LibertyBell

people do not feel *average* temperatures, they feel the hottest days, in other words, number of 90 and 100 degree highs. I'm sure most would not think the top 10 in a list of average temperatures were exceptionally hot.

average temperatures are not what defines hottest summers, it's number of 90 degree days.

if we're talking about wall to wall summer heat, it's going to be very difficult to equal 1983, when JFK hit 100 degrees in both July and August and NYC hit 99 on September 11th, 1983. It makes me wonder what exactly was happening in 1983 that made June-July-August-September all 4 months so amazingly hot? AND we also had over 80 inches of rain that year!

it's mostly minimum driven. Around here, only a few summers come to mind for me when it comes to wall to wall summer heat from beginning to end and it's 2010, 2002, 1999, 1993, 1991, 1983.

Yes it was a lesser version of the March 2001 bust lol.

if the low tracked 75 miles south maybe we would have gotten the bigger snowfall totals?

Is there a way to see when clouds arrive? If it's 4-5 pm for rain I'd assume it's 2 pm for clouds?

what time? I'm worried about clouds interrupting peak heating.

Newark also had what is considered the greatest minor league baseball team of all time (they were so good, they were considered a major league team.)

He certainly was unique.

Last time NYC had 100 degree in August (notably it was 103!) was on August 9, 2001, that's 24 years ago lol. Last time JFK hit 100 degrees in August (they did so in both July and August in that year) was August 20, 1983. 1983 is on my list of all time summers, with a very hot June, July, August AND September (can't argue with 7 90 degree days in September including a peak of 99 on 9/11/1983 at NYC.)

1993 really stands apart from all these summers (although 2011 is pretty close).... why isn't 2010 on this list?

Nice WNW wind is my favorite summer wind direction !!!

some of those winters actually had 100 inches of snowfall and continuous snowcover from November to March in both Philly and NYC!!

Yes this is why you actually need westerly flow to get some of our hottest waters. It's a complex process but from what I read you first need westerly flow with a long duration extreme heat wave followed by southerly onshore flow. The westerly flow heats up the far offshore waters (since no upwelling happens there) and then the later onshore flow brings that water closer to shore. That's why 2011 held our previous record for warmest waters. We first had the record extreme triple digit heatwave with westerly flow, followed later by onshore flow.

Thats not a continuous record from 1843 to today though is it? Do they have snowfall records too?

Most of the area was extremely rural back then. Definitely zero cars. It really makes the historic summer of 1896 in which 1,500 people died stand out.

Most of the area was extremely rural back then. Definitely zero cars. It really makes the historic summer of 1896 in which 1,500 people died stand out.

1936, 1993 and 2010 the truly endless summers.... 2010: The 105 °F recorded at the Richmond International Airport today ties the highest maximum temperature ever recorded in July in Richmond. The high of 105 °F and low of 79 °F today yields a daily average temp of 92.0 °F which breaks the all-time daily mean temp of 91.5. Thus making today the hottest day ever recorded in the past 113 years for Richmond. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC) This highest temperature ever recorded for July of 105 °F has occurred on two other dates. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC) DCA soared to a record 102 °F on the 7th and 101 °F on the 24th. BWI recorded record high temperatures on 4 days: 6th (105 °F), 7th (101 °F), 24th (101 °F) and 25th (100 °F) BWI had on 5 days above 100 °F making the most on record. At or above 90 °F on 44 days in 2010 at DCA, most number of days through July on record. Ref. July PRESTO Page 1 1993: A severe thunderstorm struck southern Hyde County, SD including the city of Highmore, with winds in excess of 60 mph and heavy rains of 2 to 4 inches. Near Stephan, an estimated 4 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes causing flood damage around a bridge. 3 to 9 inches of rain caused widespread flash flooding and flood damage to Day, Roberts, and southeastern Marshall Counties. A state of emergency was declared in Sisseton. The heavy rains overwhelmed a small creek that flows through Sisseton, swelling it to three blocks wide and up to 5 feet deep. Flood damage occurred to 70% of all buildings in Sisseton, including 100 homes. Roads and bridge damage was also extensive in Roberts, Day, and Marshall Counties with about 50 roads and bridges in Day County damaged by the flooding.HR> The line of thunderstorms exploded over southeast Nebraska then advanced into Iowa at nearly 60 mph. An amazing two inches of rain fell in 30 minutes at Council Bluffs. Winds of 70 mph or greater were widespread across western Iowa. 75 mph winds also struck southeast of Treynor. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1931: Searing heat prevailed in the San Joaquin Valley in California. Many locations saw highs of 110 °F or better from the 21st through the 26th. Highs on this date reached 114 °F at Bakersfield, 113 °F at Hanford, 112 °F at Madera and 111 °F Wasco. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1934: A terrible heat wave settled over much of the Midwest. South Bend, IN and Chicago, IL set their all-time high temperature records of 109 °F and 105 °F respectively. Lansing, MI equaled their all-time high temperature of 102°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1936 - A record all time Kansas state high temperature set just 6 days earlier was tied in the town of Alton, located in Osborne County. (US National Weather Service Wichita) 1936: The state maximum temperature record for Kansas was equaled today at Alton, Kansas which was 121 °F. The state maximum temperature record for Nebraska was also equaled today at Minden, Nebraska which was 118 °F. (Ref. Lowest and Highest Temperatures for the 50 States)

But they have continuous records going back to 1843 or just for a smaller time set (like from the 1840s to the 1860s)?

all Central Park records need to be put in a museum and do not update them anymore. With all the shit government is doing these days, why can't they overrule the Conservancy bring a bunch of chain saws and chop down the trees? You know if they cared they could.

Oh nice, you know how much I love spelling bees (I won trophies in those starting in 3rd grade and my last one was in 8th grade.) What's a geography bee like? Do you have to spell geography place names or is it like the game Geography where you have to name a place that starts with the same letter the previous place someone said ended with? I love that game too-- I played it a lot in my middle school years (7th and 8th grade.)

That absolutely sucks and reminds me of February 2006 when the city had over 2 feet of snow and I had 13 inches lol, it must have been the same thing. What everyone thought was an HECS I thought was a run of the mill midwinter snowstorm. What made it even worse was that was basically the only snowstorm of the entire winter for my area.

08-09 was a much better winter than the previous two and it kicked off our snowier pattern. We had our first snowy noreaster in like 3 years on March 1, 2009.

March 2014 was very bad here, maybe better by you because you're south of us and there was a lot of suppression that winter. 2014-15 finished very strong but December - January 20th was mild and basically snowless.