Record-setting spring heat wave drives temperatures into the 90s across Eastern US
Numerous locations across the Interstate 95 corridor marked their earliest 90 degree day in over a decade, including, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.
Record spring heat bakes Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast with 90 degree temperatures
Wednesday was the warmest day of the year so far for many places across the eastern U.S., with parts of the Ohio Valley, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast reaching 90 degrees. These conditions are more typical of late May or June. Numerous locations across the northeastern Interstate 95 corridor marked their earliest 90-degree day in over a decade. The heat will hang around through the first half of the weekend before a cold front brings storms and temperatures return closer to seasonal averages in the 50s and 60s.
Wednesday was the warmest day of the year so far for many places across the eastern U.S., with parts of the Ohio Valley, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast reaching 90 degrees. This spring heat wave is expected to hang around through the first half of the weekend, threatening dozens of daily temperature records, before a cold front brings storms and returns temperatures closer to seasonal averages in the 50s and 60s.
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Temperatures are running 20 to 30 degrees above average — conditions are more typical of late May or June.
Numerous locations across the Interstate 95 corridor marked their earliest 90 degree day in over a decade, including, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Over 40 record high temperatures were set on Wednesday.
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A massive ridge of high pressure is fueling this spring heatwave as it anchors itself over the region, bringing warm air from the Gulf and the Midwest across the Eastern Seaboard.
High temperatures will remain well into the mid-to-upper 80s and low 90s across the region through Saturday.
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This follows a record-warm March that was driven by a two-week-long historic heat dome across the western half of the country.
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A cold front associated with the severe storms in the Midwest will swing into the Northeast, bringing a notable cooldown Saturday night, with temperatures returning to the 60s across much of the East.
Temperatures will plunge over 30 degrees in some locations by Monday with temperatures returning closer to average.
Looking ahead, the FOX Forecast Center doesn't antipate another major warmup across the Northeast through the rest of the month.