The hottest weather of the summer, and possibly years, is poised to bake the Washington region Thursday through Saturday. Highs could near 100 degrees on all three of those days, and it will feel at least 5 degrees hotter factoring in humidity.
for the region on Thursday, when the heat index — or how hot it feels factoring in the humidity — could reach 105 degrees. On Friday, an excessive heat watch is in effect as the heat indexes could approach 110.
The heat could challenge several calendar day records for both afternoon highs and warm nighttime lows. And there’s a chance Washington could see the air temperature touch the century mark for the first time since Aug. 15, 2016.The high temperatures predicted in Washington originate from the same zone of high pressure or “heat dome” which has baked the southern United States in recent weeks. It’s now bulging to the northeast.
Not since candidate Donald Trump was running against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has the city touched the century mark. The triple digit afternoon reading on Aug. 15, 2016 was part of a three-day streak of 100 degrees or higher that began with 101 on the 13th. The heat wave helped that August finish as the second hottest on record in Washington.
While it hasn’t hit 100 in Washington during the current seven-year run, it has reached 100 more recently at other locations nearby. Dulles last reached 100 degrees on Aug. 12, 2021, while Baltimore accomplished the feat on July 20, 2020.Not long after the extreme heat from the southern and western U.S. arrives in Washington, it will be preparing to exit. By Sunday, temperatures closer to average for the time of year will return.
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