A view of Newark from Harrison (Wikicommons).

Poor Newark. As if the city didn't have enough problems to deal with, now the New York Times has to go and point out that while everyone in the region is suffering in this heat, Newark has it worse. By multiple degrees. As in yesterday when it was 97 degrees in Central Park? It was 102 degrees in Newark.

“It’s not your imagination; Newark is usually hotter,” WCBS meteorologist John Elliott says. “They get the worst of it.” And there isn't anything the city can do about it. The Jersey city has lots of things working against it including the fact that it is near sea level but not flush against any major bodies of water to bring in cool air.

When asked about the city's bum luck Mayor Cory Booker told the Times “Of all the things that Newark is undeservedly singled out for, this is not one that has risen to my attention." But he did acknowledge his city gets hot. Unfortunately for Booker, though, you can't shovel hot air. Actually! Now that we think of it? How great would it be if the Twitter-friendly mayor takes this heat wave as an excuse to go around town with a giant fan?