Eastern Heat Warnings Issued

Temperatures soared through the 90s along the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Virginia today and farmers in the Midwest complained that overnight rains were “too little, too late” to save their corn crops.

Forecasters in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., warned of dangerous levels of heat and humidity as temperatures approached 100 degrees. At 1:05 p.m., the mercury hit 98 degrees in New York’s Central Park, breaking the record high for the date originally set in 1911. Boston also had a 98-degree reading at 1 p.m., while Philadelphia had 95 and it was 93 in Washington.