Hot town, summer in the city! Next week’s temps in NYC, region soar into a triple digit burn
New York City and the surrounding region are expected to experience a heat wave in mid-May 2026, with temperatures reaching the mid-90s. The sudden spike in heat, driven by a high-pressure system, will create muggy and uncomfortable conditions. Cooler temperatures are expected to return by Thursday as a cold front moves in.
- ▪Temperatures in NYC are forecast to reach 95 degrees on May 19 and 92 degrees on May 20, 2026.
- ▪The heat wave is caused by a high-pressure dome suppressing clouds and allowing temperatures to rise.
- ▪Humidity will combine with heat to produce 'feels-like' temperatures in the triple digits in some areas.
- ▪The record high for May 19 in NYC is 99 degrees, set in 1962.
- ▪A cold front is expected to bring relief by Thursday, lowering temperatures across the region.
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Metro Hot town, summer in the city! Next week’s temps in NYC, region soar into a triple digit burn By Jeanne Erickson Published May 16, 2026, 2:19 p.m. ET Pack away the sweaters — a sizzling three-day stretch of of weather is about the roast the Metro area. The region will trade cool spring breezes for a full-blown early summer scorcher, according to the National Weather Service. “Heat will be making headlines for much of the Eastern U.S. for the first half of the week,” said the NWS. 4 Sunbathers enjoying a day in Hoboken, N.J. last summer. Leonardo Munoz Carl Erickson, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, told the Post: “It’s going to be shock because it will happen so suddenly. The temperatures have been cool lately and it’s usually in the low ’70s in mid-May.
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