SKIP TO CONTENT SKIP TO SITE INDEX SECTION NAVIGATION Search SUBSCRIBE FOR €0.50/WEEK LOG IN Extreme Heat U.S. Tracker Worldwide Tracker How Hot Has Your Town Been? Staying Safe Heat Exhaustion Symptoms ADVERTISEMENT SKIP ADVERTISEMENT A ‘Sultry’ Shift: Heat Creeps Into the Northeast Soupy, hot weather will settle into the Northeast on Thursday and Friday, bringing with it the threat of dangerous storms.

Listen · 4:15 min Share full article 23 A security guard in New York cooling down during a hot day last summer. This week will bring the year’s first widespread dose of summerlike heat and humidity to the city. Credit... Angelina Katsanis for The New York Times By Judson Jones Judson Jones is a meteorologist and reporter for The Times.

June 10, 2026 See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Times on Google The simmering summer heat that has baked the central United States for the last few days is shifting into the Northeast, threatening to transform a relatively comfortable week along the East Coast into something far more unpleasant. “I would say sweltering,” said Bryan Ramsey, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in New York, “but it’s not going to be the 100-degree heat I reserve for that word.” Still, Mr.

Ramsey — who earned his humidity credentials growing up in Houston before relocating to New York — noted that Thursday and Friday would be deeply uncomfortable, even “sultry.” The culprit is a thick air mass pushing behind a warm front, leaving people feeling sticky and damp and preventing the body from cooling naturally.

ADVERTISEMENT SKIP ADVERTISEMENT While this second week of June is prime time for the year’s first true warm spell, this setup mirrors an unseasonable stretch of 90-degree days that swept through the region in mid-April. This time, however, it arrives with a much heavier dose of tropical moisture, significantly intensifying how uncomfortable the temperature actually feels.

Heat index forecast for… F°C° 120° 100° 80° 60° 40° Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. DANGER EXTREME CAUTION CAUTION 89° 78° 78° 77° 89° 82° 82° 68° 62° 68° 69° 75° 71° See more detailed maps and charts › Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • Note: Forecast data is as of 8:20 a.m.

Eastern on June 14, 2026. The heat index is a measure of how hot it feels outside, taking into account humidity along with temperature. • By Lazaro Gamio and Bea Malsky Heat in the Northeast Thursday and Friday Brings the Threat of Dangerous Storms - The New York Times Storms could break up the heat.

High temperatures across much of the East Coast are expected to hover between 90 and 95 degrees. “Some of the temperatures are near record values,” said Bob Oravec, a senior forecaster at the federal Weather Prediction Center. “It’s not super hot, but it’s still hot, so people should be cautious.” Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like.

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