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Today in New York Weather History: June 18

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  • 1995 - A sunny and hot Father's Day, the first 90-degree day of the year.

 

  • 1997 - During a thunderstorm 0.36" of rain fell in five minutes between 11:05-11:10 PM and 0.64" fell in fifteen minutes between 11:04-11:19 PM.

 

  • 1999 - Today was the 25th consecutive day with no measurable rain, making this the longest such streak in the 1979-2012 period, passing the previous longest streaks that occurred in 1980 and 1995.  And ten more rainless days would follow.

 

  • 2006 - Today was Father's Day and the high of 91 was the first 90-degree reading of the year.  

 

  • Clipart_rain_falling_in_buckets2009 - 2.30" of rain fell today, a record for the date.  Rain fell until 4:30 PM, preventing the afternoon temperature from getting no higher than 64, sixteen degrees below average.  Today's rain brought the month's total to 7.61", making this the rainiest month since April 2007.   

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