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NYC's Simmering Temps Tie Record For Hottest May 2 Ever
The mercury hit 90 degrees in Central Park for the first time on May 2 since 2001.
NEW YORK, NY — Wednesday's simmering springtime heat tied a high-temperature record in New York City — a month to the day after a record-breaking snowfall. The mercury hit 90 degrees in Central Park on Wednesday afternoon for the first time since May 2, 2001, when the record was first set, according to the National Weather Service.
The unseasonable heat surpassed the high of 86 degrees that was expected as high pressure hovered around the area's southeast coast.
The temperature is scorching compared to a month ago, when Central Park was covered in five and a half inches of snow in the snowiest April 2 on record.
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2:50 PM Wed. Update: Central Park, NY and Newark, NJ have reached 90 degrees this afternoon. Central Park in fact tied the record for today's date (it last hit 90 on May 2nd in Central Park back in 2001).
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) May 2, 2018
(Lead image: A woman reads a book in Central Park in July 2011. Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)
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