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2010 and 2011 got two 100°F + days in a row. 104°F is much harder. 2013 lacked very hot days for the same reason Miami normally doesn't get very hot afternoon temperatures.
St Louis I can see getting a week straight of 40C+ temps. I doubt DC, or Philly
Chicago consecutive record heat is from the Dust Bowl, when drought lowered dew points and allowed for more extreme temps
July 1934 Chicago/Midway had 5 days in a row of 40C+
And a detailed look at that heat wave from the closest NWS station to my house (Kankakee). We had 5 days of 40C+ but not consecutive
Thank's for documents, it's fascinating. Washington D.C. reach 40 °C two times in 2012, Philadelphia didn't reach 40 °C but have many straight days over 35 °C.
Wow for Chicago. Damn! I bet everyone was wondering what the heck was happening to the weather pattern. LOL. We always dealt with extremes, just wish we had daily records from 1800s.
I just searched for most consecutive days of 104°+.
Newark, NJ had 3 in a row July 1993.
Philly & NYC never had 2 in a row..
Atlanta had 3 in a row July 2012.
Miami & Pittsburgh returned no 104° days.
Anyway, with the current climate the possibility of five 104°F days in a row is zero. With extreme global warming, perhaps it could happen. And the probability of extreme global warming is non-zero, so I'd pick 2026 and later if I had to pick a choice.
But if New York City got hotter, would very hot temperatures become more frequent? Or would higher dew points prevent hot temperatures from occurring. My thought is it would.
Wow for Chicago. Damn! I bet everyone was wondering what the heck was happening to the weather pattern. LOL. We always dealt with extremes, just wish we had daily records from 1800s.
I just searched for most consecutive days of 104°+.
Newark, NJ had 3 in a row July 1993.
Philly & NYC never had 2 in a row..
Atlanta had 3 in a row July 2012.
Miami & Pittsburgh returned no 104° days.
I have a questions about the future averages (I think that I can't make another thread for that ), does the July average high of 1991-2020 period would be more or less high than the July average high of 1981-2010 period in NYC Central Park ?
But if New York City got hotter, would very hot temperatures become more frequent? Or would higher dew points prevent hot temperatures from occurring. My thought is it would.
I agree. We still can see 40C heat with high dew points (1995 would be a prime example), but for seven days in a row? Highly unlikely or impossible....
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Originally Posted by B87
It won't.
New York City wont, but the city of Chicago went 5 in a row during the Dust Bowl (so we have a chance of going 7 days), and some outlying areas like Peru, and Collegeville went 11 days in a row. Collegeville (about 50 miles from the city limits) had 15 days at or above 40C in July 1936
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), does the July average high of 1991-2020 period would be more or less high than the July average high of 1981-2010 period in NYC Central Park ?
