New York Breaks Summer Cool Streak Record

For previous record reports, see:
Record Heat
Record Cold

July 19 Update: The National Climatic Data Center reports the following number of July 17 record temperatures across the U.S. for stations with at least 30 years of data:
Daily high maximum temperature: 15 new, 14 tied
Daily low minimum temperature: 48 new, 20 tied

For the entire month of July to date:
Daily high maximum temperature: 471 new, 355 tied (826 total)
Daily low minimum temperature: 514 new, 292 tied (806 total)

7 PM Update: Here's a little perspective on the New York City record: All of New York state is 0.024% (2.4*10^-4) of the total surface area of the entire globe. (And if you're visiting from a cold-weather-all-the-time blog, check out the Record Heat they're not telling you about.)

Original post:
With a high on Friday of 86°, New York City broke its record spell of 46 consecutive days without reaching 85° since June 1. The last time the temperature failed to hit 85° in June was 1916. The only previous occurrences were 1903 and 1886. This June was tied for the 8th coolest, and it was the second wettest in history. From the National Weather Service public information statement:

TOP TEN COOLEST AND WETTEST
JUNES ON RECORD SINCE 1869 FOR CENTRAL PARK NY:

  COOLEST                     WETTEST
AVG. TEMP. YEAR         INCHES PRECIP.  YEAR
64.2     1903             10.27       2003
65.2     1881             10.06       2009
65.7     1916              9.78       1903
66.8     1926/1902         9.30       1972
67.2     1958              8.79       1989
67.3     1927              8.55       2006
67.4     1928              7.76       1887
67.5     2009/1897         7.58       1975
67.7     1878              7.13       1938
67.8     1924              7.05       1871

THIS WAS THE COOLEST JUNE SINCE 1958...WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 67.2 DEGREES.

BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES OCCURRED ON 23 OUT OF 30 DAYS THIS
JUNE...OR 75 PERCENT OF THE MONTH.