{"id":285958,"date":"2026-07-03T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/285958\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:00:13","slug":"new-york-city-sets-hottest-midnight-temperature-at-laguardia-airport-amid-east-coast-heat-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/285958\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City sets hottest midnight temperature at LaGuardia Airport amid East Coast heat wave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The dangerous heat is intensifying Friday as millions are expected to attend outdoor events marking America’s 250th birthday, with feels-like temperatures forecast to reach between 100 and 115 degrees along the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic coasts.<\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 New York City<\/a> recorded its warmest midnight temperature on record early Friday, as a historic July 4 holiday<\/a> heat wave<\/a> broils the Northeast<\/a> and Mid-Atlantic<\/a> with life-threatening conditions.<\/p>\n

INTENSE HEAT WAVE BAKES 260M AMERICANS WITH LIFE-THREATENING TEMPERATURES LINGERING AHEAD OF NATION’S BIRTHDAY<\/a><\/p>\n

LaGuardia Airport<\/a> was 94 degrees at midnight, breaking the previous record of 93 degrees set on July 18, 2013. The record-setting heat lingered into the night after the airport reached 102 degrees Thursday, breaking a daily high-temperature record that had stood since 1966.<\/p>\n

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New York City recorded its warmest midnight temperature on record early Friday, as a historic July 4 holiday heat wave broils the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with life-threatening conditions.<\/p>\n

(FOX Weather \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

Other records fell across the Northeast Thursday. Philadelphia<\/a> reached 103 degrees, tying a daily high-temperature record that had stood since 1901 and marking the city’s fourth-warmest day on record.<\/p>\n

JULY 4 FESTIVITIES THREATENED AS SEVERE STORMS TAKE AIM AT NORTHEAST, MID-ATLANTIC<\/a><\/p>\n

If both cities reach 100 degrees Friday, it would be the first back-to-back days of triple digit temperatures since 2011.<\/p>\n

Potential Record High Temperatures
(FOX Weather)
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Wilmington<\/a>, Delaware and Atlantic City<\/a>, New Jersey, also set records on Thursday, with both cities climbing to 100 degrees.<\/p>\n

Poughkeepsie<\/a>, New York, Manchester<\/a>, New Hampshire and Springfield<\/a>, Massachusetts all set daily records in the mid-and upper 90s.<\/p>\n

AMERICA 250: SEND US YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WE SHOWCASE THE BEAUTY OF OUR NATION<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C.<\/a> reached 102 degrees, surpassing the previous mark set in 1989.<\/p>\n

Days of record-high temperatures for Washington, D.C.
(FOX Weather)
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According to the FOX Forecast Center, DC could see four consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures by the end of this heat wave, which has only happened three other times since the city’s record-keeping began in 1872.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dangerous heat is intensifying Friday as millions are expected to attend outdoor events marking America’s 250th birthday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4588,969,59634,1066,9,24,55,54,8386,56,3909,956,618,61209,8093],"class_list":["post-285958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-heat-wave","tag-holidays","tag-mid-atlantic","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-northeast","tag-ny","tag-pennsylvania","tag-travel","tag-us","tag-us-regions","tag-washington-dc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285958","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=285958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}