The Birth of Hip Hop

Saturday, August 11, 19731520 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, New York City, New York, United States

rain around 1pm85°F

Hot before the day even started, the air near 80°F at dawn and wet. Cloud sat low through the morning and kept the heat in rather than out. By noon it was near 88° and the air was almost too thick to move through. A shower came through near 1pm and cooled things for an hour. The cloud broke up through the late afternoon. Evening was warm near 82° under a clearing sky and the air had loosened a little.

Rain
0.02"
Humidity
74%
Wind
16 mph
Daylight
14.0 hrs
High / Low
86° / 77°F
Felt like
88° / 79°F
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
29.88 inHg
Gusting to
24 mph
Wind from
southwest
Sunrise / Sunset
6:01 am / 7:59 pm
Day's character
light showers

Pre-satellite record — solid, not exact. From the LaGuardia Airport station, 5 mi away.

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