Plunging temperatures, exacerbated by gusty winds, sent New Yorkers rummaging through trunks and closets for gloves, scarves and earmuffs as the vanguard of a national deep freeze moved into town yesterday.
A low of 20 degrees was reported at La Guardia. Wind gusts of up to 32 miles an hour created a wind-chill factor of 9 degrees below zero, providing doormen, taxi drivers, sidewalk santas and strangers with instant conversational commiseration.
excerpt from NYT 12/11/77
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Sunday, December 11, 1977
Thursday, November 10, 1977
Flood Damages in New York Area Put in Millions And Weather Service Sees Chance for More Rain
As the dirty flood waters receded in the city and suburbs yesterday, homeowners and municipal officials began to clean up damages whose costs will run into many millions of dollars.
Mayor Beame flew over Staten Island, the city’s worst hit area and appealed to Governor Carey to declare it a disaster area. 3,000 homes were flooded and 700 had to be evacuated there.
The rainfall on Tuesday set a record totaling7.4 inches. The total rainfall for the storm is now 9.19 inches. The figure was measured at La Guardia Airport, but the Central Park station – although infrequently used because its instruments are often vandalized – is considered the official measuring place.
excerpt from NYT 11/10/77
Mayor Beame flew over Staten Island, the city’s worst hit area and appealed to Governor Carey to declare it a disaster area. 3,000 homes were flooded and 700 had to be evacuated there.
The rainfall on Tuesday set a record totaling7.4 inches. The total rainfall for the storm is now 9.19 inches. The figure was measured at La Guardia Airport, but the Central Park station – although infrequently used because its instruments are often vandalized – is considered the official measuring place.
excerpt from NYT 11/10/77
Tuesday, November 08, 1977
Into Each Life ‘Some’ Must Fall, But Really
And the rains came. In drizzles and torrents, gales and buckets, the rains came, bringing hardship and loss to hundreds and soggy, sodden inconvenience to almost everyone else. It rained cats and dogs, lizards and frogs. Into each life some must fall. Lovely for ducks. Etc.
Swepts by high winds, more than five inches of rain flooded gutters and basements, highways and byways, soaking raiment, swelling streams, stalling cars, slowing trains and closing schools.
On city streets, stranges commiserated. On subways, soaked to the skin, they smiled and shrugged. In the suburbs, high winds and fallen tree limbs toppled power lines. Leaves clogged the drains. And still it rains.
excerpt from Carey Winfrey NYT 11/08/77
Swepts by high winds, more than five inches of rain flooded gutters and basements, highways and byways, soaking raiment, swelling streams, stalling cars, slowing trains and closing schools.
On city streets, stranges commiserated. On subways, soaked to the skin, they smiled and shrugged. In the suburbs, high winds and fallen tree limbs toppled power lines. Leaves clogged the drains. And still it rains.
excerpt from Carey Winfrey NYT 11/08/77
Rain and High Winds Lash Area, Causing Floods and Train Delays
5” of rain and gale-force winds battered the metropolitan area yesterday, and the National Weather Service said the storm would last at least until the early morning hours today. Flooding was widespread.
On the streets of downtown Manhattan, it was a day of ruined umbrellas as winds of 30 miles an hour and more whipped around the tall buildings.
excerpt from Frank Prial NYT 11/8/77
On the streets of downtown Manhattan, it was a day of ruined umbrellas as winds of 30 miles an hour and more whipped around the tall buildings.
excerpt from Frank Prial NYT 11/8/77
Friday, July 22, 1977
104 Degrees in New York Ties for 2nd Hottest
New York City suffered through a blistering 104 degrees yesterday – the second-highest temperature ever recorded here – with wilting discomfort but no disaster.
The peak temperature was reached at 2:40pm and tied a previous reading of 104 on August 7, 1918. It was second only to the 106 degrees of July 9, 1936.
New Yorkers clung to air-conditioned offices and the shady side of the streets when they had to venture out. On the Staten Island Ferry, stokers had to contend with temperatures of 145 degrees in the boiler rooms.
excerpt from David Bird NYT 7/22/77
The peak temperature was reached at 2:40pm and tied a previous reading of 104 on August 7, 1918. It was second only to the 106 degrees of July 9, 1936.
New Yorkers clung to air-conditioned offices and the shady side of the streets when they had to venture out. On the Staten Island Ferry, stokers had to contend with temperatures of 145 degrees in the boiler rooms.
excerpt from David Bird NYT 7/22/77
Lightning Hits 5 in Central Park and a Queens Bather
Five persons were struck by lightning yesterday in Central Park and a sixth was struck on the beach in Jacob Rils Park, Queens. The five in Central Park were standing at or near a baseball diamond at 100th Street, near the center of the park.
The National Weather Service advises staying away from telephones and other electrical equipment during a lightning storm. If caught outdoors people are advised to stay away from trees but to seek refuge inside caves, ditches or hollows or to lie flat in an open field.
excerpt from NYT 7/22/77
The National Weather Service advises staying away from telephones and other electrical equipment during a lightning storm. If caught outdoors people are advised to stay away from trees but to seek refuge inside caves, ditches or hollows or to lie flat in an open field.
excerpt from NYT 7/22/77
Wednesday, July 20, 1977
102 Sets New York City Record As Heat Broils Most of the Nation
The heat broke the previous record for the day – 98 degrees in 1930 – but it was short of the highest ever recorded – 106 on July 9, 1936.
excerpt from NYT 7/20/77
excerpt from NYT 7/20/77
Tuesday, July 19, 1977
Thermometer at 100, Water Pressure Low
New Yorkers withered through the hottest day in 11 years yesterday with the temperatures reaching 100 degrees at 2:55pm.
Water pressure dipped as hundreds of hydrants were opened illegally to cool steaming streets. Hydrants are the main problem, Mr Samowitz said, because without spray caps they can gush up to 1000 gallons a minute. “Look at the fire out there,” he said pointing across the East River to smoke billowing from a blaze in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn where firemen were fighting flames that swept through 23 buildings. “That could be an unimaginable disaster if there wasn’t enough water.” (As if it weren’t an unimaginable disaster already).
March 9 Temps in NYC drop to 25 degrees – lowest ever for this date
March 30 Temps in NYC rise to 79 degrees – highest ever for this date
April 9/10 Temps drop to 25 degrees lowest ever for these dates
excerpt from NYT 7/19/77 David Bird
Water pressure dipped as hundreds of hydrants were opened illegally to cool steaming streets. Hydrants are the main problem, Mr Samowitz said, because without spray caps they can gush up to 1000 gallons a minute. “Look at the fire out there,” he said pointing across the East River to smoke billowing from a blaze in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn where firemen were fighting flames that swept through 23 buildings. “That could be an unimaginable disaster if there wasn’t enough water.” (As if it weren’t an unimaginable disaster already).
March 9 Temps in NYC drop to 25 degrees – lowest ever for this date
March 30 Temps in NYC rise to 79 degrees – highest ever for this date
April 9/10 Temps drop to 25 degrees lowest ever for these dates
excerpt from NYT 7/19/77 David Bird
Saturday, April 02, 1977
Unemployment Rate Fell to 7.3% in March as Cold Wave Eased
Unemployment declined in March as workers who were laid off in the winter because of severe cold and fuel shortages returned to work the Labor Department announced today.
However not all sectors of the workforce shared in the improvement. Unemployment among teenagers rose for the month to 19% which was close to peak recession levels. The jobless rate among teenaged black workers increased by about 3 percent and reached 40 percent.
excerpt from 4/2/77 NYT Philip Shabecoff
However not all sectors of the workforce shared in the improvement. Unemployment among teenagers rose for the month to 19% which was close to peak recession levels. The jobless rate among teenaged black workers increased by about 3 percent and reached 40 percent.
excerpt from 4/2/77 NYT Philip Shabecoff
Monday, February 21, 1977
Winter’s 8th Storm, Freakish and Loud, Intrudes on Holiday (Washington’s Birthday)
A whimsical storm, with temperatures flirting about the freezing level, pelted the metropolitan area with alternating falls of snow, sleet and hail yesterday and drew some weather-weary New York City residents to their windows when it produced some unlikely thumps of thunder as well as some lightning.
excerpt from NYT 2/21/77 Maurice Carroll
excerpt from NYT 2/21/77 Maurice Carroll
Wednesday, February 02, 1977
Major Crimes Wane With The Cold Wave
Metropolitan Area Reports a Sharp Decline in Robbery, Burglary, Assault and Car Theft
The cold wave has apparently had one desirable side effect: it has, at least temporarily, snapped the crime wave. Since the onset of frigid weather in December, there has been an abrupt decrease in the metropolitan area in most major crime categories. “Officer Frost is one of our best criminal deterrents,” said Assistant Chief Joseph F Veyvoda commander of all uniformed officers in Queens.
excerpt from 2/2/77 NYT Selwyn Raab
The cold wave has apparently had one desirable side effect: it has, at least temporarily, snapped the crime wave. Since the onset of frigid weather in December, there has been an abrupt decrease in the metropolitan area in most major crime categories. “Officer Frost is one of our best criminal deterrents,” said Assistant Chief Joseph F Veyvoda commander of all uniformed officers in Queens.
excerpt from 2/2/77 NYT Selwyn Raab
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