Heat wave forecast: Dangerous temps to continue into July 4 holiday

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

July 2, 2026, 9:38 AM


A dangerous heat wave is bringing prolonged extreme heat to more than two dozen states across the Midwest, the South and the East Coast. The heat wave began in the Midwest on Monday and has since spread east, where it's set to last into the Fourth of July weekend.

With holiday travel in full effect, Amtrak canceled over a dozen trains in the Northeast Thursday due to the heat.

On Thursday, the heat index -- what temperature it feels like with humidity -- is expected to hit a scorching 111 degrees in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., 106 in Boston, 102 in Chicago, 108 in Detroit, and 110 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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New York City's heat index is forecast to reach 110 degrees, which has only happened three times in the last 80 years.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/US/heat-wave-forecast-dangerous-temps-continue-july-4/story?id=134404736

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Just before noon, my temp here in Philly, hit 97F with an obscene dewpoint of 80F. I'm now at 98 with the same dewpoint.

There oughta be a law!

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I feel like Bake-O-Bits

[Coldwater]

2. Temperature locally here in Massachusetts

at 1:15 pm just hit 98 degrees with at least 3 hours of maximum heating to go

Should easily reach the century mark

[Raftergirl]

3. It's only 94 at my house, with a feels like of 105. I just went to get a manicure but my salon and the plaza

it’s in just lost power. So, I’ll have it done tomorrow. The rest of the town appears fine, as far as I could tell on my way home.

We have a whole house generator so i don’t worry about not having power anymore.

[JoseBalow]

4. Wow, that's some serious hot weather!

Good think climate change is a hoax, amirite?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Philly officially hit 100 at 1 pm EDT

May end up higher by the end of the day.

I hit 100 about 2:45 pm.

[emiami]

6. Danger

By the way personal generators can be deadly for power line workers