LibertyBell

what kind of wind was needed to get New Brunswick to 101 degrees but can't even hit 90 degrees here? The waters are much colder up there!

In the end, this summer will end up only slightly warmer than normal but it will be a fairly dry one.

that stupid sea breeze (which also makes rip currents worse and caused 2 deaths)

snow filled lol it sounds like they are describing a doughnut or something

That 82 last November on 11/1 was also pretty crazy, didn't JFK hit 80+ multiple times in the first week of November last year?

My absolute favorite was that 95 on 10/2/2019 (with a heat index of 100). So I think 100 in September is possible here one day, but those records from 1983 are still really hard to beat, that 98 in 1983 has been in place for over 4 decades now. 1983 was incredible for June, July, August and September all being WAY above normal and 100 degrees in both July and August!!!!

I remember them being super hot in the 90s too. I forget what year it was when I was driving through NJ but I recorded 106 degrees somewhere near Clifton. Could have been either 1991 or 1993 or 1995 or 1999 lol. The 90s were our hottest decade going by summer maxima/number of 90 degree days.

completely clear here Tony

we have a good record of matching all time hot summers 1944, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1955, 2001, 2002 They hit 100 back in June too didn't they? I saw they also hit 100 in 1955.

I just looked through these and even for Newark that 99 in September 1983 hasn't been matched. Didn't they exceed 100 like Central Park did in September 1953?

Yeah but a place like Newark is ALWAYS hot lol. I'm talking about the rest of the area, 7 90 degree days in September peaking at 99 in September 1983 is a record that's never been touched....unless you go back to 1953 when it was 100+ in September.

1944 was a historically hot 11 year cycle summer, we have yet to break many of the records set in 1944, I am in awe of that summer. Many of the above summers are part of the 11 year cycle: 1944, 2010, 1988, 1911, 2021, 1977

I slept from 10-2 and then got up to look for shooting stars from 2-5 and then slept again from 5-9 lol. I saw a handful of shooting stars.

wow Newark has even more than Philly....I've seen a tendency towards this in recent years, if we look back at historical summers like 1991 and 1993, EWR usually had around 10 more 90 degree days than NYC did and PHL usually had 5 more 90 degree days than EWR did back then.

be careful of rip currents, 4 people have died this week already

I think it could be like last fall, but don't see any fall record heat, as it's going to hard to beat 1983 when it comes to September heat.

would that make it hotter or would a recurving hurricane make it hotter here?

This is normal as the hottest departures always seem to be to the north. The Arctic has been heating up faster than any other region on the planet. I'm sure eventually, as the years ago by, those departures will reach us. It's like a fire spreading from the roof through the attic and then downwards.

In my experience, all these urban locations are much hotter than the suburban places I'm used to. I can tell you about my experiences driving from here to the Poconos, there are two main heat spikes, one is in Queens and the other one is in Eastern NJ. I find both of these places intolerable to walk around outside in more than a few minutes so I didn't unless I was out of gas lol. Once I drove past eastern NJ on I-80 and got past about Morristown, the weather always got much nicer. It's like this every summer, no matter how hot it is, those places are always hot. I can understand why some people have to work in these places, but why would anyone ever want to live there?

The reason I single out EWR though is because its number of 90 degree days always seem to be much more in line with PHL than they are with NYC even going back to the early 90s. Their summers are very Philly like.

100/55 sounds pretty good though lol

Yep, the part of Queens after you exit the Midtown Tunnel and get on the Grand Central Parkway.

wow that sounds like absolutely perfect weather! Great for the peak of the Perseids tonight too!

it's absolutely ideal!!

Hotter than the city too. Even before the foliage issues, EWR had 10 more 90 degree days than NYC in 1993. It's just a different climate in the oven of NJ, for the same reason that NJ gets more snow in the winter they get more heat in the summer.