{"id":263407,"date":"2026-06-11T17:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/263407\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:21:46","slug":"hazardous-hot-weather-conditions-hit-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/263407\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazardous hot weather conditions hit Queens |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The National Weather has placed all of New York City under a heat advisory until 8 p.m. on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">High temperatures are expected to hit 95 degrees today, June 11, and 94 degrees on Friday, with a heat index forecast at about 100 both days. There also is a chance of thunderstorms into Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation also has issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for all of New York City and Westchester County through 11 p.m. on June 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">New York City\u2019s Emergency Management office has a link to a map of open cooling centers throughout Queens at <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/mv5jumeu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tinyurl.com\/mv5jumeu<\/a>, along with tips on how people can protect themselves from the effects and dangers of hot weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The city\u2019s outdoor safety tips recommend that people:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 Avoid strenuous physical activity;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 drink plenty of water, even if you are not thirsty;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 stay in the shade and out of direct sun;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 wear light, loose-fitting clothes;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 put a hat on to protect your face and head;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 use sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 limit outdoor activities to early morning and late evening hours; and<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 avoid drinks with alcohol, caffeine or sugar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As for indoor tips:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 Set your air conditioning unit to at least 78 degrees or \u201clow cool\u201d to be safe, comfortable, and save money;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 close window shades or curtains;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 try not to use your stove and oven;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 take a cool shower or bath, not a freezing one;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 drink plenty of water, even if you are not thirsty; and<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2022 avoid drinks with alcohol, caffeine, or lots of sugar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Weather has placed all of New York City under a heat advisory until 8 p.m. on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[102130,2953,92371,23638,534,9,24,22076,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-263407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-hazardous-weather-outlook","tag-health","tag-heat-advisory","tag-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","tag-national-weather-service","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-noaa","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}