New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and other cities and towns across the northeast saw temperatures break 100 degrees on June 24 as a heat wave continues to impact the region throughout the last few days following the Summer Solstice.
New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport recorded that triple-digit temperature for the first time since 2013, Philadelphia, and Boston recorded the same shortly afterward. And 100-degree temperatures were even felt in Maine.
The day before, nearly 40 heat records were either reached or tied.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the heat looks to continue into the weekend.
“Heat advisories are in effect for portions of the Midwest, South, Southeast, and East Coast, and extreme heat warnings are in effect for portions of the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic,” the Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center said on June 25….