August 2026

[SnoSki14]

2 hours ago, winterwarlock said:

Whats with the constant smoke every day?

 

Is the new normal?

Yes

[NorthShoreWx]

12 hours ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

Eastern tip of Long Island got quite a bit of rain last night. Reminds me of that one snowstorm last winter where they got like 10” out there with barely a flurry in babylon 

Crushed.  Both forks.  Heard a lot of thunder in the middle of the night here, but zero rain.

[SACRUS]

Today's Highs:

PHL: 90
New Brnswck: 89
EWR: 88
JFK: 88
ACY: 88
BLM: 88
TEB: 86
LGA: 86
TTN: 86
NYC: 5
ISP: 85

[Stormlover74]

28 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

Today's Highs:

PHL: 90
New Brnswck: 89
EWR: 88
JFK: 88
ACY: 88
BLM: 88
TEB: 86
LGA: 86
TTN: 86
NYC: 5
ISP: 85

[Snowlover11]

Wow 5 degrees in NYC? Holy hell! The day after tomorrow is real!

[bluewave]

Newark is lagging behind in the 90° day count for NJ due to the more frequent breezes off bay this summer. The excessive tree growth in NYC has artificially put them behind places like Baiting Hollow on Eastern Long Island and POU to the north. In the old days before the ASOS move to under the trees in 1995,  NYC would always have more 90° days than LGA and POU. 
 

Data for January 1, 2026 through August 13, 2026
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HARRISON	COOP	34
ESTELL MANOR	COOP	32
Atlantic City Area	ThreadEx	28
ATLANTIC CITY INTL AP	WBAN	28
NEW BRUNSWICK 3 SE	COOP	28
New Brunswick Area	ThreadEx	28
TETERBORO AIRPORT	COOP	28
TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	28
Newark Area	ThreadEx	26
NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	26
PHILADELPHIA/MT. HOLLY WFO	COOP	25
MCGUIRE AFB	WBAN	25

 

Data for January 1, 2026 through August 13, 2026
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LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	20
New York-LGA Area	ThreadEx	20
PORT AUTH DOWNTN MANHATTAN WALL ST HEL	ICAO	19
POUGHKEEPSIE/HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	16
BAITING HOLLOW	COOP	16
Poughkeepsie Area	ThreadEx	16
STEWART FIELD	WBAN	14
SHRUB OAK	COOP	13
NY CITY CENTRAL PARK	WBAN	12

 

 

Data for January 1, 1991 through August 13, 1991
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GLENHAM	COOP	32
NY CITY CENTRAL PARK	WBAN	31
New York-Central Park Area	ThreadEx	31
NY WESTERLEIGH STAT IS	COOP	30
LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	25

 

 

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Newark is lagging behind in the 90° day count for NJ due to the more frequent breezes off bay this summer. The excessive tree growth in NYC has artificially put them behind places like Baiting Hollow on Eastern Long Island and POU to the north. In the old days before the ASOS move to under the trees in 1995,  NYC would always have more 90° days than LGA and POU. 
 

Data for January 1, 2026 through August 13, 2026
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HARRISON	COOP	34
ESTELL MANOR	COOP	32
Atlantic City Area	ThreadEx	28
ATLANTIC CITY INTL AP	WBAN	28
NEW BRUNSWICK 3 SE	COOP	28
New Brunswick Area	ThreadEx	28
TETERBORO AIRPORT	COOP	28
TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	28
Newark Area	ThreadEx	26
NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	26
PHILADELPHIA/MT. HOLLY WFO	COOP	25
MCGUIRE AFB	WBAN	25

 

Data for January 1, 2026 through August 13, 2026
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LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	20
New York-LGA Area	ThreadEx	20
PORT AUTH DOWNTN MANHATTAN WALL ST HEL	ICAO	19
POUGHKEEPSIE/HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	16
BAITING HOLLOW	COOP	16
Poughkeepsie Area	ThreadEx	16
STEWART FIELD	WBAN	14
SHRUB OAK	COOP	13
NY CITY CENTRAL PARK	WBAN	12

 

 

Data for January 1, 1991 through August 13, 1991
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GLENHAM	COOP	32
NY CITY CENTRAL PARK	WBAN	31
New York-Central Park Area	ThreadEx	31
NY WESTERLEIGH STAT IS	COOP	30
LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	25

 

 

LGA is much more polluted by artificial  human structures as is Newark. You can see that with the artificially elevated mins at LGA and EWR was hotter even back in the 1990s. NYC and JFK give the most natural experience what the temperatures would be like without human engineering of the landscape. The 1990s were definitely hotter in terms of 90 degree days and length of heat waves.

[LibertyBell]

18 hours ago, winterwx21 said:

Thanks for posting a recap! I'm glad you had good luck seeing some nice meteors out there in PA.

Here it was a complete bust with cloudy skies all throughout the overnight hours. The peak was last night, but as you said there's another chance tonight. There's a pretty good 3 day window -- the night before and night after are usually 60 to 70% of the peak night, so still pretty good. Unfortunately we're expecting a good amount of clouds here tonight, but we'll see. If it's just partly cloudy I'll go out there tonight. It was pretty cloudy here the night of the 11th into the 12th too, so very bad luck during the 3 day period here. 

I know the Perseid is the most popular shower of the year because it's during the warm summer, but the Geminid shower in December is actually the best shower of the year -- slightly bigger than the Perseid shower. So I'll deal with being out there in cold weather if we have clear skies, especially after having such bad luck last night. 

Nothing last night the sky was always more than 50 percent cloud covered and there were only a few stars to be seen even in the small clear patches I think there was smoke in the air because the sky had an unnatural orange color and was bright as if the moon was causing it.

[LibertyBell]

23 hours ago, bluewave said:

Continued improvement for our area with drought expansion for the rest of the CONUS.

 

The Midwest is drowning in flooding right now. Excessive rainfall is far worse than drought. Once this unwanted el nino is finished I fully expect we will return to our dry pattern and next summer should be both hot and dry. My targets for JFK for next summer are 30 plus 90 degree days, 10 plus 95 degree days and 3 to 5 100 degree days.

[bluewave]

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

LGA is much more polluted by artificial  human structures as is Newark. You can see that with the artificially elevated mins at LGA and EWR was hotter even back in the 1990s. NYC and JFK give the most natural experience what the temperatures would be like without human engineering of the landscape. The 1990s were definitely hotter in terms of 90 degree days and length of heat waves.

UHI has been a factor in NYC since the 1890s. It gradually spread out into the other boroughs and nearby NJ from the 1930s to 1950s. So elevated minimums are nothing new in the heat island relative to the outlying areas.

But all areas have seen increasing minimum and maximum temperatures. The area on the average has seen many more 90° days since 2010 than at any other era. This is the first time the state of NJ away from the sea breeze has seen 9 consecutive years with over 30 days reaching 90°.

In past we would get fewer summers with so many 90° days. Back then cooler summers were in the mix with even the urban stations staying under 10 or 15 days every several years. We have to go back to 1996 for even most warm spots to have under 10 days reaching 90°.

You are definitely in a much cooler spot than much of the forum. 

[donsutherland1]

As summer concludes, additional charts illustrating the impact of Central Park's trees on its summer maximum temperature trend vs. select regional sites. Maximum temperatures are most impacted (consistent with the impact trees have on limiting the daily maximum temperature). Moreover, the difference between regional trends and Central Park is outside a 95% confidence interval for daily maximum temperatures during the 1995-2025 period.

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