The day of 15 July 1995 in NYC. (hottest, warmest, record, temperatures)

[Hartfordd]

Someone remember this day, what's like the heat on this day ?

Weather History for New York, NY | Weather Underground

La Guardia hit 120.3°F/49.0°C heat index at 3.00 PM with 102.9°F/39.4°C and 77°F/25.0°C dew point.

Weather History for Newark, NJ | Weather Underground


Newark hit 128.2°F/53.4°C heat index at 7.00 PM with 99.0°F/37.2°C and 84.0°F/28.9°C dew point.

I doesn't find the Central Park stats for this day in wundeground.

[Infamous92]

Ouch.

I was way too young to remember this day though.

[gordo]

That's crazy.

That must have been the same heat wave which caused all of those deaths in Chicago as that also was in 1995.

[Hartfordd]

I think the heat feel like a hot steam water when you breathe ?

[Dean York]

Originally Posted by Hartfordd

I think the heat feel like a hot steam water when you breathe ?

Of course it won't. Hot and very muggy though yes. Sleeping without AC must've been hell!

[EduardoFinatto]

What the hell is that low? So crazy, i didn't think New York could be so hot.

[nei]

Originally Posted by EduardoFinatto

What the hell is that low? So crazy, i didn't think New York could be so hot.

Heat island. That's still rather rare, usual for heat waves is to have lows in the mid 70s (last summer warmest low was 77°F). But two recent summers had lows similar to 15 July 1995:

July 22, 2011. I think that got a lot press, date sounds familiar:

Weather History for New York, NY | Weather Underground

July 24, 2010. Didn't reach 100°F, but still a very hot night:

Weather History for New York, NY | Weather Underground

Weather to make SophieLL scream...July 22, 2011 had the record highest electricity consumption for NYC/Westchester:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/ny...northeast.html

Pictures are fun to flip through, especially of the open hydrants.

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Looks like July 15, 1995 had a much worse heat index with as a very high dew point (77°F) coincended with the hottest temperatures. For July 22, 2011 the dew point was in the low 70s in the morning and then dropped with the afternoon heat.

[Adi from the Brunswicks]

And this is why NYC Summers suck.

Bring on the chill . I want more negatives.

[Hartfordd]

Originally Posted by nei

Heat island. That's still rather rare, usual for heat waves is to have lows in the mid 70s (last summer warmest low was 77°F). But two recent summers had lows similar to 15 July 1995:

July 22, 2011. I think that got a lot press, date sounds familiar:

Weather History for New York, NY | Weather Underground

July 24, 2010. Didn't reach 100°F, but still a very hot night:

Weather History for New York, NY | Weather Underground

Weather to make SophieLL scream...July 22, 2011 had the record highest electricity consumption for NYC/Westchester:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/ny...northeast.html

Pictures are fun to flip through, especially of the open hydrants.

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Looks like July 15, 1995 had a much worse heat index with as a very high dew point (77°F) coincended with the hottest temperatures. For July 22, 2011 the dew point was in the low 70s in the morning and then dropped with the afternoon heat.

In Central Park the dew point are higher (and not very dropped) with 115°F Heat index and 76°F dew point on the 22 July 2011 :
Weather History for Central Park, NY | Weather Underground