New York – Sumer Clime – Phyllis Chaimowitz (left) and Dolores Strocker bask in the sun at Rockaway Beach here today as temperature rose to a January record high of 70.5 at 3 p.m. Previous mark for Jan. 26 in New York was 58.3 in 1916. January mark was 68.4, set Jan. 14, 1932.

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New York – Sumer Clime – Phyllis Chaimowitz (left) and Dolores Strocker bask in the sun at Rockaway Beach here today as temperature rose to a January record high of 70.5 at 3 p.m. Previous mark for Jan. 26 in New York was 58.3 in 1916. January mark was 68.4, set Jan. 14, 1932.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1950]

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CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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