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Record Heat Across State Kicks off Memorial Day Weekend
Many of the records that fell across the state this afternoon dated back nearly 100 years. But Tropical Storm Bonnie could cool us off soon.
Some say Memorial Day kicks off the unofficial summer season, but summer doesn't seem to want to wait.
Temperatures hit record-tying heights at Boston's Logan Airport Saturday, with the National Weather Service reporting 92 degrees. That ties the record for the hottest May 28, set in 1931.
Worcester reached a new high, hitting 89 degrees just before 3 p.m. That broke the record off 88 hit twice, once in 1911 and tied in 1929.
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Blue Hills Observatory in Milton hit 91 degrees, besting a 90-degree day in 1929.
The hottest recorded temperature in Massachusetts today? It got to 97 degrees in Fitchburg
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High Temp Records: BOS 92° (tied 1931), @Bradley_Airport 93° (tied 1977), PVD 91° (tied 1931), and ORH 89° (prev 88° in 1929)
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) May 28, 2016
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The heat will begin to break overnight, with temperatures in the mid-60s, and things might be getting very wet over the next 48 hours. The NWS reports Tropical Storm Bonnie is expected to dump up to an inch of rain Sunday night into Memorial Day in parts of New England, bringing heavy winds along with it.
[Monday] Rainfall assoc w/ #Bonnie expected; +1" rainfall in 3-6 hrs possible along w/ localized flooding pic.twitter.com/3VRxTLzHr7
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) May 28, 2016
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