July 2026

[TJW014]

Captured with my drone before the squall line came through. 

 

[Poker2015]

.06" of light rain...missed it all again

[donsutherland1]

A cooler regime is in place and will remain in place through the remainder of July. Highs will generally reach the upper 70s and lower 80s through the week and into the start of the weekend.

A few more Showers and thunderstorms are likely tonight into tomorrow. With an estimated 4.73" of rain as per precip.ai, White Plains smashed its daily rainfall record of 2.20" from 1973.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +3.6°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +2.1°C for the week centered around July 15. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +3.20°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +1.82°C. The ongoing strong El Niño will continue to strengthen through the summer.

The SOI was -17.36 today. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was -0.673 today. 

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 74% probability that New York City will have a cooler than normal July (1991-2020 normal). July will likely finish with a mean temperature near 76.6° (0.9° below normal). 

Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 0.1° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value. 

 

[winterwarlock]

8 hours ago, winterwarlock said:

I think this will bust for me in central jersey

And i was right

 

.04 for the event..a 3 minute shower and a 10 minute shower

[MJO812]

I didnt even get anything here. Bust. 

[Tatamy]

2 hours ago, doncat said:

Missed just about everything here today with 0.14" so far .

0.15” here.

[SACRUS]

Today's Highs:
 

New Brnswck: 88
PHL: 88
BLM: 87
TTN: 86
EWR: 85
LGA: 83
ACY: 82
TEB: 82
JFK: 81
NYC: 81
ISP: 78

[jm1220]

55 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

I didnt even get anything here. Bust. 

Maybe 0.6” here. Was pretty evident this morning/early afternoon there wouldn’t be much in between the South Jersey Alley storms and monsoon/storms north and west. Even though it’s a wet July we’re still in a drought and we take. 

[snywx]

2.75” for the day 

1.5 in the last 30 mins. Impressive 

[IrishRob17]

5 minutes ago, snywx said:

2.75” for the day 

1.5 in the last 30 mins. Impressive 

We're getting a last hurray for the day, we could put me over 9" for the month. 

[IrishRob17]

14 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

We're getting a last hurray for the day, we could put me over 9" for the month. 

1.79" for the day with 9.74" for the month. 

[steve392]

Had some downpours at work but nothing more.  Southern nj getting rocked.... Again. 

[Stormlover74]

Tornado survey areas for tomorrow

[FPizz]

.17 total

[winterwx21]

31 minutes ago, FPizz said:

.17 total

Only 0.13" here. But the ground is still moist from Saturday's big rains, so it's not a big deal that we mostly missed today. 

[steve392]

Wife said it was the worst rain she's driven in before.  Checked the guage, got 1.5" if rain today. 

[Picard]

Cape May only had 0.71" for the entire month before today.
There up to 2.83" for today, including 1.89" for the past hour and the radar is still training over that area.  
Amazing how you can get a lot of it back within a short time frame.

[steve392]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbFAX4RuIus/?igsh=eDZxcTJwNmdmaG8x

[bluewave]

This was my heaviest rainfall in an hour since moving up to CT. Picked up 3.18 yesterday from around 1:50 to 2:50 PM. The daily total in my area was 3.72. 

[Intensewind002]

Only 0.15" in Lindenhurst yesterday, 5.45" for the month

[Michael05192016]

We can't be QPF pigs, just take what you get. 

[straphanger]

Channel 7 showed a rainfall graphic this morning showing parts of the city, LI, and Jersey south of I78 got very little out of this event compared to areas to the north.

Two rounds of storms passed through my area of Queens yesterday afternoon for a storm total of 0.57".

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

.03” at the wantagh mesonet. Winner winner or loser loser. Makes up for Saturday.


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[bluewave]

The good news is that the next potential 600 DM ridge will be further west than last week.

 

[Brian5671]

Havent said this in a couple of years but "no more rain please"    Soggy here after 3 events of 3 inches or more each.

[rclab]

1 hour ago, straphanger said:

Channel 7 showed a rainfall graphic this morning showing parts of the city, LI, and Jersey south of I78 got very little out of this event compared to areas to the north.

Two rounds of storms passed through my area of Queens yesterday afternoon for a storm total of 0.57".

Central Park reported ,24. As always ….

 

[straphanger]

2 minutes ago, rclab said:

Central Park reported ,24. As always ….

 

Kind of surprised by the 1651 reading of only 0.06" in CPK.  I was in Midtown when that cell flared up at 1600 and it looked like tropical downpours for nearly 10 mins. Sure seemed like a bit more than what they reported. 

[SACRUS]

77 / 72 leftover showers and humidity as front fully passes through later today, Probably the warmest of the next 5 mid / uppper 80s.  Gorgeous stretch Thu - Sun coming up , similar to Monday low - mid 80s.  Next trough/front moves through Mon/Tue and then onto drier calmer.  Overall below normal throught he end of the month with ridge and heat west , heat does beging pushing east in the 7/31 - 8/5 period and we'll see how much gets into the area and when the next shot at 90s will be.

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 108 (2011)
NYC: 104 (2011)
LGA: 104 (2011)
JFK: 103 (2011)



Lows:

EWR: 56 (1944)
NYC: 58 (1890)
LGA: 62 (1956)
JFK: 59 (1966)



Historical:

 

1918 - A single bolt of lightning struck 504 sheep dead in their tracks at the Wasatch National Forest in Utah. Sheep often herd together in storms, and as a result the shock from the lightning bolt was passed from one animal to another. (David Ludlum)

 

1926: State maximum temperature record was set today at Troy, New York which was 108 °F. Also the maximum temperature of 105 °F was recorded at Waterbury, Connecticut but their state record is now 106 °F in 1995. (Ref. Lowest and Highest Temperatures for the 50 States)

1959: Two one-hundredths of an inch of rain was recorded ending a streak of 150 days with no measurable precipitation at Las Vegas, NV. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1972: One person in Virginia was killed by lightning while playing softball. (Ref. Lightning - Virginia Weather History)

1986 - Hurricane Estelle passed 120 miles south of the Hawaiian Islands creating a ten to twenty foot surf. The large swells resulted from a combination of high tides, a full moon, and 50 mph winds. The hurricane also deluged Oahu Island with as much as 6.86 inches of rain on the 24th and 25th of the month. (Storm Data)

1987 - Barrow, AK, receives 1.38 inches in 24 hours on the 21st and 22nd, an all-time record for that location. The average annual precipitation for Barrow is just 4.75 inches. Thunderstorms in Montana produced 4 to 6 inches of rain in Glacier County causing extensive flooding along Divide Creek. Missoula, MT, received 1.71 inches of rain in 24 hours, a record for the month of July. (The National Weather Summary) (The Weather Channel)

1988 - Six cities in the south central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Pueblo, CO, with a reading of 48 degrees. Thunderstorms over the Atlantic Coast Region drenched Wilmington, NC, with 6.49 inches of rain in about eight hours. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Showers and thunderstorms prevailed across the southeastern third of the country. Afternoon thunderstorms in Florida produced wind gusts to 86 mph at Zephyrhills, and gusts to 92 mph at Carrollwood and Lutz. Thunderstorm winds gusting to 69 mph at Crystal Lake damaged nineteen mobile homes. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

 

1992: Lightning hit on or near a concrete mixing truck near Walla Walla, WA; a man was knocked off the truck. 10 minutes later a 2nd strike knocked him away from the truck again. He was fortunate he was only slightly hurt. (Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

1993: The levee, holding back the flooding Mississippi River at Kaskaskia, Illinois, ruptures, forcing the town's people to flee on barges. The incident at Kaskaskia was the most dramatic event of the flood. At 9:48 a.m., the levee broke, leaving the people of Kaskaskia with no escape route other than two Army Corp of Engineers barges. By 2 p.m., the entire town was underwater.

 

1999: The Cedar River in Charles City, IA reached its all-time crest of an estimated 22.8 feet. Approximately 100 homes had flood damage in Charles City. Almost 12 inches of rain fell in a 48 hours period over these counties. Rainfall totals that day: New Hampton, IA: 7.10 inches (wettest day on record), Charles City, IA: 6.65 inches, West Union, IA: 4 inches. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2003: "The Mid-South Derecho of 2003" States affected....AR, TN, MS, AL, GA, SC (Ref. For More Information)

2006: Palm Springs, California: Mercury soars to 121 °F. (Ref. WxDoctor)

2006: Widespread damaging winds, estimated around 90 mph, raked most of Jefferson County in south central Illinois. The city of Mt. Vernon was especially hard hit, where about 14% of all homes received at least minor damage. In Mt. Vernon, damage assessments indicated 1,107 homes were affected by some type of damage. 491 homes received minor damage such as roofs blown off, 152 received major damage, and 18 were destroyed. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2011: A low of 82 degrees Fahrenheit on the 22nd at Norfolk tied for the second highest minimum temperature ever recorded there. Also the highest temperature for 2011 was 103 °F at Norfolk and 102°F at Richmond both on July, 22nd. (Ref.NWS, Wakefield, Virginia - A Near Record High Minimum Temperature for Norfork)

[FPizz]

9 hours ago, winterwx21 said:

Only 0.13" here. But the ground is still moist from Saturday's big rains, so it's not a big deal that we mostly missed today. 

Yes, was actually pretty happy not to get the bigger rains after Saturday.  4.35" for the month is pretty nice