
Summer 2024 is shaping up to be scorching, with Thursday’s seasonal solstice falling in the middle of a heatwave that is predicted to last a week along the East Coast and Midwest.
Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Boston, New York City, and Albany, New York were all expected to experience extremely high temperatures.
According to models, the heat may persist until Friday or beyond.
According to the government Weather Prediction Center, “This heat wave has lasted a remarkable amount of time—possibly the longest in decades for some places.”
Forecasters warn that an upper-level ridge, a system of high pressure that is currently above the Ohio Valley, is moving over the Midwest and East Coast, bringing with it bright sky, warm, stable air, and temperatures that will break records far into the 90s.
The weather service predicts that temperatures could reach as high as 105 in certain places. According to forecasters, many places may see temperatures up to 25 degrees above average over the summer season.
According to the weather service, new temperature records might be established from the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes into the northern Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
According to the Pittsburgh office of the National Weather Service, this heat wave “may be the most impactful of the 21st century.”
In a statement, Buffalo Public Schools announced that it would be instituting partial days on four of the five days of the week. By the end of the lunch hour, the schedule will allow children in pre-K through eighth grade to go home.
According to them, nights will likely bring some slight respite, with lows in the upper 60s and 70s expected throughout that region of the country.
A heat advisory or extreme heat watch was in effect for 71 million Americans early on Monday, with further regions of the country predicted to experience perspiration.
Forecasters warned that flash flooding might occur in the Dakotas and Minnesota on Monday because to the heat’s northwest side. On the southwest side, they stated that rain was predicted to move in from the Gulf of Mexico and likely continue through Wednesday in certain areas of Texas and Louisiana.
According to the weather agency, it is also keeping an eye out for any potential tropical storms that may be forming in the Gulf.