Storms Could Bring An End to the Hudson Valley’s Summer Heat Until Next Year

Showers and thunderstorms could give the East Coast quite the drenching late this week and end the summer heat until next year. Accuweather says that a cold front will move in by Friday and ease the heat and humidity that has been plaguing the area since Labor Day weekend.

Record-high temperatures were felt across a large portion of the Northeast on Tuesday as a very warm, humid air mass continued to build over the region. The temperature reached 97 F in Poughkeepsie on Tuesday, breaking the old record set in 2007 by five degrees. New York City's Central Park reached 97 F as well, making it the hottest day in September in 32 years (97 F on Sept. 10, 1983 and 99 F on Sept. 11, 1983). Albany saw temps reaching 94 F.