NYC is on course to smash 1889 record for the wettest EVER July

NYC is on course for wettest July EVER: 8.5 inches of rain fell in first two weeks as city expects to smash 1889 summer record of 11.89 inches

  • New York is heading to set the record for the wettest July in the city
  • The city is on flash flood watch until 10am on Tuesday following a rainstorm
  • During the first 10 days of July, Central Park recorded 8.5 inches of rain
  • It is currently expected to beat the record for highest July rainfall – 11.89″ in 1889 

New York is heading to set the record for the wettest July in the city amid rainstorms. 

It is already the wettest start to July recorded in the city, following another heavy rainstorm forecast to hit yesterday. 

The city is now on flash flood watch until 10am on Tuesday after the storm on Monday which followed a rainstorm just four days ago which flooded subway stations and streets.

According to the National Weather Service, there is a chance of showers and thunderstorms continuing tonight as well as on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.  

New York is heading to set the record for the wettest July in the city amid rainstorms. It is already the wettest start to July recorded in the city, following another heavy rainstorm forecast to hit yesterday

NYPD Strategic Response Group was deployed to rescue motorists whose vehicles stalled in deep water)

During the first 10 days of July, Central Park recorded 8.5 inches of rain which is the highest total recorded for the period for the city, NY Daily News reported. 

It is currently expected that it will beat the record for the highest rainfall for July, which was 11.89 inches, set in 1889. 

Last week, severe weather and flash flooding hit New York City, leaving motorists stranded in water and subway stations submerged, even as Tropical Storm Elsa prepared to pound the region. 

As shocking videos emerged showing New Yorkers wading through filthy waist-deep water to catch a train, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez weighed in on Twitter to blame ‘fossil fuel execs’ and promote her Green New Deal as the solution to severe weather. 

The thunderstorms that brought large hail to parts of New Jersey and spurred flash flooding in Manhattan are unrelated to Elsa, which hit the DC area on Thursday night as it heads towards NYC. 

But the severe weather gave New Yorkers a taste of what could have been in store for them as Elsa was predicted to arrive there by Friday afternoon with tropical-force winds and heavy rain. 

On the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, the NYPD Strategic Response Group was deployed to rescue motorists whose vehicles stalled in deep water. They rescued several stranded motorists near 179th street in the University Heights neighborhood. 

Meanwhile, several Manhattan subway stations experienced severe flooding as well. In the Washington Heights neighborhood, the 1 Train station at 157th Street was seen submerged in deep water. 

One shocking video circulating on social media showed a woman plunging into the squalid, trash-filled water to catch a train as it arrived in the station, holding shopping bags high above her head to keep them dry.  


As flash flooding hits NYC, video showed a woman plunging into the squalid, trash-filled water to catch a train as it arrived in the station

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