North America has made incredible strides in cleaner air thanks to legislative action that some would trash today. The air quality in many other parts of the world is horrendous.
i think during one of the mega heat waves in the early 2010s, EWR was like a high of 108 and low of 86 or something - like come on. NYC was 104/84 that day, but still.
there is a lot of huffing and puffing about the location of official sites that I think is way overblown (like KNYC is in the middle of a park, yet people still complain it is not representative of NYC). However EWR is ridiculous.
DCA should hit 90 at noon or close to it. Prob looking at 95-97 today I would think unless we get clouds or a more dominant south wind. Although the Potomac is heating up - water temp in the Washington Channel (closest buoy to DCA) is 83F.
We need to invest in some more heat-resilient infra lol. WMATA has also slowed down trains above ground to a max of 35mph due to rail temps of more than 130F.
Not sure if anyone is traveling by train along the NE corridor, but train service is suspended between New Haven and Philly due to power outages around NYC (along the tracks).
as with the past few summers here - it's not the actual temps on a given day that are unusual, it's the persistence of the above-normal temps (particularly at night).