When is the heatwave in the eastern US going to end?
Posted by fasdal@reddit | AskAnAmerican | View on Reddit | 296 comments
Hello, non-American here. I heard the east was having a brutal heatwave for the past few weeks and I'm wondering if there's any indication when it will end?
I checked one of the cities affected (Washington DC) and going forwards for the rest of July and most of August the temperature never goes below 90F/32C. Is this normal for summer or is this lack of dipping temperatures due to the heatwave?
permalink_child@reddit
September 30th.
Professional-Pungo@reddit
90 degrees in summer? yea pretty normal
Kellaniax@reddit
It went up to 100 in New York last week.
One-Possible1906@reddit
That’s not all that abnormal. It only hit 100F briefly in NYC. The rest of the state had seasonable temperatures in the 90s. There is a lot more news coverage of higher temperatures because the way they’re reported through the weather service changed. We have a heat advisory now. It’s 88F. 80s and 90s are normal for a NY summer, we’ll have a week of 60s and 70s sometime in September or October and then it’ll drop down to 30 and stay there until May like it does every year.
shelwood46@reddit
It cracks me up when people give you the fake "feels like" temperature as though it's real (Canadians love doing this). If it's hot and humid, stay in AC.
christine-bitg@reddit
The heat index is a real measurement, and I'm glad we do it here in Texas.
One-Possible1906@reddit
It’s not a useful measurement when people compare the heat index this year to the actual temperature in years past like they’re doing here
christine-bitg@reddit
I've never heard it being used that way. If they're doing that here, they're just trying to make things sound worse than they actually are.
Complain about the real problem then.
Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit
Seriously. 95 with dry air is tolerable. 95 with high humidity is more like 110 heat index. Living in Florida for 20 years we almost always had extreme humidity like 90% of the year. Now I live in Missouri and I was surprised it gets just as bad up here, it just doesn't stay that way as much.
One-Possible1906@reddit
Exactly. NY has been 80+ “feels like” 90+ most of the summer for the 40 years I’ve been alive and lived here. I’m not denying climate change but the change in the way we report heat advisories just isn’t it. I love NY but wow do we have a crappy climate. Over a 100F difference between our annual low and our annual high and dry days that land in the middle of that are pretty rare.
AntJo4@reddit
That’s cute. Try -48 Celsius to + 42 Celsius here in central Canada where I live. That’s -54 to 107 Fahrenheit and was last years high and low real temperatures (not factoring wind chill and humidity). We could see a 100 degree Fahrenheit swing in the same month here. In fact had a 90 degree swing in a three day period this May.
Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit
You're clearly lacking in knowledge of what a heat index is and how it works.
AntJo4@reddit
Canadians do it because a hot humid 26 in Toronto feels a heck of a lot worse than a dry baking 38 in Manitoba. Same goes for cold, -10 in Vancouver will have you thinking hell froze over and - 10 in Regina is a balmy spring day.
MysticMarbles@reddit
I have to be honest with you, I hardly even know which wrather app to check for a real temp these days.
Yeah, I'll take 45 and dry before I take 28 and wet any day but let me know what fucking temperature you are giving me. I swear my phone loads up a different source every time and I'm forever clueless.
kinghawkeye8238@reddit
To be fair, 90 with high humidity and a feels like temp of 104 is way worse than dry 100-degree heat. The humidity sucks.
Ebice42@reddit
I'm in western NY, and I considered 90+ hot. But expected a few times every summer. We're at 91, feels like 95.
I'd call this our 2nd wave of heat. It has been cooled down for a week or two since the last one. The last one the low, just before sunrise, was only 85. This round were getting down to 75, so the house cools off at night.
Dru65535@reddit
Except 90 degree days used to be relatively rare in Western NY, maybe only a couple of days every summer. I'm guessing there have been at least ten so far this summer. I think the heat index in Binghamton got to about 110 a couple weeks ago.
One-Possible1906@reddit
Heat index is not the same as temperature. NY hasn’t had that many 90+ degree days this year though the heat wave was a couple weeks early, mostly days that “feels like” 90+. We have always had those, we just didn’t used to get advisories for them. Weather system changed how they do advisories so we get more. Just like how we get a weather advisory for 2” of snow and y’all know life doesn’t slow down for 2” of snow
ExplanationNo8603@reddit
Oh noooo
KathyA11@reddit
I sat in the upper deck in the old Yankee Stadium when it was over 100 and watched the entire game. They had hydration stations throughout the Stadium when they gave out free water bottles so people didn't dehydrate.
GreasedUPDoggo@reddit
So fairly normal
reichrunner@reddit
Not in New York in June.
forceghost187@reddit
Yes it is man
One-Possible1906@reddit
Not that abnormal for NY, even up here in North Country. The 3 day heat wave was a couple weeks early but since then it’s been more or less a regular NY summer. Always feels hotter than it really is because the east coast is oppressively humid. Last year I was camping on the solstice in the backcountry and it was in the upper 90s, almost exactly the same time as the last heat wave. It didn’t even hit 90 when I was in the Finger Lakes earlier today though it certainly felt like it did.
shelwood46@reddit
Yeah, I am due west of NYC. We do consider 100 a heat wave up here, and usually only get a couple of those a summer, just like we only get a couple stretches where it goes subzero in the winter.
I_Want_A_Ribeye@reddit
Wake me up when September ends
thisisntmyotherone@reddit
No thank you. I’m so fucking tired of being cold! With all of the rain that’s happened in the six months, which is decidedly abnormal, albeit very much needed for much of the MidAtlantic, I’ve been freezing my ass off. Even up until the end of May things were cold, then we got slammed with 108° heat index. I wasn’t about to complain, but we usually have some time to acclimate ourselves to that kind of heat so we don’t, you know, keel over.
lionhearted318@reddit
Consistent 90F+ is not normal in the Northeast
Adorable-Growth-6551@reddit
Consistent meaning it doesnt cool down at night? Or that every day it gets up to 90?
I am not from the Northeast so honestly do not know what is normal, here we are happy if it still cools to 70s, but sometimes it stays in the 80s even in the middle of the night, that is a bit brutal.
lionhearted318@reddit
I mean… both would be abnormal, but I meant the latter. It is not normal to have 90F+ days everyday here in New York.
One-Possible1906@reddit
lol no and it hasn’t been consistently over 90, even in the city. It’s not even 90 anywhere in NY right now. It’s been in the 70s and 80s with one three day heat wave with a heat index in the 90s or higher some days because of the humidity. This is pretty normal for NY, albeit a couple weeks early for that heat wave.
MysticMarbles@reddit
Meanwhile the Canadians above NY have been seeing 90 daily (ignoring a few one off days, we only hit 86 today ahead of 2 colder and WET AS FUCK forecasted days)
This summer has been damned hot, and so much worse than the usual-humid. Stiiiiiiiicky
One-Possible1906@reddit
Canada north of Lake Ontario tends to be a bit warmer than most of NY. I feel a bit of irrational anger when I see your temps in the winter lol
And yeah, 86F today here with rain forecasted the rest of the week too
revengeappendage@reddit
It does cool down at night temperature wise, but the problem is that it’s 80 with 10393747% humidity, so it also kind of doesn’t.
Speaking from the mid-Atlantic.
MaggieMae68@reddit
Cooling down is relative.
If it's 90 during the day and the ambient temp drops to 75 at night, it's still miserably hot for sleeping, especially in cities where concrete and asphalt retain heat and radiate it. And even worse when the humidity is high becuase your clothes and sheets stick to you and there's no way to feel any air circulation.
JustAnotherDay1977@reddit
OP specifically asked about Washington DC…where prolonged 90+ is very normal this time of year.
lionhearted318@reddit
OP specifically asked about the “eastern US” and mentioned they checked one affected city
JustAnotherDay1977@reddit
“I checked one of the cities affected (Washington DC) and going forwards for the rest of July and most of August the temperature never goes below 90F/32C. Is this [“this” is referring back to prolonged 90s in Washington DC] normal for summer or is this lack of dipping temperatures due to the heatwave?” 🤷♂️
lionhearted318@reddit
I made that comment because I was replying to someone with a Texas flair saying that 90s are normal when they are in fact not normal where I am, I don’t really think we need a whole think piece on this ‾_(ツ)_/‾
darwinsidiotcousin@reddit
The comment you made was in response to a person with Minnesota Flair and its the same person you replied to for this comment.
Sounds like you're trying to argue with too many people without actually looking at anything anyone is saying and you're getting yourself lost.
lionhearted318@reddit
I’m talking about my original comment
darwinsidiotcousin@reddit
You're making this comment assuming everyone is interested enough to search for what your "original comment" was instead of what your original comment was in the thread, which is the logical thing to do.
Maybe communicate more clearly and get over yourself.
Traditional-Job-411@reddit
I’m eastern US down south and we’ve been pretty mild this summer. Low 90s only starting half way through June.
msabeln@reddit
“But it’s a wet heat.”
One-Possible1906@reddit
It’s always a wet heat on the east coast
ContributionLatter32@reddit
Summer is hot. Thats all I care about lmao. 90 or 100 doesn't matter, hot is fucking hot.
ND7020@reddit
First off my dude, you live in Washington; count your blessings that those temperatures are still rare for you.
Second, 90 to 100 is a HUGE difference, as is 80 to 90.
Judgy-Introvert@reddit
Live in WA State. We hit triple digits in the summer. Not rare at all here. lol
pepperpiehoarder@reddit
Bro half of Washington is dry with parts being deserts
It does get hot
Judgy-Introvert@reddit
I live in the dry part. Can confirm. We get pretty hot in the summer.
Judgy-Introvert@reddit
Live in WA State. Not rare at all here. lol
timute@reddit
For over half of WA state 90-100 is pretty normal in summer. For the coastal part 80-90 is more normal for the "hot" phases. We have 2 climates in this state.
Matrimcauthon7833@reddit
Maybe in the west side its rare, east side we get 115-120 pretty regularly. That being said your point about the difference from 80 -> 90, 90->100 is pretty spot on.
One-Possible1906@reddit
It’s been very normal for July here in NY. We haven’t been consistently in the 90s. Heat index is in the 90s, not the actual temperature. This is normal too because our summers are very humid. It’s not even 90 today and still hot as balls. That’s how it always is in NY, it’s sub freezing and icy or 80+ and humid and not much in between.
BurritoDespot@reddit
Yeah, and that’s why the Northeast is not consistent 90+. Look at the forecast.
courtd93@reddit
It is for Philly so it depends
lionhearted318@reddit
It feels like all of NYC goes into panic mode whenever it gets that hot. 80s is our summer norm
MmmIceCreamSoBAD@reddit
Temperatures are normal. The heat, at least in the Midwest and east coast, started a lot earlier than normal though.
FMLwtfDoID@reddit
“.. started a lot earlier than normal though”
Which would make it, not normal.
MmmIceCreamSoBAD@reddit
Which was my point lol
FMLwtfDoID@reddit
Doesn’t sound like it based on your first sentence.
blondechick80@reddit
Even in regions more north 90 degrees is quite normal.
rharper38@reddit
It will end when it snows in DC. It was hot last Halloween (grew up needing to wear a coat over my Halloween costume most years, 2 years ago we had a tornado watch that night) and it was 90 in October 2021 at the beach. In 2022, it was warm enough in November for me to wade off the Maryland coast.
But if you dress appropriately and stay hydrated, DC is OK. Most places are air-conditioned
PPKA2757@reddit
More like spring or fall for us desert rats.
SaoirseMayes@reddit
We have a heatwave? I thought this weather has been pretty normal for the summer.
GreasedUPDoggo@reddit
THIS! Like, why are folks talking about it being a heatwave when temperatures aren't significantly above our normal temps?
fannytraggot@reddit
Well the person who asked the question is a non-American who seemingly hasn’t spent a Summer here.
PeachyFairyDragon@reddit
I'm trying to guess where the OP is from. Other than a Siberian gulag, where does it not get 95-100 in the summer?
BowtiedGypsy@reddit
In Italy or Spain over 90 for a week is considered a heatwave. Most people in Europe do not have ACs.
Source: Everyone I work with is in Paris, Amsterdam, Belgium, Spain, England and Poland and I get to watch them very seriously debate every summer whether it’s worth getting an AC or not.
jfchops3@reddit
Europe is quite a bit further north than the US
wbruce098@reddit
Seattle/PNW. Canada. In fact, most of Europe have summer temps lower than much of America.
doodynutz@reddit
Iceland, Greenland, and I presume the Scandinavian countries, possibly even the UK?
jUsT-As-G0oD@reddit
Most of Europe other than the Mediterranean countries probably RARELY hit 90
Pinkfish_411@reddit
95-100 is absolutely heatwave level temperatures in a good chunk of Europe. The typical high temperature in the heart of summer in London is only 75 degrees.
butt_honcho@reddit
I visited London during a heat wave in July 2000, with the temperature "going up to 29 and even touching 30." That's not exactly cool where I live, but it's also completely unremarkable for that time of year.
snappa870@reddit
Coastal California
darth_musturd@reddit
Even Siberian gulags got to be pretty hot and humid.
Appropriate_Cat9760@reddit
Most of the UK and Ireland.
BowtiedGypsy@reddit
It’s because in Europe if they hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit for more than a day it’s considered a heat wave, and nobody over there has ACs because that typically only happens once a year for about a week in July.
They don’t understand 90 is the norm the entire summer for almost the entire US, and that every house has AC to deal with it.
I work with mostly European people. Every year for about 2-3 days they all debate going out to get ACs. One or two fold and buy them. Most just wait it out, not wanting to spend hundreds of dollars on something they’ll only use for a week a year.
wbruce098@reddit
Funny. A window unit is like $150 (I mean, before inflation/tariffs, so last year) and will cool a medium sized room with a fan on.
But if it mostly doesn’t get hot? Idk. I think we are more used to AC here, where it’s hot af outside and the US South was depopulated for most of our history until we got AC.
WJLIII3@reddit
These temps weren't normal when I was growing up, 30 years ago. That's probably why people are talking about it- lots of people are over 30. In the 90s(decade) a temperature in the 90s(fahrenheit) was a thing, here in New England. We'd have maybe two heat waves a year, defined as three or more days of 90+ temps. Now it's up to ten or twelve.
BoltActionRifleman@reddit
The more prevalent AC becomes, the more a heatwave feels abnormal.
Responsible_Ad_7111@reddit
I think all of the rain directly into high heat and humidity threw a lot of people off.
Zaidswith@reddit
The heatwave was last week and not very noticeable in some parts. This is just summer weather.
Rrrrandle@reddit
It's been varied quite a bit by region. The Great Lakes/Upper Midwest area was mild up until June, and since then we've had a few heat waves. Southeast Michigan average highs this time of year are mid 80s and we've had a few stretches of multiple days in the 90s, even pushing high 90s. I believe Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the UP were even breaking record highs a couple weeks ago.
Odd-Help-4293@reddit
There were a couple weeks in June that were unusually hot. But yeah, I'd say the heatwave is over and this is just normal summer.
cassinglemalt@reddit
This weekend was gorgeous where I am northeast of Baltimore.. Under 90 and medium humidity.
RedditSkippy@reddit
I’m on the East Coast. We’ve had a few hot days, but this is just normal summer weather.
Mayor__Defacto@reddit
The heat wave was done a week ago. We’re at normal temperatures at this point.
Juglone1@reddit
It ended like a week ago? In my area it was hot, but honestly it wasn't too bad. I never had to turn my AC on. Lots of fans and windows for crossbreeze.
flomesch@reddit
Everyone else must be a pussy because this traitor didn't need his AC? Get bent
capsrock02@reddit
It did?
Professional-Humor-8@reddit
DC best months are Late Sept-Mid November
lyricoloratura@reddit
This hot weather is very normal on the east coast. But something to keep in mind is that most of us in the US live in areas that would be miserable without climate control — many of which are prohibitively cold in winter and then unremittingly hot all summer. So unlike many places in Europe, almost all American buildings have air conditioning. And we are very spoiled by that!
Colt1911-45@reddit
100 miles south of DC in Richmond, Virginia and in Virginia Beach we had a beautiful 4th of July weekend with low humidity in the 80s. Was a nice relief from last week's brutal temps and humidity.
Odd_Awareness1444@reddit
90's to 100F are normal for DC in July and August. It's the oppressive humidity that is the worst part of it.
caserock@reddit
90 is normal for DC in the summer. The heat wave was more like 100+
trekqueen@reddit
Yea this is my 10th summer in the dc region, the 90s are common for summer but a very different 90 than the SoCal heat I was once used to lol.
The 100s were pretty painful, definitely worse with the humidity.
User1-1A@reddit
It's pretty humid over there in DC, yeah? I'll keep the temperate LA weather. I don't think it went over 70 today by the beach.
trekqueen@reddit
Yup, I grew up in a SoCal beach town and when I end up back there I’m always like “we get this kind of weather in Virginia maybe for a couple months out of the whole year”
User1-1A@reddit
I grew up out here too and definitely feel spoiled when I travel.
Rrrrandle@reddit
DC average high for July, it's hottest month is 88, so a long stretch of highs at 90+ would be above normal.
AlyssaJMcCarthy@reddit
I would bet the average high over the past 10 years is far higher, rather than the average from the last 100 years.
forceghost187@reddit
But within normal variance
Comfortable-Owl-5929@reddit
This is normal wx for this time of the year in the US east coast (mostly the southern east coast) it is after all summer.
Steamsagoodham@reddit
The east Coast had a heat wave last week where temperatures got up to the high 90s in DC. Temperatures around 90 are normal for DC in the summer.
sics2014@reddit
Pretty comfortable here in Mass. Just checked the forecast and it'll be in the 80s all next week, except one day it'll be 74. It is July after all.
SamRaB@reddit
Also in Mass. It's 95 tomorrow, 92 Tuesday, then 89/90 the rest of the week in my region. Wanna swap?
Fishreef@reddit
Not particularly hit. We had worse ones back in the 70s.
t00zday@reddit
September
tx2316@reddit
There is even a meme, deadly heat wave headed for Texas. The response, you mean summer?
Our summer temperatures are extreme by European standards.
It’s just summer, really. If the news doesn’t have something to complain about, then they don’t have any reason to broadcast, and on a 24 hour news cycle that’s not an acceptable thing.
wbruce098@reddit
So, there’s 2 possibilities here. 1: temps around 90 aren’t uncommon in DC in summer. My app says mid-upper 80’s most of the next 10 days but being off by a few degrees is normal.
The other is more heinous. Trump/doge has also been fucking with the National Weather Service (as well as the rest of government), and laid a lot of people off who are actually critical to reacting and responding to weather events. So we have weird temp mismatches, and a bunch of kids just died in a Texas flash flood because no one is sending out alerts for this sort of thing. Trump/doge are morons and have no clue how government works. (What they’re doing is also technically illegal but you and I can’t stop them and the right wing extremist Congress doesn’t care)
Victor_Stein@reddit
This is normal summer. If we aren’t hitting hundred it’s not out of the ordinary.
Early_Clerk7900@reddit
Washington DC is always miserable in the summer. Yes it’s normal there. Humid and hot. The Gulf of Mexico affects the weather in North American from just west of the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean and north into Canada.
UltraShadowArbiter@reddit
There's a heatwave going on?
This is normal for this tie of year.
Zaidswith@reddit
No, there was a heatwave a couple weeks ago. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heat-wave-forecast-us-maps-this-week/
cdb03b@reddit
That is normal summer, not a heatwave.
Mental_Internal539@reddit
It's normal for it to be the 90s here, the heatwave was a week ago when we broke 100 degrees for a few days. These temps are normal and we live with it, the humidity is what gets me.
tarheel_204@reddit
Where I live in NC, we usually average in the high 80s-90s this time of year and it gets up to 100+ every now and then. It’s normal for this time of year but the heat coupled with the extremely high humidity sucks. It gradually cools off in September and really doesn’t get “cool” here until late October/early November.
Zaidswith@reddit
The heatwave ended last week. That was noticeable more in the northern states. This is just normal summer weather now.
It gets hot here.
Party_Caregiver9405@reddit
Autumn.
YogaBeth@reddit
It just feels like normal summer in Florida.
Fool_In_Flow@reddit
Not for many months. It’ll be hot until October.
ThrowawayMod1989@reddit
Next ice age or so.
PeorgieT75@reddit
October
Ok-Walk-8040@reddit
Heatwave? This is just summer
ExtinctFauna@reddit
Usually by October.
Charlesinrichmond@reddit
90° in DC in the summer is perfectly normal. Unlike most of the world the US is very air conditioned though most women require a sweater in doors I kid you not
Prestigious_Ant_703@reddit
November
MyFace_UrAss_LetsGo@reddit
Not for a while. It hasn't even reached the hottest month yet.
Secret_Agent_Blues@reddit
October. Welcome to summer. This is why a lot of you end up in California 🤷♀️😂😂😂
Zhuul@reddit
It was 87F with low humidity and a light breeze in Jersey today, heatwave's pretty much donezo and has been for a bit.
gonzagylot00@reddit
September.
Raleigh person here.
manfrombelmonty@reddit
What heat wave?
Was 85 and no humidity yesterday. Lovely weather
10tonheadofwetsand@reddit
Uhh, where did you get a forecast for “the rest of July and most of August”?
Anyhow, there was a serious heatwave about 7-10 days ago. Now we’re just at regular summer heat.
fanservice999@reddit
The summer season is just starting in the US. Depending on where in the US you are. Temperatures won’t start dipping until September.
jUsT-As-G0oD@reddit
I’m near Baltimore and we had like a week where temps were pretty high but that’s normal for the summer. Today was actually quite nice at 90 degrees and low humidity
roma258@reddit
Philly resident here, it's actually been a pretty moderate summer with the exception of the one week in June where it was over 100 for 3 days straight. Otherwise it's been under 90 most days, which is all you can ask for.
Degenerecy@reddit
As someone on the West Coast, in a desert, heat waves can last a week or two. Generally the temp is around 80-90 but the heat waves get to high 90s to 100s. It will drop to below 80 around late September. It seems fairly consistent, I don't know of any heatwave lasting longer than 2 weeks in my area.
BidRevolutionary945@reddit
October. I'm not being flippant.....it stays very hot on the east coast, esp the mid Atlantic....well into fall.
sealjosh@reddit
Sometime in October
vash507@reddit
This is normal weather
lpbdc@reddit
The heatwave has passed, During the heat wave temps were in the 105-110F (40-43c) range. 90f (32C)is seasonable if a little hot for DC this time of year, as told by local weather report June 21.
tnred19@reddit
This is just the weather.
sadwhore25@reddit
October😢 idk that’s how long it stays hot every year in my state. Wishing you better weather.
Outfield14@reddit
Fall
InevitableCup5909@reddit
This is normal for us here in Ohio.
snmnky9490@reddit
There was a heat wave for like 3 or 4 days before. It's just normal summer now
MyNameIsMinhoo@reddit
It’s in the 90s here in Chicago and this is normal and a cool summer! A heatwave is when it gets into the 110s or 120s!
doinmabest1@reddit
I e lived in the DC area for 20 years. This was NOT common until the last few years. Climate change is real.
Wahoo017@reddit
A good way to tell if there's a heatwave is to see if there is a heat warning for wherever you're checking. These sorts of warnings are listed on all our weather websites, I assume they'd list them for you even in other countries.
In a place like DC, humidity plays a big part, so you really are looking at the "feels like" temperature. If the air temp is above 95F/35C and it is very humid, it will often "feel like" 105+, that's roughly the cutoff for a place like D.C. to get a heat warning. The heat wave the other week had feels like temps of more like 110.
Available_Hippo300@reddit
It’s definitely warm, being in the low 90’s, but I wouldn’t call it a heat wave. Heat waves are 100+.
livelongprospurr@reddit
I remember hearing that the Brits give their foreign service employees hardship pay for living in Washington, DC, on account of the climate. I lived in Richmond, VA, which is even further south and on the James River and more miserable in summer.
Specific_Albatross61@reddit
We are about to get a week of low 80’s here in Seattle so it’s our turn. Gonna be 68 Wednesday so we get a one day break at least
Foreign-Marzipan6216@reddit
This is normal.
TheMockingBrd@reddit
Probably about mid January
Designer-Travel4785@reddit
I'm not sure I'd call it a heat wave. Temps might be at the high end of the normal range, but not unusual. Triple digit temps are not unheard of this time of year. I do prefer the cooler temp myself. It's hard to get much done outside in this heat.
Pudenda726@reddit
The 90s is normal for summer here. The heat wave last week had temps +100° with heat indexes around 115°. That coupled with extremely high humidity is actually dangerous weather.
Zelda_Momma@reddit
Yes! Thank you! It's the heat index and humidity that cause the issues. For a lot of the US, 90°F is not unusual through the summer months. I'm in the Midwest and growing up my mom wouldn't even let me go swimming if it was 90° or below.
Pudenda726@reddit
Yeah 90° with low humidity & 90° with +90% humidity (as we often have during the summer) are completely different things
Disco_Inferno_NJ@reddit
About September 😅 Sometimes later.
Like a lot of people noted (I’m from northern NJ so a few hours north of DC), our summer temperatures are routinely in the upper eighties Fahrenheit (so low thirties C) in the mid-Atlantic and even up to New England. Yeah, even before global warming really started to hit. DC is…probably about 5 degrees F warmer than NYC if that. It is warmer than the historic average currently (it’s 89F/32C where I’m at, and the high was 91F/33C), but the average high temperature is still 82F (28C). It’s hot, but probably not quite a heat wave yet.
We did have a short heat wave a week and a half ago - that was temperatures in the upper 90s/low 100s F (so…body temperature, or mid-upper 30s C). I was an idiot and raced a 5K on the hottest day. It went as well as you’d expect.
Probably the big thing I’ve noticed is that summer seems to last longer - like, September, October, and even November (infamously in 2022 during the NYC Marathon) are seeing temperatures we’d normally expect only in summer.
So really long answer, but don’t worry until temperatures hit the mid 90’s at least.
Awkward_Swordfish597@reddit
This is normal, heatwave is over
_chappell@reddit
It’s so weird because it’s normally 100+ this time of year where I live (west coast). We haven’t had a single triple digit day. It’s going to be 79 tomorrow. Weather is so weird this year.
bmich88@reddit
Its going to be 93 Tuesday and literally every other day for the next 10 is in the 80s, most of them below the average high of 89. Wtf are you on about?
No_Towel_8109@reddit
It is not.
The climate is shifting. We've surpassed the point of no return on global warming, so we are all getting hotter. Some places will gain humidity, others will lose it. Nowhere will ever be the same again.
Buckle up buttercup.
Plant trees. Invest in insulation. Finish your basement/invest in building a below-ground storm shelter or extension to your home. Paint your roof white.
Do everything and anything you can to mitigate.
Viharabiliben@reddit
Get a god damn big ass air conditioner. It’s the ‘Mercian way!
SadLocal8314@reddit
Philadelphia checking in. It didn't get too hot in May-really till the end of June. It will be off and on (more on this last decade,) heatwave till maybe the middle of September.
Cardman71@reddit
It seems like there has been a trend over the past 10 years or so to over dramatize the weather forecasts in the U.S. to get clicks. Anytime it is slightly colder, warmer, rainier, windier, etc. they make it sound like the country is facing doomsday. Much of the U.S. is normally hot and humid during the summer. Yes it is true that some of the recent temps were higher than average, but they weren’t drastically higher than normal.
buried_lede@reddit
Yes, for DC, but come north to the seashore in New England. Ocean breezes are nice
Ohiostatehack@reddit
The heatwave was a couple weeks ago. We’re in normal summer temperatures now.
Dgp68824402@reddit
Like yesterday.
Lucky_Ad2801@reddit
Depending on where you are in terms of how far north or south, I would say it will probably end sometime between September and October.
TheMatrixRedPill@reddit
Texan here. We’re used to 110s. I’ll take 90 degree weather any day of the week over our sweltering heat.
CraftFamiliar5243@reddit
October?
mmbenney@reddit
I’m just south of DC and the temperature is 81 degrees and we just had a nice temp. I wouldn’t call this a heat wave. That was a couple weeks ago.
SlimK1111@reddit
Yes, it's brutal here in the summer but pretty much every building you go into will have air conditioning and many homes have central HVAC as well. If you go shopping, the stores and malls are air conditioned etc.
supermuncher60@reddit
July usually sucks.
In PA, it's normal to see 90+ at almost 100% humidity all month. It gets better by the start of september as most of August usally sucks as well.
Reasonable_Wasabi124@reddit
Right now in NYC it is 89. It is expected to cool down to the 70s overnight. This is not unusual for summer. As a matter of fact, July and August in the Northeast are generally pretty miserable with the high temps and high humidity.
LiqdPT@reddit
I'll go with Sept or Oct
shammy_dammy@reddit
90 is on the high edge of normal for DC at this time.
Lilly6916@reddit
Normal for Washington, but until fairly recently it was not so normal for the northeast. Heat advisory here ending tomorrow evening. The 2 past days I was able to leave the ac off and just run the ceiling fan, but I couldn’t stay out for long.
National_Work_7167@reddit
Western MA got to i believe 99 a few times. With humidity it feels way worse than it is. We've been back at normal summer temps, and getting rain as usual. It's much better than the drought we had a few years back.
starcityguy@reddit
90 is normal for the east coast in summer. Getting closer to a 100 would be more of a heat wave. And the humidity is what really kills.
Both_Wasabi_3606@reddit
It ended a week ago. Right now in Washington DC is just the normal heart and humidity.
Hour-Inspector-4136@reddit
It’s summer. It lasts until October.
Awkward-Motor3287@reddit
It ends when it ends. We can't predict future weather more than a week ahead, and even then weather prediction is not a very reliable science.
SelectionFar8145@reddit
I'm not expecting it to until maybe October, if it does what I think it will do, but it can always surprise me.
NikkiBlissXO@reddit
It’s July.
It’s going to be hot.
Wolf482@reddit
Its called summer. It will end roughly around September.
knaimoli619@reddit
The end of September.
Old-Worker-5811@reddit
It’s just a normal summer man
brian11e3@reddit
The Midwest is about to enter Corn Sweat season in a few weeks. It will be roughly 38°C, but the moisture in the air can make it feel upwards of 48°C. The air is so thick that it can make your lungs hurt.
windowschick@reddit
November. Maybe.
Sounds sarcastic, but for the past several summers, it gets hot in May after bitterly cold late winters. Spring is gone. It just gets hot and stays hot for months. Months longer than it did even 10 years ago.
As I've commented elsewhere: when I was a kid, Halloween costumes were planned around wearing winter coats and possibly snow boots. Now more frequently than not (we did have a freak blizzard a few years ago, then it went right back to being abnormally warm the next day. One hell of a storm front came through.), I'm still wearing lightweight items and sandals.
slasher016@reddit
Heat wave ended last week. Low 90s is fairly normal. Upper 90s is less common.
michiplace@reddit
Over or ending in most places. Here in metro Detroit, our typical temps this time of year are highs around 80F, overnight lows 55-60F. The past two weeks we've have 7 days of 90+ highs, and the overnight temps have stayed above 70 most nights.
Our upcoming forecast has the highs back down in the low 80s, but a lot of 65-70 nights still. For me, at least, it's those warm nights that are hardest. We can usually go a lot of the summer without a/c because the nights cool off, but have been running it daily these past few weeks.
PPKA2757@reddit
Go peep the highs and lows for Phoenix, it’s actually pretty nice out right now considering it’s early July.
A “Heat wave” for us is prolonged (10+ days in a row) with a high over 115F/47C
cyesk8er@reddit
October normally, September if lucky
Efficient_Advice_380@reddit
It just ended here in the Midwest
shelwood46@reddit
Fall, it will end in October or so. I'm in NE PA, which is cooler normally than DC since we are north and not in a swamp. Our highs this week are in the 80s, which is the end of the bad heatwave we had last week which was indeed well into the 90s, I think we topped out around 99F with a heat index much higher because, of course, it is also humid. This week it's fine, in the 80s, with some rain, though I'll still need the AC. Normal for summer. It's a bit warmer overall than when I first moved her 10 years ago, but 80s and humid in the summer is just normal.
Odd-Help-4293@reddit
Highs around 90F are normal temperatures here. It should end by September.
waltzthrees@reddit
That temp is very normal for DC. What’s abnormal is when it’s like 99 and up, especially for a stretch of days. A one-off extra hot day is normal, a heat wave is when it’s extra hot for like 3-5 days in a row.
Dramatic-Gas4723@reddit
Mid to late September, probably. ;)
Braith117@reddit
Can't say we have a heat wave down in GA. It's not projected to hit the mid 90's this coming week.
ApprehensivePie1195@reddit
North Carolina: This is a normal summer 90-110 degrees until August, usually. Plus, high humidity.
AdmiralKong@reddit
Here in Boston, the heat wave days are like 36°C+ and we've only had a few this year. Currently not in a heat wave thankfully.
We are having some hot days right now, about 32°C. That's normal enough, and will happen all through summer until September. But there will also be stretches of 24°C days. Its probably not going to be possible to plan the travel to avoid the hot days unless you wait until autumn.
Morgul_Mage@reddit
Come down to South Carolina. We are usually 95-105 F for July and August.
PainterEast3761@reddit
This isn’t a heatwave for us in the Midatlantic. It’s just slightly above average temperatures for the month. July is our hottest month.
That week in June was a heatwave. With high 90s Fahrenheit plus absolutely gross humidity and 110s “real feel” temperatures and overnight lows still in the high 70s or low 80s.
AdFinancial8924@reddit
This isn’t a heatwave. It’s just normal. A heatwave here would be over 105 which usually occurs at the end of July.
Local_Cantaloupe_378@reddit
I live in Cleveland Ohio.. The heat came and then it went away and now its back over the past few weeks. 95F Heat is very normal in July.. August is even hotter with temps in the 100F for a week maybe two.. Its been like this almost every summer since i was a kid in the 1980's... with only a few cool summers rarely going above 85F. Every time theirs a heat wave. The news media goes crazy about climate change and the end of civilization... In fact over the course of my lifetime the region i live in has had an increase in diversity of wildlife because factory jobs went to China and Industrial pollution went to china too. Nothing is struggling here environmentally. Just the economy kinda sucks. Also i go on my bike rides and hike in the heat. Once you adapt to it.. 90F feels comfortable. If you want to experience heat and soaking humidity go visit Florida, Georgia in August.. For the dry heat experience go visit Phoenix AZ and Canyon lands in Utah. Dry heat is awesome cause you don't really notice it. You get coated in salt cause your sweat evaporates very fast. You may get dehydrated too.. then suddenly after a few hours being out side your feeling normal then a headache starts and with in 20 min you go from normal to dry heaving cause you've overheated. That's why its best to go into air conditioning for a few hours to cool off and then go back outside for a while.. Give your body breaks from the heat help a lot. However sleeping in a cool bedroom at 73F recharges your body for the next day..
FloridianPhilosopher@reddit
Omg June and July are hot
This is like the first time ever
0le_Hickory@reddit
September I’d say
Jaymac720@reddit
Heat wave? This is summer
captainstormy@reddit
Highs in the 90s are pretty normal for the DC area in July and August. A tad higher than normal but just a few degrees.
DC's typical climate data looks like this: https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/washington-dc/climate
The heatwave we just had was a heatwave because we were getting temps of 90+ in June. My area even hit over 100 a few days.
My area (Columbus Ohio) had a hotter than average June but they are saying it's only our 8th hottest ever so we have had a worse for sure.
randomwords83@reddit
Yep, been in Columbus about 40 years and can remember a few lol
Pleasant_Studio9690@reddit
It’s not the heat of Washington,DC; it’s the humidity. Brutal.
Standard-Outcome9881@reddit
We had 3 or 4 days of 100+ in a row about a week ago. It’s up to 95 today in Pennsylvania.
PugDriver@reddit
Check out Las Vegas and Phoenix, you’ll change your definition of brutal.
MaggieMae68@reddit
Nah. I have family in Phoenix. It's just a different kind of brutal.
Dry and 117 in the shade is brutal in one way.
97F with 80% humidity is it's own kind of brutal.
PugDriver@reddit
Went to Vegas several years ago in late July. Best described as sticking your head in the oven. But enjoyed indoor activities.
Crayshack@reddit
Thanks to Global Warming, what used to be a "heat wave" is now just "summer."
DrMindbendersMonocle@reddit
That is normal. The US gets hot. Heatwave would mean its over 100F in that area
fbibmacklin@reddit
Yeah, we’ve been in low to mid 90s for weeks. Normal. Thank god for AC, though.
ZeldaHylia@reddit
It’s called summer. It ends in my part of Florida in late October if we’re lucky.
MountainTomato9292@reddit
Mid-90’s in the south, feels very typical for this time of year. It’ll last until Halloween 😭😭
damageddude@reddit
85-90 is seasonable in NJ, more or less. Not a heatwave.
ND7020@reddit
It was definitely not normal in early July, especially this consistently, in this area 10-20 years ago.
GreasedUPDoggo@reddit
Not a noticeable difference. And honestly, it's lovely outside
AdLiving1435@reddit
90's is a normal temperature for this time of year when we have a "heatwave" it's upper 90's and around 100. July and August on the east coast is always hot and humid.
RoosterzRevenge@reddit
It's called summer and it happens every year
Profleroy@reddit
It's 90+degrees normally this time of year. Heatwave is well over 100. Some places like the midwest and southwest get well over 100 for months. Eastern US, not so bad. It was 122 degrees on Highway 62 in southern California last fall when we were coming back from the Pebble Beach car show. You should be good to go.
wilhelm_owl@reddit
The heat wave past like two weeks ago.
pastrymom@reddit
It’ll cool off at the end of summer.
fbibmacklin@reddit
It’ll end sometime near fall, so September-ish, probably. I live in KY, though, so seasons are…optional.
El_mochilero@reddit
I hope you’re enjoying the coolest summer for the rest of your life.
slingshot91@reddit
It’s been hot and humid in Chicago but today the rains came and it cooled down a lot. I guess our heatwave is over for a bit.
oddball_ocelot@reddit
It should lift around the middle to end of September. This is summertime.
lexi2700@reddit
It ended a little over a week ago. It was only for a few days where we got like a heat warning. It was close to 100 those days. Now it’s back to high 80s/low 90s and that’s normal for summer.
LadyOfTheNutTree@reddit
Pretty normal. I’m in a slightly cooler spot than dc, but chances are the daytime temps will stay around 90 certainly into mid/late august possibly early sept. I find that august evenings start to cool off a little more
Original_Ant7013@reddit
Standard stuff here in Florida.
MaleficentCoconut594@reddit
That’s normal. Anything above 98-99 is considered a heatwave
Accomplished_Ad2599@reddit
Southeast has been cooler so far. Only topped 100 once so far. But summers here are pretty hot. Will cool off in Sept/Oct.
NBA-014@reddit
Very normal. Look at a map. Washington is about the same latitude as Lisbon, Portugal and Athens, Greece
600CreditScore@reddit
1st time seeing this sub..are most questions asked here this dumb?
Cocrawfo@reddit
september
KinsellaStella@reddit
September. Maybe.
No-Lunch4249@reddit
The heat wave is over in the DC area and we are now experiencing normal* summer temperatures.
Source: a lifetime of living here
Cliffinati@reddit
September this "heatwave" is something called summer
FortuneWhereThoutBe@reddit
If anything over 85 is too uncomfortable for you, then you'll have to wait until the fall season if you're planning a visit.
I lived in Maryland, Maine, Virginia, and New Jersey. 90s is normal for summer in all those states. It may just not last as long as further south along the coast.
WolverineHour1006@reddit
We’re not having a heatwave. We had a three day heatwave two weeks ago where it got above 100 one day, but it’s been fairly normal summer temperatures since then. Normal summer temperatures are in the 80s where I live. Occasionally getting to 90 is not a heatwave.
DC is always hotter than hell in the summer. 90s and humid is normal summer there.
MaggieMae68@reddit
Normal.
The heatwave is when it goes into the high 90s or when the heat index (combination of temp and humidity) raises the "feels like" temps over 100.
On_my_last_spoon@reddit
October
OkYam7163@reddit
This is normal and not that bad. Last year was worse when there was like 2 weeks straight of 100-110F weather with no relief and zero rain.
Now you know why US has AC built into their homes.
No-Conversation1940@reddit
Ended a little more than an hour ago here
Firecrackershrimp2@reddit
Um I'd kill for 90 degrees quit your bitching, next week it's going to be 115 all week and I'm in California
No_Practice_970@reddit
It's just summer ☀️ in the South. It's always hot as hell 🔥
Perfect-Resort2778@reddit
For as long as I've been alive there have been heatwaves from July to August. Sometimes they come early in late June sometimes they come late and it's hot in September. It also drifts across the country, sometimes the Northeastern parts get hit hard, while other times it is the Southwest or the Midwest planes. Kinda depends on the jet stream. The United States is big enough there is always some extreme weather somewhere. One thing for sure, it's been way worse in the past. In the 1930s was when most of the heat records were set and many record temps are still unbroken. It was also a period of severe droughts. It cause the dust bowl and the great depression. At least today, most all places have air conditioning.
machagogo@reddit
The weather in the US mid Atlantic region is not like thar of western Europe. 90s is normal in the summer. It will end in Spetember
TodayCharming7915@reddit
Probably November
GoodbyeForeverDavid@reddit
Temps here in Virginia were between 90-100. With really high humidity. These are common numbers to see in July and August. By End of August and beginning of September it'll start tapering off.
sugerplum1972@reddit
It already ended- it’s a little hot today but not too off from normal.
dangleicious13@reddit
November.
Alternative-Zebra311@reddit
Absorbing the summer heat makes winter bearable
BurritoDespot@reddit
What heatwave? This is just summer. The heatwave was last week.
Dull-Geologist-8204@reddit
We had a heatwave in MD a couple weeks ago but that ended. It's back to normal temps.
Sitting on my front porch now and it actually feels really nice atm.
Curmudgy@reddit
Guaranteed by Xmas.
hollowbolding@reddit
it's 33 today. the heatwave two weeks ago gave us 39
generally i'm resigned to about 35 until like midaugust and then only if we're lucky do we get less after that
Cold-Call-8374@reddit
Right now in Alabama it's a bit above normal but more than the heat, it is super sunny and dry. Even the native plants are showing signs of stress. Usually, even though it gets very hot here (90-100F) we have thunderstorms to cool things down (and make it humid af) about every other day at least. We are over a week without rain. It is supposed to rain late this week so I'd consider that the "break" and it can't get here fast enough.
A lot of this is caused by that wavy jetstream we've been getting. Rather than the stable weather we usually enjoy in the summer where it is consistently hot, humid and storms every day or every other day, we've been having week long dry spells, followed by a week where it rains almost nonstop. That's very unseasonable for summer here.
theeggplant42@reddit
The heatwave lasted like 3 days. Now it's just summer. Not even a particularly hot one either
StupidLemonEater@reddit
There was a heat wave, like 2 weeks ago. It definitely ended before the start of July.
That isn't true, the high is just in the 90s every day (and not even; at least half the days for the next few weeks have highs in the 80s). The daily (read: nightly) low is still in the 70s or even 60s. And as someone who has lived in DC for nearly a decade now, that's totally normal for this time of year.
Jsaun906@reddit
It ended over a week ago now. 90F is just regular summer temperature in DC. When heatwave was going on it was over 100F
MyUsername2459@reddit
This isn't a heat wave.
This is a pretty normal summer.
SavannahInChicago@reddit
In Chicago we just had a storm come throw that luckily finally killed the 100+ F/37+ C heat index we have been having for a month now. Its is back down to our normal - the 80s. Then after a week or two we will be back in a horrible heatwave.
enyardreems@reddit
LOL it will end around September. Maybe. If we are lucky.
Ok_Elevator_3587@reddit
It seems to me that in the past few years it's gotten hotter earlier, then been reasonable for the last week in August and first week in September and then gotten hot again in the middle of September.
itsgr8@reddit
September
Sadimal@reddit
90-100F is normal for that region. It'll end around the end of September.
SirTheRealist@reddit
Those are normal temps. Right now I’m in eastern Pennsylvania and it was 86F today and the next 10 days the highest will be 83F with some days dipping into the high 70s. Definitely not a heatwave.
Grunt08@reddit
The high temperature is around 90 each day. The low temperature each day is mid 70's.
Pretty normal for here; hot and humid and smelling like a swamp. Like walking around inside someone's sweatpants.
lollipop-guildmaster@reddit
Yay climate change.
LexiusCoda@reddit
High pressure tends to increase heat quite a bit, eliminating rain chances as well. Once it moves out, temperatures will go down a bit
TotalProof315@reddit
Yes, this is normal.
October is a pleasant month in the DC area. The worst of the heat will be over and its not cold yet.
itsmejpt@reddit
Spent the weekend at the beach here in NJ, it's actually been really nice.
lionhearted318@reddit
There were a few days where it was 95F+ here in New York but we’re back to normal now. Taking a look at my weather app, temperatures over the next few days are ranging from 66F lows and 88F highs which is the norm for our summers.
mrsrobotic@reddit
I live close to DC and yes those are normal temperatures lol. A couple of weeks ago, we had hotter temperatures which would comprise an actu
invisibleman13000@reddit
90 degrees is very normal. For where I live in Georgia, the average high temp for July is 90 degrees. At this time of the year I fully expect the temperature to range from the high 80s to the low 90s, with some days reaching the high 90s or even low 100s.
CocoaAlmondsRock@reddit
Late September.
TheRandomestWonderer@reddit
That’s not a heat wave.
ApprehensiveSkill573@reddit
Yeah, it's been hot, but not drastically above normal.
Temporary_Linguist@reddit
90F in Washington in August is normal, not a heat wave. Average daily high is 86F. A heat wave would be 100+.
By late September things start to cool off a touch and the worst of the su.mer heat is over though there could be a late season broiler.
thatsad_guy@reddit
That's pretty normal.
EastCoastDumbass@reddit
welcome to hells front porch
Dr_Watson349@reddit
Depending on where you live on the East Coast, it never ends.
Laughs in Tampa Bay.
EddyGurge@reddit
It's fairly typical for mid late July
the_quark@reddit
For Washington, DC, that's a little hotter than nornmal, but not too much. "Normal" high in July is 87F.
jgoolz@reddit
The heat wave also hit the Midwest, but it’s starting to cool down this week to the low/mid 80s. DC is normally hot and humid.
BelethorsGeneralShit@reddit
Here in New York we had a three day stretch where it was really a true heatwave. Now it's back to more or less regular summer temps.