August 2026

[qg_omega]

19 hours ago, Chinook said:

Yesterday's storm reports/ storm warnings with a few tornado warnings in the eastern section of the country (no tornadoes)

 

Two tornados under those warnings near Saratoga

[MANDA]

1 hour ago, Stormlover74 said:

A chill in the air this morning 

Really nice out!  Refreshing!

Overnight low here of 55.

Got down to 45 in Walpack and 47 in Sandyston in NW Sussex County.

[SACRUS]

74 / 52 - gorgeous two days ahead today and sunday low - mid 80s.  Ridge builds in but coincides with clouds and showers Mon - Thu then onshore tenedency still overall above normal 8/0 and beyond euro has a hotter labor day period - TBD.  Ridge position key on osnhore / clouds / showees and lat season heat.  Can Dolly's remnants get into the Caribbean and cause S-FL and EC issue in later period is option.

 

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 100 (1953)
NYC: 98 (1973)
LGA: 100 (1953)
JFK: 98 (1953)


Lows:

EWR: 49 (1934)
NYC: 50 (1965)
LGA: 51 (1982)
JFK: 51 (1982)


Historical:

1559: Hurricane along Gulf Coast from Pensacola to Mobile. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1816: Any remaining hopes of harvesting a corn crop were dashed by heavy frosts in northern New England. This was the second time this summer with heavy frosts. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1863: A devastating killing frost affected most of Minnesota, killing vines and damaging corn. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1876: A torrential downpour inundated St John's, Newfoundland Canada with 6.8 inches of rain, the greatest single daily accumulation ever recorded in the province. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1893: A very destructive hurricane devastated the Georgia/South Carolina coast on the 27th. A tremendous wave submerged the offshore islands near Charleston and Savannah, killing between 1,000 and 2,500 people. The storm recurved to the northeast, passing through eastern Pennsylvania, still maintaining hurricane strength. Norfolk, VA, and New York City both measured a gust to 60 mph. To the west, Buffalo, NY received 4.22 inches of rain. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1960 - The storm that would become Hurricane Donna forms near Cape Verde off the African coast. It would go on to cause 150 deaths from Puerto Rico to New England over the next two weeks.

1962 - Hackberry, LA, was deluged with twenty-two inches of rain in 24 hours, establishing a state record. (The Weather Channel)

1965 - A national record for the month of August was established when 2.5 inches of snow fell atop Mount Washington NH. Temperatures in New England dipped to 39 degrees at Nantucket MA, and to 25 degrees in Vermont. For many location it was the earliest freeze of record. (David Ludlum)

1978: The remnants of Tropical Storm Debra spawned a tornado in southern Memphis, TN. The twister was two miles long and 75-100 yards wide, left 26 injured and did $4.6 million damage. No thunder or lightning was observed. The tornado came within one mile of Elvis Presley's Graceland. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1979: The strong winds of powerful Hurricane David leveled the island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles, resulting in 56 deaths and leaving 60,000 of the islands 80,000 inhabitants homeless. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1982: Canadian high pressure settled across the Mid-Atlantic brought record lows from the Great Lakes to the East Coast. The morning low of 39° at Pittsburgh, PA was their coldest reading ever in August. Cool air from Canada continues pouring in, Houghton Lake, MI: 29°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 29°, Alpena, MI: 30°, Toledo, OH: 34°, Sterling (Dulles Airport), VA: 38°, Hartford, CT: 39°, Chicago, IL: 43°-Tied, Baltimore, MD: 49°, Richmond, VA: 50 °F. (Ref. Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link)

1983 - A devastating hail storm struck portions of central South Dakota. In a small part of Faulk County, hail pounded the area for two straight hours. At times, the hail was the size of baseballs. Of course, this incredible hailstorm devastated crops in the area and took out windows in area buildings. In one home, the windows were shattered, the curtains shredded, and glass shards and water ruined much of the upper floor. On some houses, the paint was peeled off by the continual pounding of the hail. Also, funnel clouds were reported just east of Lake City, and near Langford and Veblen in Marshall County. In Veblen, a pole barn was blown over, and shingles were torn off.

1984: The high temperature in Topeka, KS reached 110° for only the second time since the Dust Bowl days of the 1930's. The highest temperature on record at Columbia, MO for the month of August: 110° was recorded. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1986: The minimum temperature was 49° in Washington DC that tied all-time August record minimum temperature.
(Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA) Canadian high pressure across the Ohio Valley brought record chill from the Ohio Valley to the East Coast and Southeast. Record lows included: Concord, NH: 32°, Caribou, ME: 35°, Beckley, WV: 36°-Tied, Goshen, IN: 37°, Dayton, OH: 41°, Atlantic City, NJ: 41°-Tied, Asheville, NC: 42°, Roanoke, VA: 42°, Huntington, WV: 43°-Tied, Lynchburg, VA: 47°, Richmond, VA: 47°, Baltimore, MD: 47 °F. (Ref. Many Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link)

1987 - Some of the most powerful thunderstorms in several years developed over the piedmont of North Carolina, and marched across central sections of the state during the late afternoon and evening hours. Baseball size hail was reported around Albemarle, while thunderstorm winds downed giant trees around High Falls. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Cool air invaded the north central U.S. Ten cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Bismarck ND with a reading of 33 degrees. Deerfield, a small town in the Black Hills of South Dakota, reported a low of 23 degrees. The remnants of Tropical Storm Chris drenched eastern Pennsylvania with up to five and a half inches of rain, and produced high winds which gusted to 90 mph, severely damaging a hundred boats in Anne Arundel County MD. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Evening thunderstorms produced destructive lightning in West Virginia. The lightning caused widepsread damage, particularily in Doddridge County. Numerous trees were downed closing many roads. Fire companies had a difficult time tending to the many homes and trailers on fire. Anchorage AK reported a record 9.60 inches of rain for the month of August. The average annual precipitation for Anchorage is just slighty more than fifteen inches. Three day rainfall totals in northwest Missouri ranged up to 8.20 inches at Maryville. (The National Weather Summary)


1991: Severe thunderstorms struck parts of southwest and central Oklahoma late in the evening. Rush Springs experienced winds stronger than 80 mph, and a bus barn and several mobile homes were destroyed in the area. The storms also produced golf ball sized hail northeast of Durham. In Kansas, thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph, combined with golf ball-size hail, blew out the windows of a few houses 3 miles west of Dodge City. At Garden City, lightning struck service transformers, electric lines, and buildings causing power outages and several structural fires. Lightning also caused one house fire that resulted in $20,000 damage. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1995: The 1995 North Atlantic Hurricane Season was one of the busiest on record. The National Hurricane Center had their hands full on this date, as they tracked dissipating Tropical Storm Jerry, a strong tropical wave and four named storms: Hurricane Humberto, Hurricane Iris, Tropical Storm Karen and Tropical Storm Luis.
(Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1999: Parts of the Outer Banks of North Carolina were being evacuated as large Category 2 Hurricane Dennis continued to move towards the coast with top winds of 105 mph. The National Hurricane Center cautiously waited for the hurricane to make a much-anticipated turn to the east that would carry it out to sea and away from land. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2000: The mercury reached 105° at Mobile, AL, setting an all-time record high. The record high also established a new mark for most 100 degree days in a summer with 8. Heavy rainfall totaling nearly 2.00 inches of rain soaked the northwest part of Las Vegas, NV. Several swift water rescues were performed after people ignored warning signs. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
 

2005 - Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Plaquemines Parish in southeastern Louisiana early on the 29th with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph, a strong category-three, and the third most-intense landfalling hurricane in U.S. history. The center of the hurricane passed just east of New Orleans, where winds gusted over 100 mph. Widespread devastation and unprecedented flooding occurred, submerging at least 80 percent of the city as levees failed. Farther east, powerful winds and a devastating storm surge of 20-30 feet raked the Mississippi coastline, including Gulfport and Biloxi, where Gulf of Mexico floodwaters spread several miles inland. Rainfall amounts of 8-10 inches were common along and to the east of the storm's path. Katrina weakened to a tropical storm as it tracked northward through Mississippi and gradually lost its identity as it moved into the Tennessee Valley on the 30th, dum

2017: Harvey was a Category 4 hurricane at its peak. It has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. But the hurricane scale is based on wind speed, not volume of water, and Harvey has continued to funnel tremendous amounts of moisture into Texas. The flood of epic proportions the southeast part of the city moved past 49 inches for the storm which breaks the Texas and Lower 48 states record for the most amount of rain ever recorded from a tropical system – pending verification. On Tuesday afternoon the 29th, the Mont Belvieu industrial suburb east of Houston recorded 51.12 inches of water, breaking the highest previous record of 48 inches from 1978’s Tropical Storm Amelia in Medina, Texas. “This is as catastrophic as you could possibly imagine from a Category 4 storm.”

 

2020: Just before dawn on Saturday morning the 29th, Laura became a post-tropical cyclone or remnant low as it was located approximately 90 miles to the west of Charleston, WV. Winds surrounding this remnant low were 25 mph. Laura had no impact on the Springfield Park Station or the Glen Allen area. In terms of wind speed, Laura tied the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the strongest landfalling hurricane on record in the state of Louisiana since 1851; however, the 1856 Last Island hurricane had a lowest minimum pressure of approximately 934 mb (27.58 in Hg). Significant storm surge was generated by the winds accompanying Hurricane Laura, which resulted in coastal flooding. Widespread torrential rains with amounts ranging from six to ten inches fell across western Louisiana and eastern Texas. With widespread damage caused by strong winds, a significant storm surge and rains, over half a million people were without power.

[SACRUS]

Dollys remnants could get to the much more favorable Caribbean and so home gown Gulf energy on opportunities as well

 

[Brian5671]

Top 10 day out there!   72 and clear.   AC is off

[Stormlover74]

Looks like some showers tomorrow afternoon now

[winterwx21]

51 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Looks like some showers tomorrow afternoon now

And high humidity coming back tomorrow. Gotta enjoy the spectacular weather today. Feels great with a dewpoint of only 47 here right now. This is a top 5 day of the summer. 

[FPizz]

1 hour ago, Stormlover74 said:

Looks like some showers tomorrow afternoon now

Looks like on and off chances nearly all next week then too.  Annoying

[Dan76]

Some blue over the UP of MI https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2026082912/gfs_mslp_pcpn_frzn_eus_50.png

[LibertyBell]

7 hours ago, MANDA said:

Really nice out!  Refreshing!

Overnight low here of 55.

Got down to 45 in Walpack and 47 in Sandyston in NW Sussex County.

First fall like day had a low of 47 here at 7 am this morning and a high of 73 at 4 pm pristine blue skies. First 40s here since June.

[LibertyBell]

23 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

I swam in Phoenix when it was 117. Not enjoyable at all. Water was hot, no shade, went back inside after 10 minutes.  

That's excessive for me too. I experienced 116 out in the desert and it was way too much. I think 110 and higher is too much. It feels like being stung with burning needles.  When JFK had a heat index of 117 on back to back days in 2019 I think it was although the high was only 99 on both days that was too much. I'm fine with 103 degrees and 30 percent humidity but not 99 degrees and 50 percent humidity.  The hottest I've experienced in NY is 103 I dont buy those 106-107 degrew temperatures reported on the south shore of Nassau county the last two summers. The houses are just too close together and there's way too much traffic to accurately report temperature, I learned that after relocating here and having 2 acres of land to properly place weather sensors I'm always within a degree or two of Mount Pocono even though I'm south of there and over 300 feet lower in elevation. I experienced July 1977 in Manhattan when it hit 104 but was too young to remember it, all I remember from that summer is being scared during the big blackout and all the police sirens. Although I have issues with how the heat index is calculated because I hated the 81 degrees with a dew point of 81 in June 1996 during a supposedly cool summer the heat index was only 93 but it felt more like 113 to me.

 

My big problem with this summer are all the stuck fronts and cutoff nonsense that's not normal for us. I'd like either hot and sunny or cool and sunny. If fronts are going to come in they should just keep moving. I love my pristine blue skies just like we had today. Next week looks like a humid disgusting sky nightmare again.

[donsutherland1]

Tomorrow through Monday will see highs reach the upper 70s and lower 80s. It could turn somewhat warmer to end August and start September. However, no excessive heat appears likely through the remainder of August and into the opening days of September.

Some showers and thundershowers are possible Sunday night into Monday morning and again on Wednesday and Thursday.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +4.0°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +2.6°C for the week centered around August 19. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +3.87°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +2.43°C. The ongoing strong El Niño, which has reached super El Niño threshold, will continue to strengthen through the summer.

The SOI was -7.95 today. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.169 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 August (1991-2020 normal). August will likely finish with a mean temperature near 75.9° (0.2° below normal). 

Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 0.7° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value. 

 

[Chinook]

9 hours ago, qg_omega said:

Two tornados under those warnings near Saratoga

oops, I  missed that somehow!

[SACRUS]

Today's Highs:
 

PHL: 82
New Brnswck: 81
EWR: 80
BLM: 80
LGA: 79
ACY: 79
TEB: 79
TTN: 78
ISP: 77
JFK: 77

NYC: 76

[bluewave]

On 8/28/2026 at 6:10 PM, LibertyBell said:

There are also such things as pools and beaches. I have an inground pool here myself but only used it for a few days this summer because it's rained so much. Today was a really good day though, around 75 here and mostly sunny and a nice cool breeze at 1600 feet. Looks like a clear night coming up, why couldn't we have had this last night for the eclipse instead of those nuisance thunderstorms? It didn't clear out here last night until after 1:30. I really dislike thunder and lightning I'm always worried it will hit me especially up here. I had to hire a logging company to clear all the tall trees within 100 feet of this house back in 2018 when a microburst happened and I had to replace part of the roof and the railing on the bedroom balcony.

This was the 60th anniversary of the late August 1986 record cold outbreak. Was the last time MPO went below freezing and NYC reached 50° in August. It was followed by the snowiest winter of the 1980s in Central NJ.  
 

Data for August 28, 1986 through August 30, 1986
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PA	TOBYHANNA POCONO MOUNTAIN ARPT	WBAN	31
PA	PHOENIXVILLE 1 E	COOP	34
NJ	LONG VALLEY	COOP	35
NJ	NEWTON	COOP	35
NJ	MORRIS PLAINS 1 W	COOP	36
NJ	INDIAN MILLS 2 W	COOP	37
NJ	PEMBERTON	COOP	37
PA	EAST STROUDSBURG	COOP	37
NJ	BELLEPLAIN STA FOREST	COOP	38
NJ	HIGH POINT PARK	COOP	38
PA	COATESVILLE 2 W	COOP	39
PA	GRATERFORD 1 E	COOP	39
PA	BELTZVILLE DAM	COOP	39
NJ	ESTELL MANOR	COOP	39
NJ	EWING 3 WNW	COOP	39
NJ	FLEMINGTON 5 NNW	COOP	39
NJ	TOMS RIVER	COOP	39

 

Data for August 28, 1986 through August 30, 1986
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CT	COCKAPONSET RANGER STA	COOP	34
NY	WALDEN 1 ESE	COOP	35
NY	PORT JERVIS	COOP	38
NJ	CRANFORD	COOP	39
NJ	CHARLOTTEBURG RESERVOIR	COOP	39
CT	STAMFORD 5 N	COOP	39
CT	MOUNT CARMEL	COOP	39
CT	NORWICH PUBLIC UTILITY PLANT	COOP	40
NY	BRIDGEHAMPTON	COOP	41
NJ	CANOE BROOK	COOP	42
NJ	ESSEX FELLS SERVICE BLDG	COOP	42
NJ	WANAQUE RAYMOND DAM	COOP	42
NY	GARNERVILLE	COOP	42
NY	WESTBURY	COOP	42
NY	PATCHOGUE 2 N	COOP	42
CT	MIDDLETOWN 4 W	COOP	42
NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	43
NJ	LITTLE FALLS	COOP	43
NY	SCARSDALE	COOP	43
NY	YORKTOWN HEIGHTS 1W	COOP	43
NY	MIDDLETOWN 2 NW	COOP	44
NY	WEST POINT	COOP	45
NY	ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP	WBAN	45
NY	RIVERHEAD RESEARCH FARM	COOP	45
CT	GROTON	COOP	45
NY	NY WESTERLEIGH STAT IS	COOP	46
NY	DOBBS FERRY-ARDSLEY	COOP	46
NY	MINEOLA	COOP	46
CT	IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT	WBAN	46
NY	SETAUKET STRONG	COOP	46
NY	WESTCHESTER CO AP	WBAN	46
NY	GREENPORT POWER HOUSE	COOP	46
NJ	JERSEY CITY	COOP	48
NJ	NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	48
NY	WANTAGH CEDAR CREEK	COOP	48
NY	NY CITY CENTRAL PARK	WBAN	50
NY	VANDERBILT MUSEUM	COOP	50
NY	NEW YORK AVE V BROOKLYN	COOP	51
NY	LAGUARDIA AIRPORT	WBAN	52
NY	JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	53

 

Snowfall Data for October 1, 1986 through April 30, 1987
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PA	TOBYHANNA POCONO MOUNTAIN ARPT	WBAN	86.6
NJ	SUSSEX 1 NW	COOP	70.0
PA	LONG POND POCONO LAKE	COOP	59.6
PA	COATESVILLE 2 W	COOP	59.3
NJ	HIGH POINT PARK	COOP	53.9
NJ	LAKEHURST NAS	WBAN	53.3
PA	DEVAULT 1 W	COOP	51.0
PA	GLENMOORE	COOP	50.0
NJ	ESTELL MANOR	COOP	48.1
NJ	NEW BRUNSWICK 3 SE	COOP	47.3

[donsutherland1]

Sunrise this morning:

[SACRUS]

65 / 62 partly - mostly cloudy in spots.   Low - mid 80s as clouds build in later and some scattered showers.  The ridge coincides with clouds and showers Mon - Fri and max temps capped in the mid - upper 80.  Ridge goes up and onshore comes around 9/5 - beyond with near normal overall.  

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

 

Highs:

EWR: 100 (1953)
NYC: 98 (1973)
LGA: 99 (1953)
JFk: 95 (1973)


Lows:

EWR: 49 (1934)
NYC: 50 (1965)
LGA: 55 (1986)
JFK: 51 (1965)


Historical:

 

1776 - General Washington took advantage of a heavy fog to evacuate Long Island after a defeat. Adverse winds kept the British fleet from intervening. (David Ludlum)

1838 - A major tornado, possibly the worst in Rhode Island history, passed south of Providence. It uprooted and stripped trees of their branches, unroofed or destroyed many houses, and sucked water out of ponds. The tornado barely missed a local railroad depot, where many people were waiting for a train. The tornado injured five people.

1839 - A hurricane moved from Cape Hatteras NC to offshore New England. An unusual feature of the hurricane was the snow it helped produce, which whitened the Catskill Mountains of New York State. Considerable snow was also reported at Salem NY. (The Weather Channel)

 

1907: Snow fell on Monadnock Mountain in southern New Hampshire. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1915: Some of the chilliest August weather on record occurred from the Plains to the upper Midwest. Locations that reported their all-time coldest temperature for August included: Neillsville, WI: 31°, Rochester, MN: 32° (also earliest first occurrence of freezing temperatures), Fayette, IA: 33°, Winona, MN: 33°, Charles City, IA: 34°, Grand Meadow, MN: 34°, Lancaster, WI: 34°, La Crosse, WI: 35°, New Hampton, IA: 35°, Rockford, IL: 35 °F. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1950: On this date through the 31st, Hurricane Baker made landfall at Santa Rosa Island between Mobile, AL and Pensacola, FL with winds of 100 mph. At Pensacola, the lowest sea-level pressure was 991 millibars or 29.27 inches of mercury at 10 PM with a maximum wind speed of 42 mph from the southeast. A waterspout/tornado came ashore and unroofed a home and store at Apalachicola, FL. 23 homes were damaged. One other tornado was reported in Jackson County. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1953: Five days with 100° or more the 29th to the 2nd at DC -100,103,102,102,101 (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA)

1954: Hurricane Carol strengthened to Category 2 strength off the North Carolina coast with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph. Carol would accelerate over the next 24 hours and make landfall the next day over the Fire Island community of Point O' Woods on the eastern end of Long Island, NY with 100 mph sustained winds. An interesting note from Hurricane Carol was some of the strongest criticism came about the name of the storm. Editorials railed that it was not appropriate to give a nice name like Carol to a destructive hurricane. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1955: Big Meadows had 23.88 inches, VA greatest monthly precipitation total.

1959: Severe thunderstorms moved south across western Oklahoma, leaving several swaths of extensive hail damage. The Weatherford area was especially hard hit. Hail up to golf ball size caused severe damage to roofs and windows on almost all homes and buildings in the Weatherford area. Other hail paths, some of which caused 100% crop damage, extended from Dill City, south to the Red River in Cotton County, over the Grandfield area, and from near Granite to Headrick. The storms continued into north Texas, where wind damage was reported in the Burkburnett, Wichita Falls, Iowa Park, and Henrietta areas. Wind gusts to 75 mph were measured. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1962: Hackberry, LA gets 22 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish the state record. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1965: Canadian high pressure brought another chilly start to parts of the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Raleigh, NC dropped to 46°; their coldest August reading. Other record lows included: Concord, NH: 32°, Elkins, WV: 37°, Binghamton, NY: 37°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 38°, Worcester, MA: 38°, Buffalo, NY: 38°, Williamsport, PA: 38°, Beckley, WV: 39°, Hartford, CT: 39°, Roanoke, VA: 43°, Charleston, WV: 45°, Lynchburg, VA: 45°, Richmond, VA: 47°, Boston, MA: 48°, Norfolk, VA: 52°, Charlotte, NC: 53 °F. (Ref. Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link)

1967: Hurricane Katrina crossed the southern tip of Baja California and then traversed almost the entire length of the Gulf of California before making landfall again and rapidly weakening. More than two inches of rain fell in parts of southern California. Two inches fell at La Quinta and the city was cut off for several hours. 150 homes were damaged by floods in Palm Desert and Indian Wells. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1976: Another preview of fall as record lows were recorded across parts of Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Grand Rapids, MI fell to 39°, the coldest ever recorded during the month of August. Scattered frost occurs in rural areas. Ste. St. Marie, MI: 35°, Detroit, MI: 41°, Muskegon, MI: 41°, Youngstown, OH: 41°, Toledo, OH: 41°-Tied, Dayton, OH: 43 °F. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1979: Hurricane David grew into one of the most intense storms ever to cross the Caribbean Sea. After wiping out the tiny island of Dominica with 150 mph winds, David crashed ashore in the Dominican Republic at peak intensity on this date, with wind gusts over 200 mph. The central pressure in the storm was at its lowest at 924 millibars or 27.29 inches of mercury. More than 1,200 people on the two-nation island were killed and over 80,000 were left homeless. Damage totaled more than $1 billion dollars in the Caribbean alone. Skipping through the Bahamas, David struck a glancing blow on Florida, just north of the Gold Coast, tore across Cape Canaveral and then moved up the East Coast on September 6th, downing trees and power lines well into New England.

1982 - A tropical depression brought torrential rains to portions of southern Texas. Up to twelve inches fell south of Houston, and as much as eighteen inches fell southeast of Austin. The tropical depression spawned fourteen tornadoes in three days. (David Ludlum) Record cold gripped the northeastern U.S. Thirty-one cities in New England reported record lows, and areas of Vermont received up to three inches of snow. (The Weather Channel)

1985: Massive evacuations were ordered for beach front communities along the northern Gulf Coast as Hurricane Elena made her move toward the coast just before a busy Labor Day weekend. A cold front approached from the northwest, which collapsed the steering currents around Elena, and the storm began to recurve. It approached Florida, moving quite close to Tampa Bay and Cedar Key, before high pressure bridged the frontal boundary and steered Elena back towards the west. Elena intensified as it accelerated west-northwest, and was a major hurricane by the afternoon on September 1st peaking later that day at 125 mph. The hurricane made landfall near Biloxi, MS on September 2 as a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph. Rainfall ranged from 2 inches at Key West to 11 inches at Apalachicola.

1987 - Eight cities in California and Oregon reported record high temperatures for the date, including Redding CA and Sacramento CA where the mercury hit 100 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Thunderstorms drenched Georgia and the Carolinas with heavy rain, soaking Columbia, SC, with 4.10 inches in three hours. Fresno CA was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 109 degrees. Duluth MN tied their record for the month of August with a morning low of 39 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced large hail in Montana and North Dakota during the evening and early nighttime hours. Hail three inches in diameter was reported 20 miles south of Medora ND, and thunderstorms over Dawson County MT produced up to three inches of rain. Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Roundup MT, Dazey ND and Protection KS. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)


1993: Three people were hurt by lightning in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Two of them were huddled under an umbrella on the side of a road, watching a wrecker operator connect their stalled vehicle to his tow truck. Lightning struck the umbrella and then traveled to the wrecker operator. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2000: Little Rock, Arkansas: The temperature rises to 111 °F at the North Little Rock Airport, setting a new record for the hottest temperature ever observed at the location. (Ref. WxDoctor)

2001: Thunderstorms developed over northern Illinois during the evening hours. A series of thunderstorms moved across northern Cook County, dumping torrential amounts of rainfall. Flooding was reported on portions of the Kennedy and Edens expressways. The 93 mile deep tunnel was filled to capacity with 1.6 billion gallons of water forcing the Wilmette licks to be opened to dump 75 million gallons of storm and sewer water directly into Lake Michigan. O'Hare Airport received 4.31 inches of rain, most of which fell between 9 pm and 11 pm. This rainfall brought the total for the month to 12.25 inches, making this the second wettest month on record for Chicago. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2003: Lightning struck and killed a man at Busch Gardens near Williamsburg, VA . (Ref. Lightning - Virginia Weather History)

2004": At landfall the storm, Gaston was originally classified as just shy of hurricane strength. While wind damage in South Carolina was minimal, the slow-moving storm produced five to ten inches of rain along its path, causing extensive flooding. Gaston moved north over land, weakening to a tropical depression but still bringing torrential rain to central Virginia, where at least eight people were killed in the ensuing floods. Richmond International Airport had 6.68 inches, Ashland recorded 10.61 inches, including 4.33 inches in one hour. The Richmond (West End ) reported 12.60 inches of rain and Mechanicsville had 10.70 inches. The Shockoe Bottom entertainment district near downtown Richmond was devastated by the flooding. Total damage was estimated at about $130 million. Ref. (Weather Underground Hurricane History Archives - Gaston)

2008: Hurricane Gustav set the world record for the highest wind gust measured in a tropical cyclone with a reading of 211 mph measured in Paso Real de San Deigo, Cuba. “The wind peaked and the anemometer mast fell over sharply interrupting the measurement…” (Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)

2011: Even before Hurricane Irene dumped rain on the Northeastern United States over the weekend, parts of New England were very soggy. The rain gauge at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York recorded 7.8 inches (19.8 cm) on Aug. 14, breaking the previous daily record of 6.27 inches (15.9 cm), set in 1984. Before Irene, Robinson told LiveScience, New Jersey was having its sixth-wettest August since statewide records started in 1895. Then Irene moved in as the second-largest rainstorm in the state since 1895. Preliminary estimates peg New Jersey's August rainfall at 16.5 inches (41.9 centimeters), making it the rainiest month ever recorded in the state. (Ref. LifeScience.Com)

[SACRUS]

EWR set to tie 2015 with everyday this month at 80 or above assuming tomorrow isnt stuck at 79.  2015 had the most total 80+ days at 118 and EWR is at 98 so far this year, today will make 99. 

 

1995, 2001, 2016, 2022 had 30 days at 80+ in August. 

 

Back to 1960. 

 

Statistic	Result
Number of Augusts	66
Total ≥80°F days	1,676
Mean / Average	25.39 days
Median	25.5 days
Mode	24 days
Mode frequency	11 years
Maximum	31 days — 2015
Minimum	18 days — 2000
Range	13 days
Standard deviation	2.84 days
25th percentile	24 days
75th percentile	28 days

 

 

Year	August days ≥80°F
1995	30
2001	30
2015	31
2016	30
2022	30

[Brian5671]

Heat looks suppressed down to Philly/DC for the most part.

[winterwarlock]

Are you kidding me with these showers and clouds

 

Models have been horrendous 24-48 hours out and mets not much better

[bluewave]

16 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

My big problem with this summer are all the stuck fronts and cutoff nonsense that's not normal for us. I'd like either hot and sunny or cool and sunny. If fronts are going to come in they should just keep moving. I love my pristine blue skies just like we had today. Next week looks like a humid disgusting sky nightmare again.

The stuck fronts are a function of the increasing summer high pressure over Eastern Canada building down to east of New England at times.

This also enhances the dew points with more onshore flow. Also leads to multiple flash flooding events across the area.

We used to get more high pressure to our west with offshore flow prior to this decade. Those were the years you highlighted with more 90° days at JFK. 

These days the higher 90° counts are west of the sea breeze front in NJ.