“Searing Heat” in the Northeast: 102 Degrees in Newark, 100 in Boston, 98 in Providence
How hot was it in the Northeast today? Extremely hot, with temperatures breaking a bunch of records.
The mercury climbed to at least 100 degrees for the fifth day in a row in Newark, New Jersey — the longest such streak since record-keeping began in 1931, according to the National Weather Service office in Upton, New York.
Today’s 102-degree high set a record for the date. “All climate data are considered preliminary until reviewed by the National Centers for Environmental Information,” the office noted.
Boston’s 100-degree reading bested a daily record set in 1933: 98 degrees, the National Weather Service Boston/Norton office tweeted.
In Providence, Rhode Island, today’s high reached 98 degrees, four above the previous record set in 1933.
At Burlington International Airport in Vermont, the temperature hit 91 degrees, making it the sixth consecutive day with temperatures of at least 90, according to the weather service office that covers the region. The all-time record is at the airport is eight days in a row, from Aug. 10 to 17, 1944. A heat wave is when temperatures reach at least 90 for three straight days.
Today’s 98-degree reading in Manchester, New Hampshire, was also a daily record — three higher than the previous record set in 2001.
It was even hotter in some areas on July 22, 2011, hitting 103 degrees in Hartford (an all-time record high) and 103 in Boston (1 degree shy of its all-time high on July 4, 1911), the weather service Boston/Norton office says.
“Searing heat will continue across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast tonight before the upper trough over Canada dips down into the region to moderate temperatures a bit tomorrow,” according to a forecast discussion by the Weather Prediction Center at the National Weather Service. “Widespread low temperature records are forecast to be broken across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast tonight as lows struggle to drop below the upper 70s and low 80s.”
More abnormal warmth appears likely in the Northeast in August through October, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.
And you can expect more extreme heat stemming from climate change in the years ahead.
In New Hampshire, for example, temperatures across the state “are likely to continue rising through the 21st century,” according to the recently released New Hampshire Climate Assessment 2021 by the University of New Hampshire.
“The warmest daily temperatures are also expected to increase throughout this century along with an increase in the frequency of hot temperature extremes,” the report says.
Assuming a lower projection for the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, temperatures would exceed 90 degrees on 20 to 30 more days a year by 2100, the report says. Assuming a higher concentration, such hot weather days would increase by 50 to 60.
Concord in New Hampshire averaged 11.9 days above 90 degrees from 1980 to 2009. Under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, 58.1 days could be that hot annually by the end of this century, the report says.
“Note that under both (lower and higher greenhouse gas) concentration pathways, New Hampshire will experience hotter days and warmer nights during the summer season,” the report says.
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