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91/75 heat index 102

Brutal overnight/am...83, dew 77 heat index 91. low temp 82.

86/75 heat index 93. Not much of a breeze anymore. Driving around, about 30% of the traffic are out. I don't know of any power outage.

Gusty SW wind now and rising dewpoint 96/74. High was 98.

97/70

94/70 heat index 100. Outdoor dining looking a little slow out here. LGA 94/65 HI 96 Park 90/70 HI 96 Different paths to the same result.

90/72 heat index 98. Low was 79.

Starting the day at 82 dew 71.

Was going there but they were saying it was full and closed just after 10am. Just missed the cut off, found an open field at Jones Beach and it sure was bath water. I was a little amazed.

Went to Jones Beach earlier and the water was very warm, especially by NY standards. Definetly feel the higher humidty there. Back home 90 after high of 94. Dewpoint was upper 50s, spiking to 70 now.

Or heat index never drops below 90.

Driving out of Yonkers down the Sprain just missed most of it in my rearview. Moving along/north of city line. New rochelle, sound shore towns etc up next. Maybe Nassau

Got stifling in a hurry, party sunny 85/75 NWS forecasting 80 degree low temps ahead

cloudy 78/74

Right on the edge of the sea breeze seem to be the most oppressive place to be, with minimal cooling ocean influence but close enough for elevated dew points. Also lines up with the most urban parts of the region as a bonus. A line roughly along Newark-->Astoria-->Upper Manhattan-->Bx--> southern Westchester and a little N&W of that. A big difference between a 97/58 in Orange county vs 94/72 around the GWB

Maybe not total perfection, but within accepted standards, and for comparison sake is good since every other city is using their local airport. A zoomed in satellite view in Google Maps of surrounding areas like Astoria, Jackson Heights, Flushing and across the river in Mott Haven, Hunts Point, East Harlem makes LGA look fairly representative. Also, for perspective using google maps measure distance tool, its about 60' to 150+ ft from the pavement going around. On another note, couldn't ask for a much better mid July day than today. got to 80. Feels nice holding temps mainly in the 70s without it being b/c of rain.

I guess technically, the official reporting station is the one closet to you. So if your in Manhattan it'd be Central Park, but for the Bronx, Northern Qns, it'd be LGA , and in Southern Qns, Eastern Brooklyn, it's JFK. When I put my Zip into any weather app or NWS website, I get LGA info, not Central Park. Of course using Midtown or Lower Manhattan as the city center Central Park wins. (Unless you promoted Wall St heliport to official status..but it stick out in the east river)

NWS has long been aware, but for historical reasons they'd rather not touch it. I've also seen articles of them basically saying yes its true but we have plenty of nearby climate sites more representative..implying no one is forcing the media etc to hold Central Park as the holy grail of weather obs. imo it wouldn't hurt to trim the trees immediately around it, it wouldn't be perfect but a reasonable improvement. NWS doesn't want to deal with having put a asterisk on weather records. I can understand that since its such a long running site, but at least highlight the surrounding sites more..but that's more a local news thing though. Story originally reported on WABC-TV and WABC.com (now "File Not Found") Original text available below: Central Park Weather: Vegetative Overgrowth Affecting Weather Readings - WABC-TV (New York-WABC, August 22, 2003) - Forecasting the weather is not easy. Government equipment can often be blamed for giving faulty weather information. As Bill Evans explains, a big culprit may be some of the equipment buried in Central Park. Rainfall, snowfall, and the temperature are all vital information recorded 24 hours a day at the weather station located in the heart of Central Park. But meteorologists like Michael Schlacter have serious concerns about the accuracy of the stations data. It sits amid overgrown vegetation and he says thats the problem. The leaves can trigger snow gauges and trees can warp rain and wind measurements. On this hot day, a temperature gauge is in the shade instead of direct sunlight. Michael Schlacter, Weather 2000: "Its kind of like driving a car without a speedometer, odometer, and gas gauge. You are running with false information." The weather instruments at Belvedere Castle have long adorned the top. There used to be a government meteorologist here in the city to keep an eye on them. But now the nearest meteorologist is 60 miles that way. But National Weather Service meteorologists say they knew the weather readings in the park would never be as keenly accurate as the ones at the airports where guidelines prevent foliage from being within 100 feet of the station. Schlacter: "We knew that at times we would have flaky readings, that leaves would fall in gauges, that we would have problems with visibility sensors." [NWS Meteorologist-in-Charge Michael] Wyllie says the weather station is there because it was historically significant to maintain its presence in the park. He says theres been a lot of growth because of the wet spring at so much in fact that temperatures have routinely been recorded lower in the park than at the airports. Wyllie: "We are actually having a micro climate system there because of the vegetation." Imperfect perhaps but nonetheless the system provides the official record of weather for the country's largest city. And Michael Schlacter says its a city that deserves better. Schlacter: "I think New Yorkers deserve a lot better, and I think they deserve the best weather station money can buy." I'm pretty sure they are sick of here the same complaints lol

It feels amazing outside tonight, 73 dew 65 and quite breezy. Havent felt "cool" in quite a while. A below 70 low temp seems on tap. As for DC, I think today was the chance to break the 90 streak but didnt happen. Thurs theres a small chance it doesn't make 90. If not then its many days ahead. Gonna be pushing 30+ days.

80 and drizzle, after moderate shower passed through

High 91 here. At ferry point pk across the water from 92 degree LGA, sure feels like it.

Yeah that was more JFK like. It think the dew point was boosted by occasional downpours throughout the day. I know it was higher than JFK at the same time. Today the soaked Park is running cooler than LGA EWR JFK, White Plains, etc..everybody except maybe Islip.

Another round of heavy rain moved though but with more wind, some lightening. Seems to be along the same line multiple times today. No more drought talk here. Totally saturated ground now. 2 days of heavy rain now backyard is a small pond.

Sunshine in between showers..adding to humidity. 83 dew 78 HI 93. Central park is 81 with a 77 dew point.

Most downpours..flash flood warning for NE NJ and in Queens