SXUS71 KOKX 192024 REREWR RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK, NY 422 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2026 ...RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT NEWARK NJ... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99 WAS SET AT NEWARK NJ TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 98 INCHES SET IN 1962. RECORDS GO BACK TO THE YEAR 1931 AT THIS CLIMATE STATION. ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI). $$