Northeast, New England gets much-needed relief from summer scorcher
Morning temperatures will be much cooler than they have been, with cities like Portland, Maine, waking up to temperatures in the mid- to upper 50s for the first few days of the workweek.
Northeast heat wave halted as cold front ushers in cooler temperatures this week
The Northeast and New England will hit the pause button on summer after extreme heat this week as a cold front slides through the region bringing in cooler temperatures behind it.
Portions of the Northeast and New England are getting a taste of fall after a cold front pushed through the area and ushered in some welcome relief from the scorching summer heat.
Millions of people woke up to much cooler temperatures on Sunday after widespread high temperatures in the 90s across the region over the past several days.
Those cool mornings will continue until at least the middle part of the week.
Severe thunderstorms hit Washington, D.C.
DC rocked by severe storms with hurricane-force winds
Winds gusting to at least 80 mph knocked over trees and caused problems across the nation's capital on Saturday.
The relief came after a cold front pushed through the area on Saturday, triggering numerous severe thunderstorms from the Northeast through the mid-Atlantic.
Damage was reported across the Washington D.C. area after storms packing wind gusts up to 80 mph barreled through.
Injuries were reported, and authorities in Virginia are investigating the death of a person in Prince William County after a tree fell onto his home. Local police said in a Facebook post that the death was "possibly related to storms."
In addition to damage, hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported. At the height of the severe weather, more than 250,000 outages were reported.
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Northeast feeling cooler
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Another cold front is expected to push into the Northeast and New England, which will keep temperatures below average for this time of year.
High temperatures will feel more typical of September in some areas of Upstate New York and New England.
Those forecast high temperatures will likely remain through at least Wednesday.
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High temperatures through midweek.
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Morning temperatures stay chilly in the Northeast
Morning temperatures will be much cooler than they have been, with cities like Portland, Maine, waking up to temperatures in the mid- to upper 50s for the first few days of the workweek.
Syracuse, New York, will wake up to temperatures around 60 degrees on Monday but will get colder as the week continues.
By Wednesday morning, Syracuse will see morning temperatures in the low 50s.
Morning low temperatures through Wednesday, August 2, 2023.
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