It All Adds Up: This Was New York’s Hottest Summer

[DrSteveB]

Source: New York Times

With one final, fitting blast of 96-degree heat on Tuesday, the summer of 2010 went down in the National Weather Service’s record books as the hottest ever in New York City.

Hotter than the previous high of 77.3 degrees set in 1966, when more than 1,100 deaths were attributed to heat that repeatedly exceeded 100 degrees. Hotter than 2006, when a heat wave set off a blackout in northern Queens that left more than 100,000 residents without power for days.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/nyregion/01summer.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[LawnKorn]

1. More extremes in the weather

The east coast has record cold winters followed by record hot summers. It seems like there is more energy in the atmosphere producing more active weather patterns.

[DrSteveB]

2. I'm pretty sure the east coast had no record cold winters lately

link?

[Teaser]

4. User likely meant major snowstorm frequency

Which is consistent with a more energetic atmosphere

[distantearlywarning]

5. Actually, we did get record snow here in Pittsburgh last winter

Believe it was the 3rd snowiest winter on record - over 5 ft alone in February.

Now we've had a record hot summer.

Things are pretty damn weird around here this year, that's for sure.

[pasto76]

6. yeah hazy hot and humid all the way

BIG HAIR ALERT!

[DrSteveB]

7. Why are we all of a sudden talking about snowfall instead of temperature?

Was 2009/2010 a record-breaking winter in terms of cold temperatures?

[defendandprotect]

15. Because weather EXTREMES are connected to Global Warming ....

HEATING the atmosphere brings increased hurricanes and increased intensity --

more rain -- and more droughts -- more earthquakes -- more cyclones -- tornadoes --

glacier meltdown --

and more snow storms -- heavier snowfalls --

[LawnKorn]

9. For instance

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7777041

Last February the buzz was the intensity of winter, now it is the intensity of summer. Has the weather got anyone else's attention?

[LawnKorn]

10. Deniers will always find a warmer temperature just like deniers will always find a colder one

The point is that we have been seeing the frequency of record lows followed by record highs increasing. It used to be we would have a string of years with hot summers followed later by a few years of cold winters. Now we are getting both in the same year.

The extremes in weather are becoming fairly noticeable these days. It does not take much reasoning power to conclude that two centuries of spewing pollution into the air, the worst of which is the burring of hydrocarbon fuels, is having an effect on weather patterns.

Mankind is bringing about changes to the Earth with our actions, with our pollution, that are not good.

[DrSteveB]

11. When was the last time that a major city had record-breaking cold temperatures in one month?

I can't remember the last time.

[defendandprotect]

14. That's what HEAT does to the atmosphere ... makes extremes more likely ... we did have

a very snowy winter here last year -- very cold and icy when not snowing--

That's why it's important to keep referring to Global WARMING and not climinate change

which seems to suggest something downright normal going on --

GLOBAL WARMING -- and there's a 50 year delay in the effects we feel so expect everything

to keep accelerating -- we're only now feeling the effects of human activity up to 1960--!!!

As scientists have frequently commented, no one can predict how all of this will compound.

This recent BP oil leak -- 40% of the stuff being released was a gas which also negatively

effects Global Warming!!

On and on the catastrophe of patriarchy, organized patriarchal religion and their system

of capitalism has brought us to suicidal exploitations of nature and humans!

[SpiralHawk]

3. No wonder Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R) snuck out of NY

Everyone knows the Chief Chickenhawk Republicon propagandist cannot handle the troof.

[jkappy]

8. Air Alert & 90s in upstate NY today

It's not just the usual misery index--the air seems outright sickening, as if the stuff slow deaths are made of.

[defendandprotect]

13. Beyond Wendy's and Burger King smells? Love that our government now just

let's these fast food restaurants simply VENT all their crap into the air --

and evidently it doesn't bother most people!!

Agree with you on air quality -- it's been ages since you could even be at the beach

here in NJ and smell any sea air!!

[defendandprotect]

12. Think summer goes on to September 21st .... and we have at least 10 days ahead of us

with low 90's and low 80 degree temps --

Long ago, NJ/NY area used to get a delightful blast of Canadian cold air which would

arrive right around the labor Day weekend --

Given atomic bombs and capitalism -- pollution of the planet no longer allows for that!!

And, here in NJ when we don't have have 90's, we've had lots of lightning and thunderstorms.

Believe it or not we're low on rain here in NJ -- some parts at least --

but be careful what you wish for cause now when it rains . . . it rains and rains and rains

and rains!!

[More_liberal_than_mo]

16. Summer is not over yet!

I think they are referring to the June 1 through August 31 period. Summer doesn't officially end until September 21st. Given that temps are running more than 5 degrees above on average for the year so far in NYC it's a safe bet that once the Summer (June 21-Sept 20) is tabulated this will go down as the hottest NYC summer ever recorded (until next year).