Don Sutherland

#Phoenix has reached 110F (43.3C) for the 8th consecutive day. 2025 is the 6th consecutive year with at least one 8-day or longer stretch of such heat. Prior to 2020-2025, the record was two consecutive years (1989-1990, 2007-2008, 2011-2012). #azwx

A period of extreme heat will affect #Phoenix and #Tucson this week, peaking on Wednesday and Thursday. Daily record highs will fall and the August monthly records will be challenged. #azwx

Trump’s Tariffs Are Making Money. That May Make Them Hard to Quit.

That the tariffs are a regressive tax hike is the bigger story. Moreover, there are better and more fair ways to increase tax revenue. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

The duration of #Phoenix's 110F (43.3C) season has been increasing. The shortest such season was 1 day (1897). The longest such season was 124 days (2024). #azwx

#Canada #geese at Mamaroneck Harbor. #ny

#Phoenix has reached 114F (45.6C). That breaks the August 2 daily record of 113F (45.0C) that was set in 1918 and tied in 2009 and 2011. #azwx

#Phoenix has reached 113F (45.0C). That ties the August 2 daily record that was set in 1918 and tied in 2009 and 2011. #azwx

#Phoenix has reached 110F (43.3C) for the 7th consecutive day. 2025 is the 6th consecutive year with at least one 7-day or longer stretch of such heat. Prior to 2020-2025, the record was 2 consecutive years (1974-1975, 1989-1990, 2007-2008, 2011-2012, 2017-2018). #azwx

For the1st time, #Phoenix had identical mean temperatures of 100F (37.8C)+ on July 1 & August 1 (102.5F/39.2C). The previous highest identical mean temperatures on July 1 & August 1 were 97.5F (36.4C) in 2023. 2025 is the 7th case of identical July 1 & August 1 mean temperatures. #azwx

Questions about the validity of U.S. economic data will increase, as CNBC reported, “Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets.”

This is a terrible and shortsighted tragedy. Future generations will pay a much higher price for this ignorant and damaging policy change.

Yesterday, #Phoenix recorded its 70th 100F (37.8C) or above high. Here’s how the median date of the 70th such reading has changed:
1961–1990: August 23
1991–2020: August 8
2000–2025: July 28
#azwx

This isn’t much of a shock. After all, he was the first President since Hoover to preside over a net loss of jobs during his first term.

Yesterday, Bridgeport recorded 0.20" of rain, while Islip measured 2.93". This marks the lowest rainfall on record at Bridgeport on a day when Islip received 2.50" or more. The previous record was set on August 19, 1990, when Islip recorded 3.83" and Bridgeport received 0.39". #ctwx #nywx

An unethical decision.

#Phoenix is concluding its 9th hottest July on record. Since 2020, only July 2021 has not ranked among the 10 hottest July cases. Summer 2025 has a mean temperature of 95.3F (35.2C) and is tied with 2013 for the 7th hottest to date. #azwx

Atlantic City picked up 2.29" (58.2 mm) of rain in the past hour. Today's rainfall has reached 3.03" (77.0 mm). That demolishes the daily record for July 31 of 0.85" (21.6 mm) from 2009. #njwx

In the past hour, #Reading, #PA picked up 2.47" (62.7 mm) of rain. That sets a new July hourly mark and is the third highest hourly figure on record. Reading's daily total of 2.67" (67.8 mm) breaks the July 31 daily mark of 2.56" (65.0 mm) set way back in 1887. #pawx

#Philadelphia has reached 90F (32.2C) for the 21st time this month. That ties the July record for most such days. The record was set in 1952 and 1988, 1995, 2011, 2012, and 2020. #pawx

July is now concluding in #Phoenix. Phoenix's August records are below. #azwx

#Philadelphia has reached 80F (26.7C) or above for the 31st day this month. That ties the July mark of 31 days. It is also the third consecutive year with 31 such days. The old record of two consecutive years was set during 2010-2011. #pawx

#Bridgeport has now reached 80F (26.7C) this morning. That is the 29th 80F (26.7C) or above day this month. That ties the July record of 29 days, which was set in 1966 and tied in 1994. #ctwx

Yesterday's low temperature of 80F (26.7C) at JFK Airport broke the daily mark of 79F (26.1C). The old record was set in 1995 and tied in 2006. It was the second such low this year, which tied the all-time record of two days set in 1999 and tied in 2016. #nywx

Central Park (31 days) has tied its July record for most 80F (26.7C) or above days. In addition, July 2025 is the second consecutive July with 31 such days, which sets a new record for most consecutive years. The only other years were 1944, 2022 and 2024.#nywx

JFK Airport (2 consecutive years) and Newark (4 consecutive years) have their longest streaks of 31 80F (26.7C) July days. Neither site had ever had 2 consecutive such years. #njwx #nywx

JFK Airport (31 days) and Newark (31 days) have tied their July records for most 80F (26.7C) or above days. #ctwx #njwx #nywx

#Phoenix reached 110F (43.3C) for the 20th time this year. The last year with fewer than 20 such days was 2014 when there were 10. Normal is 20.8 days. #azwx

Franconia Notch State Park. #NH

Kennebunkport as the rain moves in. #MEwx

Sailing off Camden, #ME.