1903 (Wednesday)
This was the sixteenth day of the past eighteen to have measurable rain. Nearly seven inches fell during this period, and it came after a fifteen-day stretch with no rain. During these wet days there was also an eight-day streak (6/13-20) in which highs were only in the 60s (as opposed to typical highs in the upper 70s).
1959 (Wednesday)
High temperatures today and the previous four days: 81° (today)-82°-83°-84°-85°.
After a sweltering high of 93°, a cold front produced a thunderstorm at around 5 PM that had tragic consequences. Although it produced just 0.18" of rain, the storm created a tremendous wind shear that caused Eastern Airlines Flight 66 to crash as it approached Kennedy Airport.
Rain began falling lightly at around 6 PM and became heavier as the night went on. By midnight, 1.49" had fallen, a record for the date. In the rain's last hour, between 11PM-midnight, 0.50" was measured (in reality, this rain fell between midnight-1 AM on 6/25, but the National Weather Service doesn't recognize Daylight Saving Time and uses Standard Time year-round for its observations).
1985 (Monday)
During a severe thunderstorm, 0.50" of rain poured down in a 15-minute period between 2:50-3:05 PM. By the time the rain moved out of the area, shortly before 5 PM, 0.89" had fallen.
1994 (Friday)
During a torrential downpour between 11:30-midnight, 0.70" of rain was measured. (In reality, this rain fell between 12:30-1:00 AM on 6/25, but as mentioned above, the National Weather Service doesn't recognize Daylight Saving Time and uses Standard Time year-round for its observations)
2003 (Tuesday)
Today, with a high of 93°, was the year's first reading in the 90s, coming nearly a month after the typical date of the first 90. It was also the first day of a four-day heat wave.
2010 (Thursday)
Today's high of 92° was the first reading in the 90s in a month, but then 33 more 90-degree days would occur in the next ten weeks.
2017 (Saturday)
This was the third day since June 17 to have more than an inch of rain fall during storms that lasted approximately two hours. However, each storm occurred at a different time of day. Today's, which produced 1.11", came at daybreak; the storm on 6/19 moved through at the beginning of the evening rush hour (1.28" fell); and the storm on the 17th (which dumped 1.39") was during lunchtime/early afternoon.
Additionally, today's high of 84° followed four days in a row that had highs of 83°.
2025 (Tuesday)
The day following a record-tying high of 96°, today's high of 99° set a record for the date, and was the hottest reading in Central Park since the summer of 2012 (and the hottest reading in June since 1966). However, because the dew point fell into the 60s by afternoon, the peak heat index was six degrees lower than yesterday (when the dew point was between 72° and 75°).
Meanwhile, Newark's high reached triple digits for the second consecutive day (103°), and JFK Airport's high of 102° came a day after the high was 89°. This change was due to a shift in the wind to the west rather than coming off the ocean.
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