July 21, 2024 was the hottest day ever (updated date)

Tell that to the Caribbean and the hurricane there about to experience. We've never had a hurricane develop so far East this early in the year. Ever

 

I'm a weather nerd so I'd like to read your link to that info. I couldn't find it in google. I did see one hit Tabago in June in the 30's, but it didn't say where it was when it became a hurricane..

 

Just finished the yard and it was nice at first, a bit of cloud cover, but then the sun came out and the heat was turned up. Took a 96 degree hot tub and it was pretty nice.

 

I don't know where he saw it, but I saw it on twitter.

 

Ffw to 4 mins

 

I think we're getting ahead of ourselves with this thread. July 4th is still 5 days away. Can we at least wait until then before we declare it the hottest day ever??

 

Global warming
Ho Hum!
U.S. state and territory temperature extremes - Wikipedia
Washington and Oregon did have their record highs in 2021, been quite some time since any of the other states recorded their record highs.

 

Weather

 

Predicting Cat 5 today, although it's currently predicted to hit Janaica as a Cat 4. Not gonna be fun in Jamaica this week.

 

Absolutely wild how much the forecast has shifted. A couple days ago it was predicted to be a weak Cat 2 for a day or two at most, and then weaken.

 

I always said I should have been a weatherman, the only job in the world where you can be wrong 90% of the time and still keep your job.

 

12 straight!

June was the hottest June on record.

 

Some apps/sources are better than others, and in some markets, the mets update the forecasts more often. I haven't looked at weather.com in some time and tend to use the National Weather Service, Storm Prediction Center, and my local news app for local forecasts. For more geeky and hands-on analysis, I use Radar Omega and RadarScope apps as well as Pivotal Weather and the College of DuPage sites (see below).

Even with a good source/app, there are some things that are trickier than others. Mets have gotten much more accurate with tropical systems and local convective storms, for example. Back during Hurricane Camille, the cone of uncertainty was enormous, and they've gotten much better at forecasting the tracks. As another example, the tornadic false alarm rate (FAR) has been lowered significantly due to better radars and data and a better understanding of tornadogenesis. Having said that, even the best mets cannot forecast where an "air mass" storm - the kind of isolated storms we often see form in the summer heat - are going to form. I don't suspect that is going to change any time soon.

Pivotal Weather

COD Meteorology -- NexLab Homepage

 

This topic never fails to cause some people to go into full on moron mode.

 

Maybe once the data is out, you can update it to 2024.

 

Need to change the thread title

World’s hottest day recorded on Sunday, climate monitor says

 

I've been shaking in my boots ever since reading this thread and the thread on Beryl back in June.