We’re on the verge of closing the books on summer 2016 and it should be of no surprise that many cities from Miami to Bangor will have endured a top 5 hot summer. The dry spring and first half to summer lay the ground work for a hot July and August in the East. The record warm Gulf and Atlantic also played a huge factor by significantly increasing the level of moisture throughout the atmosphere.

FEATURE IMAGE CREDIT: John Hopewell ‏@jwhopewell

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The Southeast and Northeast drought gradually worsened through the season and this helped feedback to stronger than normal pressure through the second half of summer.

A strong and dominant high pressure helped sustain a very warm low to mid level atmosphere but clockwise winds circling the high and pulling air off a record warm Gulf and Atlantic brought exceptional humidity levels which helped minimise night time cooling which in turn contributed to such a hot summer overall.

Many cities in the Northeast look poised to see 2016 as the warmest August on record.

An impressive but not surprising number of 90F+ days across the Northeast given the drought.

August 2016 will go down as the warmest on record for Boston.

Washington DC’s 90+F this afternoon makes for the 49th 90+ this year. They’ve had 19 days at or above 95+.

It’s been a dry, hot and long summer in the Southeast this year.

Drought and heat go hand in hand

There’s been an incredible amount of 90-degree days this year!

Let’s not forget the historic rains in Louisiana.

See today’s video.

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