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Scorching NYC Temperatures Set New Heat Record
Central Park simmered in 91-degree heat, the hottest temperature recorded on this date since 2001.
NEW YORK, NY — The hot weather blasting New York City broke an all-time temperature record Thursday a day after tying a high mark. Central Park simmered in 91-degree heat Thursday afternoon, breaking the record for the hottest May 3 ever, the National Weather Service said.
The previous record of 90 degrees was set in 2001. The thermometer at LaGuardia Airport also hit 90 on Thursday, tying the record for that location set in the same year.
The mercury also hit 90 in Central Park on Wednesday for the first time in 17 years, but it didn't get quite hot enough to beat the record.
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The unseasonable warmth will continue on Friday with a high near 85 degrees, the National Weather service says. The temperature would have to get more than seven degrees warmer to break the record high for May 4 of 92 degrees, also set in 2001.
Central Park hit 91° breaking the record!
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) May 3, 2018
(Lead image: Children play in a fountain in Battery Park in July 2017. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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