Articles about “Heatwave”
12 NYC Heat Wave Dos And Don'ts
(Flickr User TheKateBlack) Summer is BACK today, and the season is welcoming us into its flabby arms with a long, sticky embrace, like the friendly lady in room 237. Temperatures today could break the previous record...
2012 Weather: We're All Sunglass-Sporting Frogs In A Slowly Boiling Pot
This is a climate change expert (kotomiti / Shutterstock) Unless you've been shivering under a pile of Wall Street Journals, you might have noticed that it's been insanely warm around here recently. According to the AP,...
Yes, Our Warm January Meant There Was A Crime Spike
Photograph of blooming cherry blossoms in Central Park this January by Carol Elk When temperatures rise, it seems like crime does too. And with January being unusually warm, there was a 5.7% jump in major city...
Video: How To Slip N' Slide On The Streets Of New York
New York native Emmanuel Abreu (aka DJBoy) filmed some locals in Washington Heights cooling down on July 22nd, when temperatures reached 104 degrees. Their method: taking running dives onto soaked trash bags on the street. Check...
Last Week's Heat Wave Also Claimed 10-Year-Old Girl's Life
Sizzling (mudpig's flickr). Yesterday the city acknowledged that last week's heat wave was to blame in the death of a 94-year-old Brooklyn woman and today the death toll rises. The City's Medical Examiner has now confirmed...
Last Week's Heat Wave Really Was Deadly
Union Square was empty on Friday as temperatures climbed to 103° (scoboco's flickr). Sadly the heat wave that finally left us last night took one New Yorker with it. Nationally the unrelenting heat that gave New...
As Temperatures Rise, So Does Crime At City's Public Pools
A police car in front of Lasker Pool in Harlem on Saturday evening, courtesy Geoffrey Croft / NYC Park Advocates Folks attempting to escape the record heat at one of the city's public pools on Friday...
Was Friday The Warmest Day Ever?
NYC Skyline by DOTCALM9 on Flickr We are waiting for official confirmation, but we believe Friday's average temperature of 94 degrees makes it the warmest day ever in Central Park. The high was 104 and the...
Grab A Sweater, It's 80 Degrees Outside
Via bytegirl24's Flickr If you walked outdoors this morning and didn't feel the immediate prickle of sweat form on the back of your neck, it may be because today's high is a frigid 80 degrees. The...
Hot Weather Photos: Release The Fire Hydrants!
Another day, another record-breaking temperature: after it hit 104 on Friday, there was yet another record-high temperature on Saturday when it hit 100 in Central Park around 2 p.m., breaking the old record of 99 set in...
Video: Ten Songs To Help You Cool Down During The Heatwave
It's so oppressive outside, we're trying to do whatever we can to take out minds off of the hot breath of mother nature—and anyway, we already covered some of our favorite summer songs previously. So instead,...
MTA Delays Feel Worse On Hottest Day Of The Year
Suffice to say, it is like standing behind an idling car's exhaust when you walk down the street during this heatwave. But while most New Yorkers seem to be taking the extremely uncomfortable temperatures in stride,...
Hot Hot Heat: Con Ed In Store For Another Broiling Day
enjoy patrick responsibly's flickr Another "excessive heat warning" is in effect for today from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with temperatures expected to pass 100 again following yesterday's record-breaking 104 degree misery. However, the sizzling spell...
Video: Young Lady Tries To Beat The Subway Heat...Pantsless
Look, we're all shvitzing right now, but it's still not socially acceptable to just take off all your clothes and rollick around the subway naked...although that's kind of what one young lady did last night. A...
It's 18 Degrees Cooler On The Subway Platform Than Outside
Photos by Eva Saviano/Gothamist Good News for your commute home. We went down to the York Street subway platform this afternoon with our trusty deer thermometer and discovered it's about 18 degrees cooler down there than...
It's The Hottest Day Of 2011: 103 Degrees At Central Park, Power Grid Strained
Sizzling (mudpig's flickr). Congratulations! With temperatures hitting 103 degrees in Central Park (106 in Newark) it is officially the hottest day of the year—and the hottest. July 22. Ever. And you know what that means? Those...
NY1 Reporter Tours Ice Factory For Journalism, Self-Preservation
Just stick your head in there for a minute (Flickr user jason.kuffer) Hey, has your face melted off yet? Oh, it has. Sorry, guess that came off as kind of glib. Well, look, there's a solution—just...
How To Beat The Heat On The Sweltering Subway Platform
Yesterday it was over 90 degrees on the subway platforms (and on some subway cars!), and now we're on the cusp of a 100-degree day. Since the MTA isn't going to help us keep cool, let's find...
Heat "Dome" To Blame For The Sweat Pouring Off Your Body
(Michelle RIck's flickr) The heat, as expected, keeps coming down on us. Today the National Weather Service says we've got excessive heat warnings, excessive heat watches, air quality alerts and a hazardous weather outlook! These days...
Where The F Is The A/C In The Subway System?!
Photo by Bethany O'Grady/Gothamist Sometimes heat waves don't quite deliver that overwhelming yearning to melt to your own death on their own, which is where the MTA steps in. Have you entered a non-air conditioned subway...
It's Another Scorching Day, So Cooling Centers Are Open
Photograph by charles le brigand on Flickr The heat wave is not letting up, and the city is opening the cooling centers. The Office of Emergency Management says, "Air-conditioned City cooling centers will be open Wednesday...
Bloomberg: It's Hot, But "So Far, Con Ed Has Not Screwed Up"
(Greenelent's Flickr) According to Crain's, Mayor Bloomberg was talking about this infernal heat earlier today, and he sees the scalding, steaming glass as half full. True, most New Yorkers who are not lizards will find the...
Hottest Week Of The Year?
Biking from Rockaway Beach by Bland718 on Flickr Well, our forecast for the weekend was a bit off. Instead of the upper 80s the mercury reached at least 90 degrees both days. Central Park is now...
Beat The Heat: Fire Hydrant Style
Flickr Idle Type It's still really freaking hot out there, you guys. So, let's learn how to beat the heat old-school style, by opening a fire hydrant, shall we? Yes! You can do that! Here's how:...
Five Special Frozen Treats To Make You Forget The Heat, Calories
With temperatures rising, relief can only be found in one form: dessert. But forget Mr. Softee and his chalky-tasting soft serve—New York has a veritable treasure trove of unusual icy treats, five of which we've done the...
Reminder: Soon We'll Be Complaining About The Heat
It's below freezing out, and the Snowtorious B.I.G. has already visited us twice, and our garbage has been piling up, and half-frozen dogs are being found on our bridges, and Christmas tree recycling has been canceled...
NYC's Third Heat-Related Death Reported
This July will likely be the hottest ever record by the city, with a series of stifling heat waves. Now it's reported that another person has died from the heat. According to the Wall Street Journal,...
Steamy Saturday Hit 97 Degrees, Tying Record
Photograph by bitchcakesny on Flickr Yesterday's sultry weather at least had this going for it: It was 97 degrees, tying the 1999 record for hottest July 24th ever. And with the humidity, it was more like...
What's New, It's Really Too Hot Again
So today's near record heat will feel like like something over 100 degrees, when you factor in the humidity. At least that's according to Accuweather, which says that with the expected high of 98 degrees, it'll...
Stay Tuned For Thunderstorms
Last night's storm damage (WABC 7) We know it's been hot these past nineteen days of July. And now, it's going to thunderstorm-y. The Post says, "Now we can expect at least a week's worth of...