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.
regional round up:
BOS at 91 (low of 78)
EWR is at 96 already lol (low of 82)
NYC at 94F (low of 82) - should be the first 100 there since the 2010s
LGA at 94F (low of 84) - the Queens/Brooklyn heat island is absolutely fierce.
PHL at 94F (low of 80)
This is a proper Acela corridor heat wave.
yep - gotta think in Celsius (bc of the backwards way they do the F -> C -> F conversion):
98.6 -> 37C
100.4 -> 38C
102.2 -> 39C
104 -> 40C
105.8 -> 41C
some years ago, during a very warm summer, JFK recorded a dewpoint of 84F with a wind right off the ocean (the ocean was super warm). If you're by the water, you can get there.