NEW YORK: New York City and the northeast will see temperatures surging this week as another wave of sultry weather shifts across the eastern United States and southern Canada.
Temperatures are forecast to top 32°C, potentially peaking at 36.5°C in Central Park today, the National Weather Service said.
Heat advisories and extreme heat watches have popped up across the north-east and mid-Atlantic from Delaware to Maine, joining a wide arc across the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, upper midwest and even southern Canada.
The bout of hot weather comes shortly after a heat wave that swept the eastern United States earlier this month, stressing power grids, disrupting Fourth of July holiday celebrations and bringing stifling conditions to Fifa World Cup football matches.
“It won’t be as extreme in intensity and won’t be quite as long as we experienced for the July Fourth weekend,” said Rich Otto, a forecaster with the US Weather Prediction Centre.
“Tuesday and Wednesday will be the two hotter days and then things will cool down gradually through the end of the week.” — Bloomberg
