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Ridge west - Atlantic ridge - trough northeast with edge of the heat for a period . Continued wetter
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86 / 71/ Clear and driest /hottest day of the next week - 10 days. Mid - upper 90s in the warm spots, one of the hotter starts to Aug in a while. Ridge west and trough slowly approaching from the west this weekend will bring daily showers / storms chances , clouds and some sun will push temps to near / low 90s. Rain/storms focus Fri night to Sat (8/3) and Mon (8/4). Caught between two ridges Western and Atlantic - Debby (if forms) meanders near FL/ SE coast. Overall warm /hot and humid with continued storm chances beyond Tuesday keeping heat limited. Beyond there mid month warmup as ridge builds east. 8/1 - 8/5 : Hot / humid/ storm chances 8/6 - 8/13 : Limited heat - watch Debby, could be continued wet/stormy 8/14 - beyond : Overall warmer - heat building back in
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Highs: LGA: 96 EWR: 94 TEB: 93 TTN: 92 New Brnswck: 92 PHL: 91 BLM: 91 ACY: 90 JFK: 91 NYC: 89 ISP: 82
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Records: Highs: EWR: 103 (1954) NYC: 102 (1933) LGA: 97 (1954) JFK: 95 (2002) Lows: EWR: 56 (1932) NYC: 57 (1914) LGA: 62 (1956) JFK: 58 (1964) Historical: 1715: Spanish treasure ships, returning from the New World to Spain, encountered a hurricane during the early morning hours on this day. Eleven of the twelve ships were lost near present-day Vero Beach, Florida. 1949: Lightning struck a baseball field at Baker, Florida during a game. The shortstop and third baseman were killed instantly. 1976 - A stationary thunderstorm produced more than ten inches of rain which funneled into the narrow Thompson River Canyon of northeastern Colorado. A wall of water six to eight feet high wreaked a twenty-five mile path of destruction from Estes Park to Loveland killing 156 persons. The flash flood caught campers, and caused extensive structural and highway damage. Ten miles of U.S. Highway 34 were totally destroyed as the river was twenty feet higher than normal at times. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) 1986 - The temperature at Little Rock, AR, soared to 112 degrees to establish an all-time record high for that location. Morrilton, AR, hit 115 degrees, and daily highs for the month at that location averaged 102 degrees. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - The deadliest tornado in 75 years struck Edmonton, Alberta, killing 26 persons and injuring 200 others. The twister caused more than 75 million dollars damage along its nineteen mile path, leaving 400 families homeless. At the Evergreen Mobile Home Park, up to 200 of the 720 homes were flattened by the tornado. (The National Severe Storms Forecast Center) 1987 - Afternoon highs of 106 degrees at Aberdeen, SD, and 102 degrees at Ottumwa, IA, and Rapid City, SD, established records for the date. It marked the seventh straight day of 100 degree heat for Rapid City. Baltimore, MD, reported a record twenty-two days of 90 degree weather in July. Evening thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Lemmon, SD, and wind gusts to 80 mph at Beulah, ND. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Twenty-one cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Sioux City, IA, with a reading of 107 degrees. The reading of 105 degrees at Minneapolis, MN, was their hottest since 1936. Pierre and Chamberlain, SD, with highs of 108 degrees, were just one degree shy of the hot spot in the nation, Palm Springs, CA. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Overnight thunderstorms soaked eastern Kansas and western Missouri with heavy rain. Four and a half inches of rain was reported at Nevada, MO. Evening thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Covington. Six cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Williston, ND, with a reading of 105 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
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Highs: LGA: 96 EWR: 94 TEB: 93 TTN: 92 New Brnswck: 92 PHL: 91 BLM: 91 ACY: 90 JFK: 91 NYC: 89 ISP: 82
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Storms Fri evening - the weekend and more next week
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77 / 71 cloudy with showers around. Warm front pushing through. Where there's clearing should get close to or to 90. Thu the driest and sunniest day of the next 5 and should be the hottest mid - upper 90s in the warm spots. The weekend seed a trough swing through and chance for more widespread storms, clouds could get in the way of extending or getting a heatwave. Could see some hefty rain totals from slow moving storms especially North and e. Overall warm and humid with storm chances next week. Watch tropics and stalled out systems. Enough sun gets to 90, clouds and showers each day. Way beyond ridge west trough east should lead to near normal by day 10 ahead of next heat.
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Records: Highs: EWR: 101 (1949) NYC: 98 (1988) LGA: 99 (1988) JFK: 96 (2002) Lows: EWR: 57 (1956) NYC: 57 (1956) LGA: 61 (1956) JFK: 58 (1968) Historical: 1949 - The state record for Connecticut was established when the town of Greenville registered an afternoon high of 102 degrees. (The Weather Channel) 1965 - The temperature at Portland, OR, reached 107 degrees to equal their all-time record high. (The Weather Channel) 1970: Hurricane Celia was born in the northwest of the Caribbean Sea on this day. The hurricane would be one of the worst ever to hit Texas and would reach Texas late on August 3. The storm reached its peak as it made landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas, as a strong Category 3 hurricane. Hurricane Celia is currently the last major hurricane to make landfall on the middle Texas Coast until Hurricane Harvey in 2017. 1979 - A forty-minute hailstorm bombed Fort Collins, CO, with baseball to softball size hail. Two thousand homes and 2500 automobiles were damaged, and about 25 persons were injured, mainly when hit on the head by the huge stones. A three month old baby died later of injuries. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Afternoon highs of 105 degrees at Aberdeen SD, 102 degrees at Bismarck, ND, and 102 degrees at Pueblo, CO, were records for the date. Pueblo, CO, reported just .09 inch of rain for the first thirty days of the month. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - A dozen cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown Baltimore, MD, hit 103 degrees, marking a record eight days of 100 degree heat for the month, and ten for the year. The high of 101 degrees at Billings, MT, marked a record seventeen days of 100 degree heat for the year. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the northeast, with nearly fifty reports of large hail or damaging winds in Pennsylvania and New York State. A tree fell on a car at Erie, PA, injuring four persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Morning thunderstorms over central Missouri deluged Columbia with 5.98 inches of rain causing flash flooding. Daytime thunderstorms in Kentucky drenched Paducah with 1.73 inches of rain in less than half an hour. Evening thunderstorms in the north central U.S. produced wind gusts to 78 mph east of Moccasin, MT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
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Highs: TEB: 92 EWR: 92 New Brnswck: 89 BLM: 89 NYC: 88 TTN: 87 LGA: 86 PHL: 86 JFK: 84 ACY:: 83 ISP: 82
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77 / 71 cloudy and showers today. Any breaks with sun , heat up quickly upper 80s - 90. Wed continued humid, with more widespread storms as front moves north, where there are breaks for any length areas could get to 90. Thu looks to be the driest, sunniest day with low - mid 90s. By Fri a trough is pushing through north of the region and should keep it a bit Florida like with popup showers and storms, otherwise in/out of clouds hot and humid. Drier by SUnday. Into next week continued hot and humid with storm chances. Beyond there Atlantic ridge building west - overall warm - hot and humid look.
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Records: Highs: EWR: 101 (1949) NYC: 99 (1949) LGA: 97 (1949) JFK: 99 (2002) Lows: EWR: 59 (1937) NYC: 59 (1914) LGA: 62 (1984) JFK: 61 (1965) Historical: 1898 - The temperature at Prineville, OR, soared to 119 degrees to establish a state record, which was tied on the 10th of August at Pendleton. (The Weather Channel) 1905 - Heavy rain in southwestern Connecticut caused a dam break, and the resulting flood caused a quarter of a million dollars damage at Bridgeport. As much as eleven inches of rain fell prior to the flood. (David Ludlum) 1958: The U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space. 1960: Severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds, possibly as high as 100 mph to central Oklahoma. Eight planes and several hangars were damaged at Wiley Post Airfield, while two aircraft and additional hangars were damaged at Will Rogers World Airport. The winds caused seven injuries in the area, including two youths who were injured by flying debris. 1981 - Fifty cattle, each weighing 800 pounds, were killed by lightning near Vance, AL. The lightning struck a tree and then spread along the ground killing the cattle. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Minnesota to Indiana and Illinois. A thunderstorm at Janesville, WI, produced wind gusts to 104 mph which flipped over two airplanes, and blew another plane 300 feet down the runway. The northeastern U.S. experienced some relief from the heat. Nine cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Saint Johnsbury, VT, with a reading of 42 degrees. Barnet, VT, reported a morning low of 33 degrees, with frost reported on vegetation. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Hail three inches in diameter was reported south of Saint Cloud, MN. Hot weather prevailed in the western U.S. Fresno, CA reported a record thirteen straight days of 100 degree heat. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Morning thunderstorms in the Upper Midwest produced more than five inches of rain west of Virgil, SD. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms deluged the foothills and adjacent plains of Colorado with heavy rain. Rains of six to seven and a half inches fell in eight hours north of Greeley. Hail and heavy rain caused several million dollars damage in Weld County. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 2004: A record-setting flash flood occurred over part of the Greenville, South Carolina, during the morning hours. Six to eight inches of rain fell just east of Berea, a northwestern suburb, which caused the Reedy River through downtown Greenville crested 9 feet above flood stage. This crest was the highest level since 1908.
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Highs: EWR: 89 ACY: 89 New Brnswck: 88 BLM: 88 TTN: 87 PHL: 87 TEB: 86 JFK: 85 NYC: 84 LGA: 84 ISP: 80
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Up to 88 / 70 here
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78 / 65. Cut of low spinning a low into SNE with a backing in clouds/ showers. Heaviest amounts to LI. Low - mid 80s , where clearing occurs. Low lifts out before a warm front / boundary approaching from the west Tue - Wed. Warmer but showers and clouds should keep most location in the 80s with storms scattered on Tue (7/30) and more widespread Wed (7/31). Hotter by Thu and into the weekend with next heatwave with storm chances Fri - Sun and potential Debby swinging up offshsore the coast 8/5 - 8/7. Beyond there continued overall warm / hot and humid with storms chances.
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not yet 89 2 times, but there was a period where i didnt see intra hour highs till Jul 18th
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Records: Highs: EWR: 101 (1949) NYC: 97 (1999) LGA: 98 (1949) JFK: 98 (1949) Lows: EWR: 58 (1962) NYC: 57 (1903) LGA: 60 (1984) JFK: 57 (1977) Historical: 1819 - A small but intense hurricane passed over Bay Saint Louis, MS. The hurricane was considered the worst in fifty years. Few houses were left standing either at Bay Saint Louis or at Pass Christian, and much of the Mississippi coast was desolate following the storm. A U.S. cutter was lost along with its thirty-nine crew members. The storm struck the same area that was hit 150 years later by Hurricane Camille. (David Ludlum) 1898: A severe thunderstorm produced considerable hail (some stones to 11 ounces) in Chicago, Illinois business district. Some people were hurt, not by hail, but by several hundred runaway horses spooked by the hailstones. 1930 - The temperature at Greensburg, KY, soared to 114 degrees to set a state record. (The Weather Channel) 1934 - The temperature at Grofino, ID, climbed to 118 degrees to establish a record for Idaho. (The Weather Channel) 1952 - A severe storm with hail up to an inch and a half in diameter broke windows, ruined roofs, and stripped trees of leaves near Benson, AZ. The temperature dropped to 37 degrees, as hail was three to four inches deep, with drifts 46 inches high. (The Weather Channel) 1986 - Severe thunderstorms moving out of South Dakota across Iowa produce high winds which derailed eighteen piggyback trailer cars of a westbound freight train near Boone, IA. Sixteen of the cars fell 187 feet into the Des Moines River. The thunderstorms also spawned a number of tornadoes, including one which caused twenty-five to fifty million dollars damage at Sloan, near Sioux City, IA. (Storm Data) 1987 - Thunderstorms in Nevada produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Searchlight, reducing visibilities to near zero in blowing dust and sand. Thunderstorms in Montana drenched Lonesome Lake with 3.78 inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Thunderstorms drenched Wilmington, NC, with 3.33 inches of rain, bringing their monthly total 14.46 inches. Seven cities in Michigan and Minnesota reported record high temperatures for the date. Marquette, MI, hit 99 degrees, and the record high of 94 degrees at Flint MI was their tenth of the month. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Afternoon thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Massachusetts. Early evening thunderstorms over Florida produced wind gusts to 68 mph at Fort Myers, and evening thunderstorms in South Dakota produced nearly two inches of rain in twenty minutes at Pierpoint. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
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Highs: EWR: 90 PHL: 90 NYC: 89 JFK: 89 BLM: 88 New Brnswck: 88 TTN: 88 TEB: 88 ACY: 87 LGA: 86 ISP: 85
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made it 90 ahead of the clouds/smoke combo. EWR: 90 NYC: 89
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88 / 57 clouds aproaching Queens from the east backing in.
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80 / 59 NNW wind Can already see clouds rfom the cutoff pushing E-W into and through Long Island
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Storms and rain Mon- Tue and convection Fri-Sun
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74 / 61 - partly cloudy. Should be mainly a nice day - clouds from the cut off backing NW could see clouds E-W later in the day. Mid - upper 80s and to 90 in the warm spots with enough sun. Deal with the systems looping in tomorrow, clouds and showers, then the front Tue into Wed bring additional showers and rain chances. Hotter by Wed (7/31) once we clear the cut off and front. More humid and storm chances the coming weekend but remaining overall warm. Potential heatwave between the 31 and into next week. Debby could form by Wed/THu and threat the EC from FL to the MA.
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Records: Highs: EWR: 101 (2005) NYC: 98 (1963) LGA: 100 (2005) JFK: 97 (1963) Lows: EWR: 57 (1957) NYC: 55 (1920) LGA: 59 (1962) JFK: 59 (2001) Records: 1819: A hurricane affected the coast from Louisiana to Alabama. New Orleans was on the fringe of the storm and suffered no severe damage. Ships at the Balize experienced a strong gale for 24 hours that only grounded three ships. Lakes Pontchartrain and Borgne rose five to six feet during the storm, with farms along the lakes flooded by the storm tide. Forty-one lives were lost on the U.S. Man of War schooner Firebrand, a 150-ton gunship, while it lay off the west end of Cat Island. At 15 least 43 people died in all. 1926 - A hurricane came inland near Daytona Beach, FL. The hurricane caused 2.5 million dollars damage in eastern Florida, including the Jacksonville area. (David Ludlum) 1926: A destructive Category 4 hurricane struck Nassau during the evening hours on the 25th. The hurricane passed just east of Cape Canaveral early on the 28th and made landfall near present-day Edgewater, Florida. 1939 - The temperature at Lewiston, ID, hit 117 degrees to establish an all-time record high for that location. (The Weather Channel) 1943 - On a whim, and flying a single engine AT-6, Lieutenant Ralph O'Hair and Colonel Duckworth were the first to fly into a hurricane. It started regular Air Force flights into hurricanes. (The Weather Channel) 1943: A "surprise," Category 2 Hurricane moved ashore near Galveston, Texas. Due to World War II, all news underwent censorship, including any weather reports making this the surprise storm. The hurricane killed 19 people and caused millions of dollars in damages. Of particular note, Lieutenant Colonel Joe Duckworth and Lieutenant Ralph O'Hair flew an AT-6 Texan into the eye of the hurricane, becoming the first flight into the eye of the storm. 1987 - Thunderstorms in Minnesota spawned a tornado which moved in a southwesterly direction for a distance of thirty miles across Rice County and Goodhue County. Trees were uprooted and tossed about like toys, and a horse lifted by the tornado was observed sailing horizontally through the air. Thunderstorms drenched La Crosse, WI, with 5.26 inches of rain, their second highest 24 hour total of record. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Hot weather prevailed in the north central U.S. Williston, ND, reported a record high of 108 degrees. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the eastern U.S., and in southeastern Texas. Richland County, SC, was soaked with up to 5.5 inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains in the southwestern U.S. Yuma, AZ, experienced their most severe thunderstorm of record. Strong thunderstorm winds, with unofficial gusts as high as 95 mph, reduced visibilities to near zero in blowing dust and sand. Yuma got nearly as much rain in one hour as is normally received in an entire year. The storm total of 2.55 inches of rain was a record 24 hour total for July. Property damage due to flash flooding and high winds was in the millions. (Storm Data) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Wisconsin and northern Illinois to New England, with 103 reports of large hail and damaging winds through the day. Thunderstorms in Wisconsin produced hail three inches in diameter near Oshkosh, and wind gusts to 65 mph at Germantown. (The National Weather Summary)
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Highs: PHL: 89 EWR: 88 New Brnswck: 88 NYC: 87 N TTN: 86 TEB: 86 JFK: 85 ISP: 85 LGA: 85 BLM: 84 ACY: 84
