The June heat wave in the United States is a dangerous beginning of summer and is about to get hotter. American Weather

A rare June heat wave will bring a suffocating, dangerous start to much of the United States this week, with predicted temperatures getting hotter on Tuesday.

Monday, just the second day of summer, the National Weather Service has an effective extreme heat warning for Carolina to Maine, providing advice on any outdoor activities in conditions.

Very high humidity levels can also enhance heat waves and reduce the ability of temperatures to cool at night. NWS ranks four on it Four-layer thermal risk scale Consider the severity of warm temperatures in public health.

The mayors of Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New York and Boston have all declared emergency situations, providing free transportation to libraries and other cooling centers to reduce the occurrence of heat-related diseases and injuries.

By Monday afternoon, parts of northern Northern Virginia to northern New York had reached 100F (37C). The suffocating effect of the high humidity makes it feel like the 110F in Baltimore, the 109F in Philadelphia and the 108F in Swanton, Vermont, just a few miles south of the Canadian border.

Such temperatures are rarely any time of the year, let alone the first few days of summer. In New York City, at least for 30 years, there may be no such heat wave. Near Soho in Manhattan Unofficial weather station Monday afternoon at 3pm, the dew point temperature of 82F was 100F, making it feel like the climax of 126F.

Dew point is a measure of the total amount of water vapor in the atmosphere – a higher dew point temperature makes the air feel more humid. Since the National Weather Service does not retain hourly dew point readings, it is difficult to assess whether it is hotter than New York City in June.

The official temperature in Central Park on Monday is 96F Dating dates back to daily records in 1888. Monday morning was also the earliest date in New York City’s history, and the temperature failed to drop below 80F.

Tuesday’s forecast is that temperatures are still higher. The highest June 101F record in New York history was set in 1934 and 1966. The insulation of high humidity means that overnight temperatures may not be lower than 80F again, challenging the warmest June night in the history of the city’s 81F on June 26, 1952.

The east coast of the city is One of the fastest warming places in the United States In summer. According to the Climate Center, the warm climate makes New York City about twice as hot, low and low temperatures in current heat waves About four times.

The multi-day heat outbreak began last week in the Midwest, where some new and new low temperature records were set, including in cities such as Green Bay, Michigan, Wisconsin and Lansing. On weekends, it’s hotter in parts of western Kansas (107F) than in Death Valley. During the respective events, in the professional baseball game in Chicago and the professional baseball game in St. Louis. The player and the referee are sickmaking the dramatic scene highlight the weather dangers of even the athletes with high conditions.

The origin of Heatwave comes from high humidity pulled north from recorded warm water in the Gulf of Mexico, Record high pressure ridge. As the air warms, it can also hold more water vapor – which increases the intensity of rainfall pouring rain, but also increases the danger of heat waves. In the past 100 years of record, The average dew point temperature has been increasing throughout the United States and average temperature.

For the most vulnerable people on the east coast of the city, the combination of high humidity and such temperatures can be fatal.

Air conditioning access is far from universal to the Northeast, especially in historic states such as Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. In those areas of northern New England – which will reach multiple days of temperatures this week in the 90s – one in five families don’t have a way to cool their homes.

During the hottest year of the year, vulnerable families who do have air conditioners will have to face higher costs to operate them. In April, the Trump administration’s “government efficiency” (Doge) Establish batch layoffs In the Low Income Household Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), a relatively small government within the Department of Health and Human Services plans to allocate financial assistance to approximately 6 million households nationwide.