Montreal sets May record of 98 degrees as parts of Northeast U.S. also simmer in historic heat.
Mount Mansfield in Vermont on Wednesday recorded its highest temperature ever.
'Montreal on Wednesday experienced its second-hottest day ever observed, a high temperature of 98 degrees measured at Trudeau International Airport at a time of year when highs are generally closer to 70. Dew points, a measure of humidity, soared to 66 degrees a value more typical of the Carolinas in May. Its uncharted territory for late spring in southern Quebec.
But its not just Montreal thats baking. Much of the interior Northeast has been sweltering, with a number of cities in New England seeing records obliterated beneath an exceptional dome of impressive heat. Even Burlington, Vt., hit 95 degrees on Wednesday 2½ weeks ago, it was snowing there.
Even more astonishing is Mount Mansfield in Vermont, which set not only a May record it broke its year-round record high temperature before the official start of summer.
That heat is set to linger across the Northeast through the remainder of the workweek, with a dose of more-refreshing air sweeping southeast for the weekend. But until then, more records are likely to fall, the anomalous heat charging on.'>>>
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