A Record Hot, Record Dry Start to July
The first half of July was hotter than normal for the entire Northeast, with Elkins, WV, and Atlantic City, NJ, having their hottest such period on record. There were precipitation extremes across the region for the July 1-15 period - from record dry with 1% of normal in Portland, ME, to second wettest with 355% of normal in Bridgeport, CT.
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Wildfire Smoke Makes Air Quality Unhealthy in the Northeast
Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada was transported into the Northeast in mid-July. The smoke created poor air quality, reduced visibility, and lowered high temperatures. The most intense smoke was expected on July 16, a day when Air Quality Alerts were issued for parts of most Northeast states. In fact, portions of New York and Pennsylvania experienced “Very Unhealthy” air quality, EPA’s second worst air quality category.
The NRCC partnered with Cornell Public Health to produce the Wildfire Smoke Mortality Estimation Tool, which “estimates the number of deaths in each county due to wildfire smoke in order to help understand when a smoke event worsens into a smoke disaster.” Based on provisional data, there would have been an estimated one to two deaths due to wildfire smoke in parts of the New York City metro area on July 15. The tool can be found here - https://wxmortality.rcc-acis.org/.
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Weather Station Data
Weather Station Data includes location-specific information, such as wind data, evapotranspiration, and daily almanacs.
CLIMOD 2 is a user-friendly website to find single-station and multi-station climate products for locations accross the country. For example, the Seasonal Ranking report produces a graph and table of extremes or other summaries for a specified period for each year.
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