Talk:Environment of New York City

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I emailed the National Weather Service to see what the highest winds in the city were. I wouldn't be surprised if some skyscraper recorded some crazy high wind gust, but a quick Google search doesn't have that. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:56, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Urban heat island
Sea level rise/long term flooding mitigation
Sunlight hours per year, or some other solar metric that would help for people looking up info for solar panels
Better source for wettest day being in 1882, ideally National Weather Service or someone better than a news source just getting their info from somewhere else
How many tornadoes on record in the city? Surely there's a better total than going back to 1974.

The strongest NYC tornado was an EF2 tornado in Brooklyn on August 8, 2007. I'm having difficulty getting a source saying it was the strongest on record in the city (if it even was). ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:56, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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The pic for the section is the flooded subway station from Sandy. There might be a better weather photo, but I felt it was a good placeholder. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:56, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]