September 2026

[LibertyBell]

2 hours ago, SACRUS said:

Made it to 82 but more clouds now

 

Not that many clouds more like 70 percent mostly sunny 30 percent partly cloudy a nice cool and most importantly dry breeze too. I still have puddles in soggy areas of my lawn that need to go. Made it to 73 for the high here so far today.

 

[LibertyBell]

6 hours ago, forkyfork said:

if a super nino can't give us a cool summer then nothing can

Very few people actually want a cool summer, that's as boring as a warm winter is.

[LibertyBell]

20 hours ago, MANDA said:

Took a little longer, until early afternoon for the drier air to reach my part of NJ but the mid and late afternoon turned out really pleasant with lots of sun, a breeze, lowering dews and temperatures right around 80.

Today's been a nice day. Sunny with a cool breeze. I still have puddles in my lawn and I have to spray for mosquitoes.  Forecast for here is 40s for Labor Day morning.

[steve392]

Nice day out there.  Thought we were going to get a storm dark clouds started to roll in but nothing fell.  Cleared up an hour later. 

[donsutherland1]

A cool Labor Day weekend has commenced. Temperatures will generally peak in the middle and upper 70s. Readings in New York City could fall into the lower 60s with widespread 50s outside the City. The cool weather will likely continue into the middle of next week. By midweek, readings could return to the lower 80s. Another push of cooler air could arrive by Friday or Saturday.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +4.2°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +2.6°C for the week centered around August 26. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +3.93°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +2.50°C. The ongoing strong El Niño, which has reached super El Niño threshold, will continue to strengthen through the summer.

The SOI was -16.70 today.

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.627 today. 

 

[SACRUS]

Today's Highs:
 

PHL: 84
New Brnswck: 83
EWR: 82
BLM: 81
JFK: 81  no intra hour highs
TTN: 81
ACY: 81
ISP: 80
TEB: 80
LGA: 80

NYC: 79
 

[psv88]

81 today. 68 now. 

[bluewave]

Record number of 80° days away from the sea breeze in NJ through September 5th. 

Time Series Summary for HARRISON, NJ Most 80° days by September 5th
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1	2026-09-05	101	0
2	2010-09-05	98	19
3	2015-09-05	97	0
4	2024-09-05	96	0
5	2022-09-05	93	0

 

Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ Most 80° days by September 5th
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1	2026-09-05	104	0
2	2010-09-05	102	0
-	1993-09-05	102	0
-	1991-09-05	102	0
3	1994-09-05	101	0
4	2015-09-05	100	0

 

Time Series Summary for PHILADELPHIA/MT. HOLLY WFO, NJ Most 80° days by September 5th
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1	2026-09-05	102	0
2	2024-09-05	99	0
3	2015-09-05	98	0
-	2010-09-05	98	1
-	2008-09-05	98	1
4	2011-09-05	97	0
5	2022-09-05	94	0

 

[SACRUS]

71 / 61 here clouds pushing south and encompassing eastern LI.  IN / out of the clouds for a period this morning into early pm then partly sunnay mid 70s to 80 in the warmest locations, eastern sections could see isolated showers around the ULL into Northern ME and and the N-NE flow.  Labor day looking mostly sunny mid - upper 70s to 80 or low 80s in the warmest spots inland.   Ridge has a 48 hour surge pushing higher heights and 850 MB temps >18c Tue - Thu with Wed and Thu the warmest of the next 7 days and also next shot at some rain Thursday .   Overall near to warmer than normal to mid month and warmer beyond there as ridge looks to come east and we'll have to see where it anchors.

9/6 - 9/8 : Near normal
9/9 - 9/11 : Above normal brief surge of warmth
9/12 - 9/15 : Near normal
9/16 - beyond : Above normal (watch ridge position)

 

 

[SACRUS]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Record number of 80° days away from the sea breeze in NJ through September 5th. 

Time Series Summary for HARRISON, NJ Most 80° days by September 5th
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1	2026-09-05	101	0
2	2010-09-05	98	19
3	2015-09-05	97	0
4	2024-09-05	96	0
5	2022-09-05	93	0

 

Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ Most 80° days by September 5th
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1	2026-09-05	104	0
2	2010-09-05	102	0
-	1993-09-05	102	0
-	1991-09-05	102	0
3	1994-09-05	101	0
4	2015-09-05	100	0

 

Time Series Summary for PHILADELPHIA/MT. HOLLY WFO, NJ Most 80° days by September 5th
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1	2026-09-05	102	0
2	2024-09-05	99	0
3	2015-09-05	98	0
-	2010-09-05	98	1
-	2008-09-05	98	1
4	2011-09-05	97	0
5	2022-09-05	94	0

 

Had posted in the other thread EWR matched 2015 with all days in August >80 and was leading in overall 80 degree days.  118 2015, and 117 in 2024.
 

Year	Rank	Days >= 80 °F
2015	1	118
2024	2	117
2021	3	116
1994	4	114
2016	5	113
1993	5	113
1991	5	113

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 98 (2018)
NYC: 97 (1881)
LGA: 96 (2018)
JFK: 93 (2023)


Lows: 

EWR: 48 (1938)
NYC: 48 (1924)
LGA: 53 (1988)
JFK: 52 (1963)

Historical:

1667: The “dreadful hurricane of 1667” is considered one of the most severe hurricanes ever to strike Virginia. On the first, this same storm was reported in the Lesser Antilles. The hurricane devastated St. Christopher as no other storm had done before. The "great storm" went on to strike the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. Area crops (including corn and tobacco) were beaten into the ground.

 

1776: Called the Pointe-à-Pitre hurricane, this storm is one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record. While the intensity and complete track are unknown, this storm struck Guadeloupe on this day, killing 6,000. 

1881 - Forest fires in Michigan and Ontario resulted in 'Yellow Day' in the northeastern U.S. Twenty villages in Michigan burned, and a total of 500 persons were killed. Fires caused 2.3 million dollars in losses near Lake Huron. Candles were needed at the noon hour. (David Ludlum)

 

1881: Forest fires in “The Thumb” of Michigan and Ontario resulted in “Yellow Day” over the New England states. Twenty villages and over a million acres burned in Michigan. The smoke from these fires caused the sky to appear yellow over several New England cities. Twilight appeared at noon on this day. 

1929 - Iowa's earliest snow of record occurred as a few flakes were noted at 9 AM at Alton. (The Weather Channel)

 

1933: The remnant low of the Treasure Coast Hurricane dumped 10.33" of rain in Charleston, which is the second-highest 24-hour rainfall total on record for the downtown station. The storm produced wind gusts of 51 mph and also spawned a tornado near the city.

1987 - Thunderstorms produced more than seven inches of rain in Georgia. Four persons drowned, and two others suffered injury, as three couples attempted to cross Mills Stone Creek at Echols Mill in their automobile. Smoke from forest fires in California and Oregon spread across Utah into western Colorado. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Unseasonably cool weather prevailed across the north central and northeastern U.S. Thirty cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Saint Joseph MO with a reading of 38 degrees. A low of 44 degrees at Indianapolis IN was their coolest reading of record for so early in the season. The mercury dipped to 31 degrees at Hibbing MN and Philips WI. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - An early afternoon thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 104 mph at Winterhaven, FL, flipping over four airplanes, and damaging five others. The high winds also damaged a hangar and three other buildings. A cold front produced strong winds and blowing dust in the Northern High Plains, with gusts to 54 mph reported at Buffalo SD. Powerful Hurricane Gabrielle and strong easterly winds combined to create waves up to ten feet high along the southern half of the Atlantic coast. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

 

2003: Hurricane Isabel was first named on September 6th, 2003. It would reach Category 5 status and eventually make landfall in North Carolina as a Category 2.

 

2017: Category 5 Hurricane Irma affected the US Virgin Island and Puerto Rico. Maximum sustained winds were at 180 mph when the storm hit St. Thomas & St. John. Catastrophic damage was reported over the US Virgin Island & significant damage over Puerto Rico, especially over Culebra. 

[SACRUS]

The period from and beyond mid month has been a bit of a back and forth between the warm-hot GFS to now the warm ridegy ECM and the can with Oklahoma ridge center

[SACRUS]

Atlantic vacation:

 

Pacific buzzing

[SACRUS]

A break in an overall dry next 7 days here outside some scattered storms/showers on Wed night/ Thu.  Rain focused into the Southeast, Southwest mansoon, PAC tropical influence and the much needed deluge over the canadian fires

[WestBabylonWeather]

One of those days where the sun feels great. But once a cloud covers it then it’s chilly 

[weathermedic]

Didn’t hear or see anything about rain today but of course it’s raining over my borough Brooklyn 

[weathermedic]

OKX just sent this on X (formerly Twitter)

A few showers are around this morning, mainly for portions of Long Island and Connecticut. These areas will also see more clouds than sun through the afternoon. Western areas will see breaks of sun and should remain mostly dry today, though an isolated shower is possible.

[PhiEaglesfan712]

18 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Very few people actually want a cool summer, that's as boring as a warm winter is.

A warm winter is okay. At least it's warm enough to do outdoor activity. The most boring winter is the one that is too cold to go outside, but too warm for snow. Think 2018-19 or 2024-25. No one really wants those. If it's not going to be a good snowy winter, might as well go all out torch, like 2011-12, 2019-20, 2022-23, or 2023-24.

[SACRUS]

21 minutes ago, weathermedic said:

Didn’t hear or see anything about rain today but of course it’s raining over my borough Brooklyn 

its been a risk with the ULL spinning over Maine and HP building in from the GL and the NNE flow now - tomorrow looks like the mostly sunny day.

[WestBabylonWeather]

I’m going to a bbq in Atlantic beach. Very close to where the tornado touched down. Not looking forward to the drive from Babylon 

[dWave]

24 minutes ago, weathermedic said:

Didn’t hear or see anything about rain today but of course it’s raining over my borough Brooklyn 

20% chance of showers today. Nothing long lasting or worth changing plans over, but a slight chance one could briefly pop up.

[Dan76]

5 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

I’m going to a bbq in Atlantic beach. Very close to where the tornado touched down. Not looking forward to the drive from Babylon 

Ocean Pky to the loop ..easy

[WestBabylonWeather]

2 minutes ago, Dan76 said:

Ocean Pky to the loop ..easy

Yes gonna take Robert Moses to ocean to the loop for sure. 

[steve392]

Gorgeous day for a ball game at Citi Field.  

[LibertyBell]

9 hours ago, bluewave said:

Record number of 80° days away from the sea breeze in NJ through September 5th. 

Time Series Summary for HARRISON, NJ Most 80° days by September 5th
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1	2026-09-05	101	0
2	2010-09-05	98	19
3	2015-09-05	97	0
4	2024-09-05	96	0
5	2022-09-05	93	0

 

Time Series Summary for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ Most 80° days by September 5th
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1	2026-09-05	104	0
2	2010-09-05	102	0
-	1993-09-05	102	0
-	1991-09-05	102	0
3	1994-09-05	101	0
4	2015-09-05	100	0

 

Time Series Summary for PHILADELPHIA/MT. HOLLY WFO, NJ Most 80° days by September 5th
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1	2026-09-05	102	0
2	2024-09-05	99	0
3	2015-09-05	98	0
-	2010-09-05	98	1
-	2008-09-05	98	1
4	2011-09-05	97	0
5	2022-09-05	94	0

 

Honestly it's not a summer day if it's not 80 or higher. I fully expect every day in the core of summer to at a bare minimum reach 80 degrees. In your Newark list those three summers listed after 2026 were all historically hot summers that broke records for both 90 and 100 degree days. 80 degrees is a very low bar to clear though and can't be considered hot weather.

Today I had to wear a jacket summer is clearly over lol.

I've always thought we should move Memorial Day weekend to the first week of June and Labor Day weekend to the last week of August.

[LibertyBell]

8 hours ago, SACRUS said:

Had posted in the other thread EWR matched 2015 with all days in August >80 and was leading in overall 80 degree days.  118 2015, and 117 in 2024.
 

Year	Rank	Days >= 80 °F
2015	1	118
2024	2	117
2021	3	116
1994	4	114
2016	5	113
1993	5	113
1991	5	113

1991 and 1993 and 2010 for that matter were all much hotter than the others.

 

[donsutherland1]

Tomorrow will be another day with somewhat cooler than normal temperatures, as the mercury tops out in the upper 70s. Tuesday will be a bit warmer with the high reaching the lower 80s.

By midweek, readings could return to the lower 80s. A few of the warmer spots could top out in the middle 80s. Another push of cooler air could arrive by Friday or Saturday.

Overall, the week looks to be dry with little or no rainfall likely through at least Friday.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +4.2°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +2.6°C for the week centered around August 26. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +3.93°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +2.50°C. The ongoing strong El Niño, which has reached super El Niño threshold, will continue to strengthen through the summer.

The SOI was -21.33 today.

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.838 today.