New York, Northeast Get Cool Relief After One More Day of Heat
- Temperatures will drop across central, eastern U.S. with rain
- Saturday’s heat set daily record at New York’s JFK Airport
People stand in the spray of water from a fire hydrant in the Bronx, New York.
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The U.S. East Coast will only have to wilt under the thumb of an oppressive heat wave for one more day before temperatures plummet and relief is heralded by heavy rain and thunderstorms.
Heat combined with high humidity created a potential deadly mix of oppressive conditions across the central and eastern U.S. for the past few days, canceling outdoor activities and sending energy use rocketing up. While all-time records didn’t fall, records for the date were set at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, where readings reached 99 degrees Fahrenheit, and in Manchester, New Hampshire.