New York, Florida temperatures touch 100 degrees as USA witnesses record-breaking summer heat
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New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit or 38 Celsius a little after noon, the first time since 2013. More than 150 million people woke up to heat warnings and forecasters at the National Weather Service expected dozens of places to tie or set new daily high temperature records on Tuesday.Asherman and Maue said on Tuesday is the peak of the high pressure system that sits on top of the Mid-Atlantic and keeps the heat and humidity turned up several notches.Tuesday's heat came on top of 39 new or tied heat records Monday. But just as dangerous as triple digit heat is the lack of cooling at night, driven by the humidity.'Every East Coast state today from Maine to Florida has a chance of 100 degree actual temperature,' said private meteorologist Ryan Maue, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist.The heat and humidity during the day was compounded by humid nights where the temperatures don't drop much and the human body and the electric bill don't get a break to recover from the worst of the day, said Bernadette Woods Placky, chief meteorologist at Climate Central.Amtrak reported delays on Tuesday due to speed restrictions caused by the heat on routes that went through Washington, Philadelphia and New York.And in New Hampshire, two 16-year-old hikers were rescued from a mountain in Jaffrey late Monday afternoon, overcome by the heat, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said. They were described as being in and out of consciousness and taken to a hospital.A1. Fahrenheit to Celsius formula is °C = (°F - 32) * 5/9. °C represents Celsius and °F stands for Fahrenheit.A2. New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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