OK, rather than Detroit in The Heat Is On, we went with a local heat jingle.
Mayor Wu has declared a heat emergency for Boston Monday through Wednesday, with temperatures in the 90s and humidity bringing the "heat index" around or over 100 degrees. If you can't stay cool at home, there's a city mapping system to find chill zones near you - including community centers, libraries and splash pads.
Handmaid hoped to see some brilliantly colored clouds at daybreak in Franklin Park, but instead got a sign it's time to try to stay cool for the next few days. She quotes Laurie Anderson: Read more.
Mayor Wu has declared a heat emergency in Boston for Tuesday through Thursday, with the heat index (actual temperature plus humidity) possibly going above 100 during the day. Read more.
Mayor Wu this morning declared a heat emergency for today and tomorrow, with temperatures reaching into the 90s and the heat index - the heat plus the impact of humidity - expected to go even higher. Read more.
Boston has declared a heat emergency for today and tomorrow, what with temperatures expected to climb into the 90s and the heat index (you know, it ain't the heat, it's the humidity) expected to get up near 100.
The city is opening cooling centers at 15 community centers between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day and notes all BPL branches have AC and that there are also 64 splash pads at Boston parks on which to stay cool.
Eversource now says it could be around 11:15 a.m. before some 745 customers between L Street and Farragut Road get back the power they lost around 7:45 p.m. yesterday - although a few might not be able to turn their AC back on until 12:30. Read more.
Ole Uncle Schneids captured a South Boston street around 9:30 p.m.
Update: Eversource predicting 3:45 a.m. restoration for roughly 1,500 South Boston customers.
It's the night the lights went out in Southie, around 7:45 p.m. to be exact. Read more.
Eversource outage map at 3:27. Compare to map at 2:56.
A couple of manholes blew up in Savin Hill around 2:30 p.m. and the lights - and air conditioning - went out across Dorchester, from Lower Mills up to Port Norfolk. Read more.
Shamus Moynihan ran across (and maybe through) this hydrant spray somewhere in Boston today - location undisclosed because you're not supposed to just open hydrants like that.
The city's out with a list of city parks that will have "water features" turned on this weekend, a week earlier than usual, because of the predicted high temperatures.
Boston normally doesn't turn on spray tables and the like in its parks until Memorial Day, but the Parks and Recreation Department reports it's had plumbers out this week seeing which tot sprays can get turned on for this weekend, what with potentially record-breaking temperatures in the forecast. The department says it hopes to have a list available by Friday afternoon.
The National Weather Service reports Boston hit 86 degrees today, tying the record for May 14 set in 1879.
Boston is ranked 6th in the country for worst heat islands. Read more.
Boston community centers will all be open as cooling centers tomorrow and Wednesday. Find locations, along with locations of city pools (which still require reservations for swim times) and tot sprays (no reservations required, but watch for tots).
The National Weather Service says the heat should break by Thursday, although it could remain oppressively humid, with heavy showers possible.
Eileen Murphy of South Boston reports she had just finished using her hose to clear her car of pollen on Tuesday when Julio, a local FedEx driver, came by. Of course she let him use the hose to cool down - and when he was done, he sprayed the truck to try to cool it as well.
Paul Friedmann watched the dawn of another hot day from the top of Peters Hill in the Arnold Arboretum.
The National Weather Service forecasts Wednesday will be as bad as today, then a cool front comes in and lowers both the temperature and the humidity for Thursday.
Matt Frank captured a plane landing at Logan from over Winthrop at sunset this evening.
For the second week in a row, Mayor Walsh has declared a city heat emergency for Sunday and Monday due to expected hot temps, which means many community centers will be open as cooling centers between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday and 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday (complete list). Because we're still in a Covid-19 emergency, you'll need to wear a face covering to get in - and you'll probably want to call ahead to make sure the center you want to go to hasn't reached its new, reduced capacity.
Mayor Walsh declared a city heat emergency for Sunday and Monday due to expected wicked hot temps, which means many community centers will be open as cooling centers between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday and 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday (complete list). Because we're still in a Covid-19 emergency, you'll need to wear a face covering to get in - and you'll probably want to call ahead to make sure the center you want to go to hasn't reached its new, reduced capacity.
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