Accuweather reports that June 24 was the hottest day in more than a decade for millions of residents. However, be aware of the overnight temperature.
Slow temperatures from the Midwest to the East Coast
With heatwave warnings in effect nationwide, temperature inhaling has driven people to parks and fountains.
Hundreds of heat records have been set for burnt heat waves that burn most of the eastern US.
It is seconded to Accuweather, according to a tally held by meteorologist Jonathan Erdmann by weather.com. This reports June 24th was the hottest day in more than a decade for millions of residents in the Northeast.
The triple girders’ thermal records are the most notable, but overnight cold measurements reveal just how hot and dangerous the past few days are. If these numbers are high, it means people, roads and buildings don’t get the chance to properly cool overnight.
Higher overnight temperatures are characteristic of warming climates and longer heat waves. Over the past few days, some of the highest ever records of warm overnight lows have been set or tied together:
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (79 degrees)
- Lansing, Michigan (78 degrees)
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin (82 degrees)
- Wilmington, Delaware (78 degrees)
- Marina, Atlantic City, New Jersey (80 degrees)
- Norfolk, Virginia (80 degrees)
Meanwhile, several locations in Maine and New York have reached record heats of all time.
The thermometer in Augusta, Maine recorded 100 degrees on June 24th, marking the highest record high in the state capital on August 5, 1955, Accuweather said. And Plattsburgh, New York, tied together the highest record record of 101 degrees, 101 degrees on June 23, the National Weather Service said. This tied the Mark Set twice, on August 1 and 2, 1975, and twice on August 5, 1955.
Big cities hit with three digit heat
Daily record highs were set on Tuesday, June 24th in several northeastern cities, including Boston (102 degrees), according to weather services data. Philadelphia (101); Newark, New Jersey (103); New York City (99 degrees).
The 102 degrees in Boston on June 24th has been the hottest day in the city since it reached 103 degrees on July 22, 2011. Philadelphia also notched on its first 100-degree day since July 18, 2012, Accuweather said.
The June record has also been set.
Many cities set records for June on June 24th. Stations reporting June’s hottest temperatures on record include 103 (Tied), Newark, New Jersey. New York City (Kennedy & LaGuardia, 102 and 101, ties); ISLIP, New York 101; Portland and Bangor, Maine, 99 and 98, ties. Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, was recorded Monday at the age of 93.
Boston’s 102-degree reading was a June record, breaking the previous record twice. In Rhode Island, Providence set a new June record by swinging up to 100 degrees.
Erdman reported that seven northeastern states had pre-linked or beat previous record highs for June 23rd and 24th, according to weather records expert Maxmiliano Herrera. This includes Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. New York’s highest ever June day was preliminarily set for Wednesday with Bate Hollow (103 degrees), according to Herrera.
They tied up on June 23rd in North Heartland, Vermont. This small town near the New Hampshire border spiked to 101 degrees on June 23, linking Vermont’s June record with St. John’sbury on June 4-5, 1919.
Contribution: Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today
