Much of Nation Continues to Bake
The Midwest and Northeast baked again Sunday as a high-pressure system continued to push hot, humid air up from the Gulf of Mexico.
For the second day in a row, New York City topped 100 degrees, hitting 102 by Sunday afternoon. The last time the Big Apple had back-to-back triple-digit highs was exactly 11 years ago. But Sunday’s temperature fell short of the day’s record of 104 degrees set in 1977.
An ozone warning was issued for a fifth straight day in the New York area, and residents were asked to use buses and subways rather than cars to cut down emissions.
Washington, D.C., had 98 degrees by the afternoon, and humidity raised the heat index to 106, the weather service said.
Providence, R. I., hit 100, tying a record set in 1980, and 102 in Newark, N.J., tied a record set in 1977.
Danbury, Conn., reached 103--its fifth straight day of 100-degree heat.
Temperatures soared and winds gusted in Kansas. Dodge City, Kan., hit 97 degrees and winds there topped 30 m.p.h.
A weak cold front in the Northern and Northeastern states was unable to make a dent in the large bubble of hot, humid air.
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