Record high temperatures are forecast from the Upper Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic on Labor Day as a heat wave settles in.
On Sunday, extreme September heat covered the Northern Plains and Northern Tier, bringing a high of 99 degrees to Duluth, Minn. That beat the previous daily record high by 8 degrees and also set a new monthly record high. Duluth also observed a record warm overnight temperature of 71 degrees, just a hair away from its average daytime high this time of year, which is 72.Nearby Wausau, Wis., spiked to 99 degrees, tying a monthly September record.
And on the East Coast, temperatures were higher than predicted, even in the face of already lofty forecasts. Dulles Airport, just west of the nation’s capital, hit 99, tying a monthly record. Baltimore got to 98, beating a calendar-day record of 97 set in 1898. And Washington’s Reagan National Airport made it to 97 degrees, falling just short of a record.Records continue to crumble
To the southwest in Virginia, Charlottesville could nick 100 degrees, surpassing the record of 94. Bookkeeping there dates back to 1893. In Raleigh, N.C., a record-tying high of 97 degrees is anticipated.Highs in Philadelphia are forecast to hit 96 on Tuesday, and New York City could break into the lower 90s. Both cities should be within a degree or so of records.
Philadelphia could lurch to 97. Similar readings are anticipate Thursday, when New York’s La Guardia Airport may climb to 91 degrees. That, too, would be a record.A sprawling ridge of high pressure colloquially dubbed a “heat dome” is responsible for the high temperatures. It brings hot, sinking air, and acts as a force field to shunt cloud cover and rainy weather systems to the north.
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