Get Ready — A Hotter-Than-Average August is Being Predicted for East Coast

Get Ready — A Hotter-Than-Average August is Being Predicted for East Coast

The National Weather Service has issued an urgent heat advisory for Rhode Island starting on Wednesday — with heat index values of up to 99 expected. 

The hot temps however are expected to continue into August, with The Weather Channel reporting, “Summer Ends Hot in Central, Eastern U.S.”

“An area from the Rockies to the Plains, Midwest and Northeast is predicted to see temperatures that are the most above average from August through October, according to an outlook from The Weather Company, an IBM Business, and Atmospheric G2,” reports The Weather Channel. 

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“July's hot pattern in the central U.S. looks to carry over into August, with much above average temperatures forecast from portions of Texas into the mid-Mississippi and Ohio valleys and southern Great Lakes,” they continue. “The Northeast could also be facing a hotter than average final full month of summer.”

September could, however, provide a respite. 

"We’ve cooled September off a bit across the eastern U.S. based upon an interesting find, whereby the pattern associated with super-hot Julys often breakdown in late summer," Crawford said.

Read the full forecast here.