In a very perverse way, this is like the summer version of an I-95 snowstorm that hit everyone from us to New England - of course you can't really "enjoy" it because it feels like death outside, but everyone got to experience the extreme-ness.
yeah it definitely stays cooler than it used to - I'd imagine midtown is pushing 100F at the moment. Heat waves like this in NY are horrible - the subway stations easily get to like 120-130F.