New York, NY – The second heat wave of 2011 will get cranking, with temperatures nearing 90 degrees and likely staying there for the rest of the week.
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It now looks like temperatures will be 90 degrees or better for the remaining four days this week, with heat index values over 100 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday. I’d expect record highs to be broken across the tri-state on both days.
As any public health expert can tell you, it’s not necessarily the high temperatures during a heat wave that are the most dangerous — it’s the abnormally elevated LOW temperatures. Without a chance to recover at night, there’s considerably more stress is placed on the body, potentially leading to heat stroke or death.
On Wednesday night, temperatures will bottom out at around 80 degrees in the city — marking the height of danger for this week’s heat wave. Thursday will be the hottest day of the year so far, with the mercury reaching 97 degrees.
It will be a hot and steamy tikun lel shavuos……hopefully, the air conditioning sytems and Con Ed will be zoche to keep us cool.
The Hot shechinah is coming down once again just like by mat an Torah! And ironically every shvuous time and time again the weather is really hot!
With all the ACs on full blast I wouldn’t be surprised if we get hit with a blackout this shvuos….
Best to move to Melbourne, where they’re expecting 6 deg on Shavuos night. You also get a full 11 hours of learning there.. It’s a long winter night.
Stay indoors and eat cheese cake
The Yidden didn’t complain when they were sitting at the base of Mount Sinai in the hot desert sun.
The warmest temperatures in NYC were in the Summer of 1966, when the mercury reached 106 degrees fahrenheit.