September 26th record warmth in northeastern United States

As I mentioned in my previous blog entry about a warm first week of autumn, it ended up being a record-setter in many locations across the northeastern United States on Wednesday. High temperatures from Virginia in the southern part of the region to West Virginia on the west side to Maine on the north side soared well into the 80s and even some low 90s in a few spots.

Boston along with Washington's Dulles International Airport and Windsor Locks, Connecticut ended up with the highest peak readings as it reached 93° at all three reporting stations. But only one of them did not set a new record for September 26th. Boston's Logan International Airport record high temperature for that date of 95° set way back in 1881 will remain intact for at least another year.

Among the National Weather Service reporting stations in 13 states that had their daily almanac information available, 23 listed temperatures that either tied or set new records for September 26th.

Temperatures will finally cool down to seasonable levels by late today and into the upcoming weekend with peak readings in the 70s in most locations across the northeast and even some 60s will be found in the northern sections of upstate New York and New England.

Here is a select list of high temperatures across the northeastern United States for Wednesday. Locations that either tied or broke previous records are highlighted in red.

First, I have a combined list from the National Weather Service and Weather Underground reporting sites in the New York City metropolitan area as compiled by Kevin K at TWC Classics. The Weather Underground reporting sites do not always provide almanac information that would list the old records (they're in parentheses), so they're left off this list when I show their high temperatures.

North Arlington, New Jersey... 92°
Harrison, New Jersey... 91°
Hawthorne, New York... 91°
Midland Park, New Jersey... 91°
Somerville, New Jersey... 91° (90° in 1970)
Trenton, New Jersey... 91°
Belmar, New Jersey... 90° (82° in 2005)
Danbury, Connecticut… 90° (87° in 1958)
Fair Lawn, New Jersey... 90°
New York City (LaGuardia Airport)... 90° (89° in 1958)
Montgomery, New York... 90°
Newark, New Jersey... 90° (tied with 1958)
New Brunswick, New Jersey... 90°
Paterson, New Jersey... 90°
Jersey City, New Jersey... 89°
New City, New York... 89°
West Point, New York... 89°
Caldwell, New Jersey... 88°
Newburgh, New York... 88° (85° in 1984)
Port Jervis, New York... 88°
Sussex, New Jersey... 88° (87° in 1970)
Andover, New Jersey... 87°
New York City (Central Park)… 87°
Charlottesburg, New Jersey... 87°
Ramsey, New Jersey... 86°
Centerport, New York... 85°
Sandy Hook, New Jersey... 85°
White Plains, New York... 85°
Carmel, New York... 84°
Bridgeport, Connecticut… 81°
New Haven, Connecticut… 81°
Bridgehampton, New York... 80°
New York City (JFK International Airport)… 80°
Farmingdale, New York... 79°
Islip, New York... 79° (tied with 1998)
Oceanside, New York... 79°
Shirley, New York... 78°
Westhampton, New York... 77°
Montauk, New York... 76°
East Hampton, New York... 75°

And elsewhere across the northeastern quadrant of the United States (National Weather Service reporting stations only):

Boston… 93°
Washington (Dulles Int'l Airport)… 93° (92° in 1986)
Windsor Locks, Connecticut… 93° (88° in 1920)
Danville, Virginia… 92°
Bangor, Maine… 91° (88° in 1930)
Philadelphia… 91°
Allentown, Pennsylvania… 90° (tied with 1970)
Charleston, West Virginia… 90°
Charlottesville, Virginia… 90°
Concord, New Hampshire… 90° (88° in 1920)
Georgetown, Delaware... 90°
Hartford... 90°
Portland, Maine… 90° (84° in 1961)
Poughkeepsie, New York... 90°
Reading, Pennsylvania… 90°
Williamsport, Pennsylvania… 90°
Albany, New York... 89° (tied with 1920)
Atlantic City, New Jersey... 89°
Blacksburg, Virginia… 89° (86° in 1970)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania… 89°
Lynchburg, Virginia… 89°
Providence, Rhode Island… 89° (tied with 1930)
Washington (Ronald Reagan National Airport)… 89°
Huntington, West Virginia… 88°
Baltimore-Washington International Airport… 87°
Bluefield, Virginia… 87° (85° in 1998)
Glens Falls, New York... 87°
Millinocket, Maine… 87° (86° in 1920)
Parkersburg, West Virginia… 87°
Roanoke, Virginia… 87°
Houlton, Maine… 85° (76° in 1937)
Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania… 85° (81° in 1970)
Wilmington, Delaware... 85°
Pittsburgh… 84°
Beckley, West Virginia… 83° (tied with 1998)
Burlington, Vermont… 82°
Elkins, West Virginia… 82°
Caribou, Maine… 81° (74° in 1994)
Worcester, Massachusetts… 81°
Rochester, New York... 80°