1966 (Thursday)
This was the last day of a nine-day heat wave, and the sixteenth day of the past eighteen (since June 27) to have a high of 90° or hotter; six were 98° or hotter.
1985 (Sunday)
Today's high of 92° was the summer's first reading in the 90s - the third latest date on record for this occurrence. Only 1869 and 1877 had later dates (July 16 and 26, respectively). This was also the third year in a row in which the high temperature topped 90° on this date.
1987 (Tuesday)
In a 30-minute period, between 4:34-5:04 PM, 0.44" of rain fell during a thunderstorm. Rain continued until 10 PM, and amounted to just under an inch.
1999 (Wednesday)
Low temperatures during the past four days were: 61°-62°-63°-64° (today). The typical low during these days is 69°.
2000 (Friday)
A strong afternoon thunderstorm dumped 0.51" of rain in just fifteen minutes (1:51-2:06 PM).
2009 (Tuesday)
Today and yesterday had the same cool high/low (79°/61°). This was the fourth year that July 13 & 14 had the same high/low, joining 1925 (83°/67° on both days); 1927 (92°/74°); and 1959 (82°/66°).
2016 (Thursday)
The air was thick with humidity, and the dew point was in the 70s all day. Although the temperature failed to reach 90° (the high was 88°), the wicked humidity produced heat indexes in the mid-90s. Some relief was delivered by a strong, but brief, thunderstorm between 4:00 and 4:30 PM that dumped 0.62" of rain in about 15 minutes. However, this didn't dissipate the humidity as the dew point rose to an unbearable 76° at around 7 PM.
2022 (Thursday)
Today was the third day in a row with a high in the 90s, making this the first heat wave of the year. With highs of 90°-91°-90° (today) this was one of the most tepid 3-day heat waves on record. Only three other heat waves of this length have been "cooler" - in 1873, 1939, and 2013. (To read an analysis about tepid 4-day heat waves click here.)
2025 (Monday)
After a day that was warm (high of 85°) and uncomfortably humid (dew points in the low 70s), a record amount of rain flooded the City during the evening hours. 2.61” was measured (an additional 0.02" fell in the pre-dawn hours), eclipsing the previous record for the date, in 1908, by more than an inch. (The storm was able to produce such copious amounts of rain in such a short period of time because there was little wind to move the storms along.)
Much of the rain fell between 7-8 PM, when just over two inches poured into the rain gauge at Central Park. This was New York's greatest daily rainfall since March 23, 2024, when 3.23” was measured. And it was July's biggest daily rainfall in 25 years since 3.24” fell on 7/26.
The one-hour rainfall of 2.07" was one of the greatest amounts on record for this duration, and was the most since a little more than three inches fell between 9-10 PM on 9/1 in 2021 from remnants of hurricane Ida (13 area residents drowned from flash flooding that resulted).
Finally, the amount of rain that fell today was more than what fell in the months of January (0.61"), February (2.60"), and June (2.46") of this year.
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