FOR RELEASE: Aug. 15, 2001
Contact: Blaine P. Friedlander, Jr.Office: 607-255-3290E-Mail: [email protected]
ITHACA, N.Y. -- How hot was it?
It was so hot that on Aug. 8 and 9 the record high temperatures for the date on Mount Washington, N.H., were smashed. Throughout the Northeast last week, 38 new high- temperature records were set and 15 old records were tied, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.
On Mount Washington, the highest peak in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, the Aug. 8 temperature at the summit reached 64 degrees, breaking the 63-degree record set on the date both in 1966 and 1998. The following day, the temperature soared to 67, two degrees above the previous record set in 1998. On Aug. 6, the temperature at the summit had tied the record of 66 degrees set in 1947.
Even Caribou, Maine, one of the coolest places in the region, saw three records tumble in last week's oppressive heat.
Newark, N.J., Bridgeport, Conn., and Binghamton, N.Y., all endured record high temperatures four days in a row, Aug. 6-9.
Atlantic City, N.J. also had four consecutive days of new records, Aug. 7-10.
Concord, N.H., saw three consecutive days of record temperatures on Aug. 7-9.
Atlantic City (103 degrees on Aug. 9), Syracuse (100 on Aug. 9) and Binghamton (95 on Aug. 9) set record high temperatures for the month of August. Newark and Hartford (Windsor Locks, Conn.) tied their highest August records.
High Temperature Records/ Aug. 6
City New Record Old Record/Year Set
Newark, N.J. 97 96 in 1989
Hartford, Conn. 95 (tie) 95 in 1931
Syracuse, N.Y. 95 94 in 1965
Bridgeport, Conn. 90 (tie) 90 in 1989
Binghamton, N.Y. 88 (tie) 88 in 1962
Mt. Washington, N.H. 66 (tie) 66 in 1947
Caribou, Maine 91 90 in 1988
High Temperature Records/ Aug. 7
Newark, N.J. 100 95 in 1955
Atlantic City, N.J. 97 96 in 1983
Bridgeport, Conn. 94 90 in 1984
Providence, R.I. 95 91 in 1973
Burlington, Vt. 95 93 in 1947
Concord, N.H. 96 (tie) 96in 1965
Binghamton, N.Y. 90 (tie) 90 in 1966
Portland, Maine 93 91 in 1965
Caribou, Maine 89 (tie) 89 in 1947
High Temperature Records/ Aug. 8
Newark, N.J. 101 97 in 1983
Central Park, N.Y. 99 96 in 1980
Atlantic City, N.J. 100 96 in 1983
Hartford, Conn. 98 96 in 1983
Philadelphia, Pa. 100 96 in 1983
Syracuse, N.Y. 96 94 in 1930
Bridgeport, Conn. 93 92 in 1983
Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 94 92 in 1980
Concord, N.H. 95 93 in 1983
Allentown, Pa. 95 (tie) 95 in 1980
Binghamton, N.Y. 91 90 in 1983
Mt. Washington, N.H. 64 63 in 1998
Rochester, N.Y. 96 (tie) 96 in 1930
High Temperature Records/ Aug. 9
Newark, N.J. 105 100 in 1949
Central Park, N.Y. 103 100 in 1949
Atlantic City, N.J. 103 98 in 1983
Hartford, Conn. 102 98 in 1949
Philadelphia, Pa. 101 95 in 1949
Syracuse, N.Y. 100 96 in 1949
Bridgeport, Conn. 100 96 in 1949
Providence, R.I. 100 96 in 1949
Burlington, Vt. 99 93 in 1949
Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 98 96 in 1949
Concord, N.H. 98 97 in 1872
Allentown, Pa. 98 97 in 1949
Albany, N.Y. 96 94 in 1949
Binghamton, N.Y. 95 89 in 1973
Portland, Maine 95 94 in 1949
Mt. Washington, N.H. 67 65 in 1998
Williamsport, Pa. 98 (tie) 98 in 1930
Dulles Airport, Va. 97 (tie) 97 in 1980
Ithaca, N.Y. 97 (tie) 97 in 1949
Rochester, N.Y. 96 (tie) 96 in 1930
Caribou, Maine 90 (tie) 90 in 1998
High Temperature Records/ Aug. 10
Atlantic City, N.J. 97 93 in 1981
Philadelphia, Pa. 98 (tie) 98 in 1949
Dulles Airport, Va. 96 95 in 1979
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