Hot To Go!

The heat is on The day prior started our hot stretch with most of towns hitting We started our heat wave tracker and as a reminder you need three consecutive days to be an official heat wave The day before today was just the beginning with even more heat set for the first half of the week We have an extreme heat warning in effect through Tuesday as the heat continues to build These get issued for a multitude of reasons extreme heat long duration heat and little relief overnight All will be true as we get hotter each day through Tuesday and while cooler it s still a hot day on Wednesday In contemporary times you ll truly find a bit of relief on the coastline It s still hot warm there but there is a decent difference between coastal locations and those off of the water by a sparse miles Beach plans are still great though with temperatures in the s The heat ramps up Tuesday with multiple towns seeing an actual air temperature reaching or more Please if you need to be outside take breaks find shade drink plenty of water And PLEASE if you head out to run errands leave the kids and the dog at home Boston will at a minimum set a daily record in the next 24 hours with the current record high of The hottest June temperature on record is set the greater part in the last few days in and the hottest temperature ever on record for Boston at set back in Beach conditions are great the next two days Rip current peril for both this day and the coming day is low water temperatures are generally in the mid s a bit cooler off of Cape Ann and we ll have fairly calm seas If you re out just remember sunscreen UV index the next three days is s and s meaning - minutes to sunburn Wednesday is still hot but a decent drop from Tuesday s highs The true heat relief will be here for the end of the week