A Heat Wave Arrives Late to New York Making Temperatures Soar
The New York Times A three-day bout of extreme weather in the Northeast is sending temperatures 20 degrees higher than usual.
Typically, September in New York City starts to show hints of fall, with average temperatures in the 70s, as children return to school. But this week, the back-to-school season has felt more like a last gasp for summer, with a three-day heat wave sending temperatures 20 degrees higher than usual.
This does not feel like back-to-school weather, said Vanessa West, who had taken two of her children, Madison, 8, and Deon, 4, to a public pool in Harlem on the last day before public schools open on Thursday. Not at all.
She said she was concerned about regular access to air-conditioning at her daughters school, the lack of which could result in dehydration and heat exhaustion. I think this is global warming at its finest, Ms. West said, adding that she would be sending her daughter to school with a mini water cooler to keep at her desk.
Outside the pool, Bianca Cruz, 29, and her two sons, Jeysen Randolph, 11, and David Claros, 6, bought vanilla ice cream cones with rainbow sprinkles from an ice cream truck. Dressed in Crocs sandals, swim trunks and tank tops, the boys looked like poster children for July in New York. Its not usually this hot in September, Ms. Cruz said. But the weather is changing.
