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| People try to escape the heat in Lahore, Pakistan recently. Photo from Getty Images |
Sunday through Tuesday across the Northeast will see highs well into the 80s in most of northern New England, with 90s thrown in from central New England and points south.
Many people welcome the summer heat, though some people who work outside dread it.
Some record highs will probably fall in several cities from the Rockies to the East Coast over the next few days, but this won't be the nastiest heat wave ever
It could be worse, though..
However, as I perused Dr. Jeff Masters's Catagory 6 weather blog recently, I found news of some truly awful heat elsewhere in the world.
In the blog, guest writer Maximiliano Herrera detailed incredible heat records that hit big sections of the Middle East, east Asia and parts of Europe in late May and early June.
On May 28, the temperature reached 128.3 degrees in Turbat, Pakistan, making it the hottest May temperature recorded anywhere on Earth ever.
Oman and Pakistan had their all time hottest temperatures. Not hottest for the date or the month. I'm talking hottest ever.
In Iran, the temperature reached 127 degrees, Oman broke its all time record high of 123,
Of course, they're used to heat in the deserts of the Mideast and in places like Pakistan and India, but not like this Extreme heat of this nature is very, very dangerous.
For instance, we know at least 10 people died in an extreme heat wave in parts of India this week, and that toll will likely rise.
In Europe, Norway had its hottest May temperature on record with 90 degrees, and Austria also had its hottest May reading on record at 95 degrees at the end of the month.
One weird record high was set at the top of a 15,584 mountain in the Italian Alps when the temperature reached 42 degrees. Chilly, yes, but still a record high for that elevation.
Enjoy summer!
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