Looks like June in New York is going to be pretty nice - at least by Irish standards!
The mean temperature is about 22°C in June, rising to almost 25°C in July (we’ll be there at the end of June, so it may be nearer the July figures…).
Humidity is hopefully going to be bearable, at 74% in the mornings, and dropping to about 56% in the afternoon. June gets 3 days of ‘extreme’ temperature (>32°C), while July gets 7 - hopefully we won’t see too many of those!
Finally, clear or partly cloudy days outnumber cloudy days two to one, which suits me just fine =)
In non-weather news, sunrise will be approx 5:25am for the week we’re there, and sunset will be 8:30pm. Good news, as we’re hoping to go up the Empire State Building in time to see New York by day, and stay up there long enough to see the lights start to come on too =)
At least, I’m hoping to do so! I’m not sure whether Colm thinks I’m mad, bad or dangerous to know, but a girl, and I have official permission to act like one too =)
Manhattan Island is approx 13.4 miles long (c. 21.5km) and 2.3 miles wide (c. 3.7km) at its widest. Approx 20 north/south blocks equals a mile - which makes walking several blocks much less scary - I was under the impression that ‘blocks’ were much bigger in the US =)
The NYC Street Finder seems horrifically complicated, but I’m hoping it will make more sense to the Navigator in Chief! =) The system seems logical enough at a distance, but looking into the nitty-gritty shows up a whole bunch of complications… Still, I’m sure we’ll find things easily enough.