After setting a record Sunday and aiming at another one Monday, Philadelphia’s longest heat wave of the season to date might execute a dramatic exit. The city's “heat health emergency” remains in effect Monday.
After setting a record Sunday and aiming at another one Monday, Philadelphia’s longest heat wave of the season to date might execute a a dramatic exit.
But readings Tuesday won’t get higher than the mid-80s, it appears that a prospective flash hot spell for late in the week is off the table, and high temperatures right on through the weekend might not stray very far from the seasonal normal, 88. They opted for shade and visited the inflatable mister the Phillies set up on a concourse near home plate. It wasn’t exactly a cold shower.
No heat-related deaths have been reported in Philadelphia, but at least two have occurred in the Northeast, and residents in much of the country were seeking relief from the heat during the weekend. This is the peak heat period in the North Temperate Zone, and the increasing global temperatures associated with climate change are likely giving the current widespread heating an uncomfortable assist.Certainly none around here.
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