New York’s sweltering summer is about to get worse with historic heat on the horizon for the city. A brutal stretch of scorching temperatures begins Tuesday with no immediate relief in sight as every day this week is projected to exceed 90 degrees — a streak that could continue into next week and threaten the safety of New Yorkers, Fox Weather meteorologist Amy Freeze told the Daily News.
“I can’t emphasize enough that, yes, it’s supposed to be hot during the summer, but it’s the consecutive 90-degree days that make it really hard for our body to handle,” Freeze said. “If you don’t have air conditioning, you don’t have a lot of time to cool off in the evening hours, because our temperatures don’t drop as dramatically in the summer.”
Eight consecutive days of 90-degree weather or higher would account for one of the 10 hottest stretches in the history of New York City. The city’s record of 12 consecutive 90-degree days was set during the summer of 1953.
The two most recent streaks of at least eight days at 90 degrees in New York both occurred in 2002. Thursday will likely be the hottest day of the upcoming heat wave with a high of 97, but Friday could feel even hotter without any cloud covering in the forecast, Freeze said.
