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Hmm. This spring, we got one 90 degree in early May, too, as well as one in early April.
The place I lived in had no A/C, and neither does the place I do now. It's rather rare in old construction, though I could get a window air conditioner. For me, I don't mind adjusting to the heat, though I prefer it not to be very hot. I'd rather have fresh air. And there usually aren't very many days that get very hot in the Northeast anyway. On really hot days, I close all my windows and shades in the afternoon (at least when I'm not in my room). And at nighttime, open all the windows and a get a good crossbreeze.
Do a lot of people in Canada have A/C? I didn't think people would need it much.
The summer of 2005 was the hottest on record in Ithaca, NY, which isn't really saying much (average temperature 72.5F) I remember it being hazy and humid for long stretches but no rain. I think it became rather drought like.
We've had no 90 F weather in 2010.
Barely even 80+ F, though we've hit 80 F maybe 5 times.
Highest in 2010 might have been 82-83 F so far.
Really?
I like fresh air too; preferably fresh air that doesn't cool me much... or at all.
Um, practically everyone has A/C
and most people must be using it to keep indoors from getting a distinct warm feeling; Toronto now uses more electrical power in the summer than in the winter, because of air-conditioning! They're spoiled in terms of getting what they want. Usually I find almost any place with air-conditioning cooler than I need for refreshment; not terribly-chilly, but a waste of money imho. *Maybe part of that is because our real estate is already "so expensive" compared with the USA, that adding air-conditioning is such a minor expense, relatively speaking.
If I remember correctly,
I think I heard of a summer that averaged 74 F/23.5 C (highs + lows, all three months)
This was supposed to be our hottest on record.
I like sunset temps between 75-84 F, and sunset temps tend to happen at the mid-point between the day's high and low.
I really hope this doesn't happen for my sake. Basically what that is showing me is a possible repeat of August 2007 this summer in Georgia. Hottest temps on record in my hometown were set in this month.
It isn't hot here, right by the lake, 50's most of the day, but inland above normal temps today and supposedly next week is to be record setting temps!
Friends of mine just got back from a week in Canada, fishing, they said the weather was awesome! They were straight north of Duluth, I think, Sioux Lookout or near there. I couldn't believe how tan they were, high 70's, low 80's, better weather than here!
NYC (Central Park) has one of the oldest weather record sets in the USA. I thought I would see what were the hottest months of all time (mean temperature) at NYC:
July 1999 was the warmest month in NYC since at least 1955…and likely the warmest of all time. The average daily high was near 90 F…and the average overnight low was in the mid 70’s. It hit 90 F (or higher) on 18 days in NYC in July 1999. The THI (temp/humidity index) hit 100 F (or higher) on 20 days in July 1999. The highest was on July 5th and July 6th, 1999…the temperature in NYC hit 101.6 F and 101.4…and the THI was 115 F. The summer of 1999 in NYC had 27 days that hit 90 F (or higher) and 70 days that were 85 F or higher.
However, the summer of 1999 didn’t have the most 90 F (or higher) days in NYC…that record goes to the summers of 1993, 1991, and 1944…when it hit 90 F or more on 39 days. July 1993 is still the last time NYC had three 100 F days in a row (100 F, 101 F, 102 F). The last time NYC hit 103 F was August 9th 2001. The highest temperature ever recorded in NYC was 106 F in July 1936. There are reports that Trenton, NJ and Merdien, CT hit 108 F on this data...but NWS says that they are in error. The THI is estimated to have around 115/120 F on the afternoon of July 9th, 1936 in many dense urban areas of the Tri-State area (NYC/New Jersey/southern Connecticut).
It makes me hot just thinking about those numbers – lol,
NYC (Central Park) has one of the oldest weather record sets in the USA. I thought I would see what were the hottest months of all time (mean temperature) at NYC:
July 1999 was the warmest month in NYC since at least 1955…and likely the warmest of all time. The average daily high was near 90 F…and the average overnight low was in the mid 70’s. It hit 90 F (or higher) on 18 days in NYC in July 1999. The THI (temp/humidity index) hit 100 F (or higher) on 20 days in July 1999. The highest was on July 5th and July 6th, 1999…the temperature in NYC hit 101.6 F and 101.4…and the THI was 115 F. The summer of 1999 in NYC had 27 days that hit 90 F (or higher) and 70 days that were 85 F or higher.
However, the summer of 1999 didn’t have the most 90 F (or higher) days in NYC…that record goes to the summers of 1993, 1991, and 1944…when it hit 90 F or more on 39 days. July 1993 is still the last time NYC had three 100 F days in a row (100 F, 101 F, 102 F). The last time NYC hit 103 F was August 9th 2001. The highest temperature ever recorded in NYC was 106 F in July 1936. There are reports that Trenton, NJ and Merdien, CT hit 108 F on this data...but NWS says that they are in error. The THI is estimated to have around 115/120 F on the afternoon of July 9th, 1936 in many dense urban areas of the Tri-State area (NYC/New Jersey/southern Connecticut).
It makes me hot just thinking about those numbers – lol,
Now that's my kind of weather, I hope that's what we're heading for. It'll sure make up for last year (really just last June). I believe LaGuardia's highest ever was 107 which would make that NYC's highest, I think it occured on the same day Central Park hit 106.
Now that's my kind of weather, I hope that's what we're heading for. It'll sure make up for last year (really just last June). I believe LaGuardia's highest ever was 107 which would make that NYC's highest, I think it occured on the same day Central Park hit 106.
I'm excited but I'm not getting my hopes up.
I would consider anything past 105 F "very hot," so I suppose that is possible for NYC.
For Toronto, 100 F is the hottest it's ever been here in my lifetime, so not very hot to me.
I would consider anything past 105 F "very hot," so I suppose that is possible for NYC.
For Toronto, 100 F is the hottest it's ever been here in my lifetime, so not very hot to me.
I know, I'm the same way, 90's are normal to me since they're only slightly above average. I've never really been "very-hot" in my life. The hottest heat index I've ever felt in NYC I believe was the upper-110's, the hottest in my life was low-120's in Tampa, FL.
I know some of you are really looking forward to a heat wave, especially since last summer was rather cool (I think I used the AC twice if that). Me, I can take the heat, I just prefer it to be cooler.
I know, I'm the same way, 90's are normal to me since they're only slightly above average. I've never really been "very-hot" in my life. The hottest heat index I've ever felt in NYC I believe was the upper-110's, the hottest in my life was low-120's in Tampa, FL.
I also love the word "torrid".
Idk why I put "Very Hot" in the thread title.
In terms of monthly averages, if the average heat index was 105 F then I cold also agree that's very hot.
But one-off days is a different story.
"Torrid" sounds like a way to make "tropical" sound terrible.
(rhymes with horrid... could it be derived from "tropical + horrid = torrid" ? )
No worries,
I would expect some Americans would call a Northeastern US summer 2-3 F above average as "very-hot."
Especially if that means NYC can pass 100 F this summer, I would agree.
In Toronto, unusally hot means we can pass 94 F... so not so much.
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