The most popular temperatures of the year so far will soon reach the eastern half of the United States when a brutal heat umbrella organization starts to build on weekends. Dangerous, record -breaking heat will influence millions next week.
A large part of the east will have a short interruption of the July-like heat that the region baked earlier this week, but thermometers will rise to even more extreme levels from Sunday.
According to the National Weather Service, tens of millions of people from the Midwest to the East Coast will be confronted with a level 4-of-4 extreme heat risk on Sunday to at least Thursday. Such long -term heat is rare, will probably provide little or no at night and will affect someone without effective cooling and/or adequate hydration, ”the desk warns.
High temperatures over the plains, midwest, central atlantic and northeast are expected to be at least 15 degrees above normal next week and the hottest temperatures of the year to date will rise to the present until the 90s. With humidity it could feel as hot as 110 degrees, especially in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
The heat will peak in the northeast and central atlantic early next week. Prediction highs are about 97 degrees in New York City from Sunday to Tuesday and can break daily files. In Washington, DC can reach 100 – matching or breaking records on both days. Boston is expected to be around 90 degrees on Monday and 94 on Tuesday, just shy for the daily records in the mid -90s.
More than 250 daily temperature records can be broken on Monday and Tuesday, including both record heights and record heat low points – a lot on sites with data that go back to the early 1900s.
Heat remains the deadliest form of extreme weather in the US, which contributes to more than 800 deaths per year since 1999, according to a 2023 study.
Days of intense heat stimulate disproportionately more serious consequences for public health, even in places that are used to the summer heat. Visits on first aid for heat -related diseases rise on “major” and “extreme” risk days, especially when high humidity and warm nights prevent the body from cooling, according to the National Weather Service.
Night temperatures are also warming up faster than highlights during the day due to climate change. This makes it more difficult for the body to cool and restore and increases the risk of heat -related disease and death.
This piece of heat builds up, just as the seasons officially change. The summer solstice was on Friday at 10:42 am et, the moment that the northern hemisphere is closest to the sun. The solstice brings the highest sungots and the longest days of the year, which means that more solar energy is available to feed extreme heat.
The solstice is the start of the astronomical summer, but meteorologists mark the beginning of the summer on 1 June, using calendar months to better match seasonal weather patterns.
The hottest weeks of the year are still paramount. For almost the entire country – outside parts of the desert Southwest in Arizona, New Mexico and West -Texas – the hottest days usually occur in July or August.
This event in the early season is probably just a preview of what's coming, although this piece is expected to alleviate by the end of next week.
CNN meteorologist Mary Gilbert contributed to this report.
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