams out of their banks causing several million dollars worth of property damage in the Villages of Arcade and Gowanda. Erie, Wyoming and Cattaraugus counties were declared state and federal disaster areas. In Arcade, 37 were rescued from treetops and rooftops by the Water Rescue Team. Over 130 homes were damaged in Arcade. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1999: 15 inches of rain fell, most of it between 9 PM and midnight, over the Schriever, LA area as thunderstorms continuously redeveloped and “trained” over the same areas. Roads were underwater and about 100 homes were damaged.
The most damaging hailstorm to ever strike Cheyenne County, Wyoming occurred. Hail up to baseball size and winds up to 80 mph devastated much of the western part of the county. Damage to property and crops exceeded $26 million dollars. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2002: Phenomenal flash flooding struck Fort Wayne, IN as thunderstorms developed and re-developed directly over the city for several hours during the evening Times Corner reported 8 inches of rain in three hours. Spy Run Creek rose 9 feet in 8 hours to an all-time record level of 12.3 feet. Three inches of rain fell in 90 minutes. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2006: The maximum rain in 24-hour period was 5.61 inches from 5 AM on June 25th to 5 AM of the 26th at Annandale, VA. This was very near the record of 5.66 inches set on October 7th and 8th 2005. (Ref. Annandale Weather Records - KDCA)

2008: In addition to the 3 confirmed tornadoes, multiple reports of large hail were received over Corson and Dewey Counties, including some to the size of baseballs near the communities of McLaughlin and Isabel. The large hail broke out many home and vehicle windows and damaged many roofs in Dewey, Corson, and Sully Counties. Near Sutton Bay on Lake Oahe, where a wind gust of 92 mph was recorded but close to the intersection of Highways 1804 and 175th street several Western Area Power Administration electrical transmission towers were completely collapsed. This is consistent with wind speeds ranging from 130 to 140 mph. Also of great significance during the event was the peak wind speed of 124 mph recorded at the Onida airport. This wind speed is the strongest wind gust ever measured in the Aberdeen County Warning Area and the 4th strongest wind speed ever reported in South Dakota. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

[NEG NAO]

Latest EURO JULY 3rd -HEAT INDEX

[Brian5671]

.55 here.   Nice to get 2 dumps of rain in 5 days

[Prue11]

Does anyone have radar loop from earlier rain? Was asleep 

[forkyfork]

2 hours ago, forkyfork said:

i'm sure this will be the first strong ridge in years that trends weaker

 

[bluewave]

1 hour ago, jm1220 said:

GFS also hints at a ring of fire MCS or two that rounds the side of the ridge and might pound many of us and New England. But it's early to say how hot it gets here with the ridge centered so far west of us, it could also be multi-day onshore backdoor flow and 70s. I'll be in Chicago much of next week where it looks to be absolutely roasting. 

Near to record start to the severe season in that area. Illinois has seen some of the biggest increases in tornadoes over the years. Hopefully, the models are correct and the worst conditions stay north of Chicago for your vacation.