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June 20, 2012

Record Heat Bakes Northeast US Airports

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By: NYCAviation Staff
Tags: weather

It was almost officially this hot today. (Photo by Matt Molnar)

A number of airports in the northeast experienced record high temperatures on Wednesday. The hot spell is forecast to stretch into Friday before a modest cooldown for the weekend.

LGA
Today’s high: 98
Record: 96

EWR
Today’s high: 98
Record: 97

BDL
Today’s high: 97
Record: 96

HPN
Today’s high: 93
Record: 89

SWF
Today’s high: 93
Record: 91

TEB
Today’s high: 97
Record: 93

JFK
Today’s high: 93
Record: 93

FRG
Today’s high: 90
Record: 86

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