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Boston Breaks Nearly 40-Year Temperature Record
Another temperature record has fallen in Boston during a long stretch of heat.
BOSTON, MA — Boston has broken another high temperature record amid a long period of unpleasant heat in recent days.
The city hit 98 degrees on Monday afternoon, erasing a high temperature record for Aug. 8 set in 1983 at 96 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
The Boston area also set a temperature record on Aug. 4 when Logan Airport record 97 degrees, barely breaking the record for that day set in 1928 at 96 degrees.
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The heat will continue into Tuesday, but Boston may not break another record. The high temperature record for Aug. 9 was set in 1949 when the thermometer hit 99 degrees. Tuesday's heat index will get that high, but the actual temperature will like max out somewhere in the mid-90s.
Temperatures will drop into the mid 70s by Wednesday and stay in that range into the weekend, according to AccuWeather.
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