July 15, 2025

Officials Warn of Intensifying Storms in a Changing Climate

NEW YORK — On the evening of July 14, Central Park recorded 2.07 inches of rain between 6:51 PM and 7:51 PM, making it the second-highest one-hour rainfall total ever documented at that location. Only Hurricane Ida surpassed that mark, with 3.15 inches recorded on September 1, 2021. The third-highest record, 1.94 inches, occurred during Tropical Storm Henri just weeks before, in August 2021. All three records have occurred within the past four years.

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