Weather in NYC
Wednesday was 1 from the hottest June days on record in New york City, with all the warmth index crossing one hundred degrees across areas of the tri-state region and pushing nicely in to the upper 90s across the 5 boroughs. Newark set a record high of 99, breaking the prior record of 97 set in 1999. The borough of Queens also broke a document higher, with LaGuardia reaching 97 (previous document of 96 was set in 2008).
Central Park was close, falling a single degree brief of the document higher of 95 set way back in 1933. Data are often somewhat more difficult to break in Central Park because steady climate reporting there goes back each of the way to 1876.
High stress will even act to reduce air quality as pollution that normally escapes to the ambiance is trapped near ground degree from the oppressive warmth. New Jersey, New york and Connecticut have all issued air quality action days for Thursday.
