Weather Check: “It’s About To Get Brutal”

The hottest temperatures of the Northern Hemisphere summer are approaching, set to scorch the central U.S. this week before spreading into the Northeast.

Heat Dome Impact Timeline: Who Gets Hit and When

• Central Plains: Heat sets in on Thursday
• Mid-Mississippi Valley: Scorcher begins Friday
• Upper Midwest & Northeast: Heat arrives over the weekend, peaking early next week

“The hottest weather of the season so far will build over the central United States later this week with widespread highs in the 90s and some 100-degree readings in store from the Rockies to the Mississippi Valley,” AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski wrote in an early week forecast.

The Capital Weather Gang, echoing meteorologist Ben Noll’s warning on X, put it bluntly: “It’s about to get brutal.”

Here’s the breakdown (via Weather Channel):

• In general, we’re forecasting highs in the 90s to spread over much of the country east of the Rockies, except for the far northern tier.
• Parts of the Great Lakes and interior Northeast have yet to reach 90 so far this year, according to the Southeast Regional Climate Center.
• A few locations could approach or top 100 degrees during the heat wave, including Denver, which only happens twice a year on average. New York City and Philadelphia could also flirt with the century mark during the peak of the heat wave next week.
• New York’s Central Park hasn’t reached 100 degrees since July 18, 2012, according to the National Weather Service.

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