1925
The biggest rainstorm of the year produced 2.14". And although it was an all-day event, much of it fell between 5-10PM, when 1.41" was measured. The rain and clouds kept the temperature in the upper 60s all day.
1927
Today's low of 70° was the last low in the 70s of the year, and the earliest date for the last 70-degree reading on record - a record that still stands. (The last 70-degree low typically occurs in the first week of September.)
1939
This July and the previous two all had the same average temperature - 76.6°. However, 1937 had eight 90-degree days (two in the triple digits, including NYC's hottest temperature on record), 1938 had three and this year had four. Also, this July had just 0.99" of rain (at the time the fourth driest July) while the previous two had more than five inches.
1950
Today's high of 94° was the the last reading in the 90s this year, the earliest date for this occurrence since 1903, when it fell on 7/30 (1934 and 1904 also had their last 90 on 7/31). In total, there were only six 90-degree days this summer.
1954
This was the second day this summer with a high of 100° (the other occurrence was on 7/14). Today, however, had the warmest mean temperature of the year as its low was 77°, compared to 69° on 7/14.
1992
0.24" of rain fell in a five-minute period ending at 5PM.
1993
This was the twentieth 90-degree day of the month, the most of any month. (The average number is eight.) July's average high was 90°, five-and-a-half degrees hotter than average.
1994
Today was the twenty-fifth day this month with a high of 85° or warmer.
1996
Between 9-10AM 0.56" of rain poured down (and 1.01" fell for the entire day). The final twelve days of July were all cooler than average, with temperatures six degrees below the norm.
1998
The 0.33" of rain that fell this morning brought the month's paltry total to 1.09", making it one of the ten driest Julys on record. This followed a very wet first half of the year in which 36 inches of precipitation fell - 60% above average. (The following July would be even drier, in fact, the driest ever, with just 0.44" measured.)
2000
One year after the hottest July on record, this July was the coolest since 1914, four degrees below average.
2003
This was the first of twelve consecutive days in which measurable rain fell. 0.12" fell today, beginning at 9PM. During this streak (which lasted through Aug. 11) 5.57" of rain would fall.
2010
Today was the seventeenth day in a row with a high temperature of 85° or hotter, the fourth longest such streak since 1980 (the summers of 1988 and 1995 each had streaks of twenty-four days, and 2012 would have one of twenty-one days). The average high during these days was 90°, five degrees above average.

2012
At one point it appeared the month had a good chance at becoming the hottest July on record as temperatures were 5.4 degrees above average thru July 18. However, the rest of the month was 1.8 degrees cooler than average, and the month ended up tied as New York's 18th hottest (since 1869).
2016
For the third time in this final week of July an inch or more of rain fell. Much of today's 1.08" (0.77") fell in a five-minute period between 8:39 and 8:44 PM - the greatest five-minute total in the years since 1970. Today's rain brought July's total to 7.02", making it the rainiest month since April 2014. And it was also the wettest July since 2009 (when 7.11" fell).

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