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Boston Hits 90 Degrees Again — But Relief Is In Sight

A walk on the sand at Carson Beach in South Boston (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A walk on the sand at Carson Beach in South Boston (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Hot enough for you?

Temperatures exceeded 90 degrees at Boston's Logan Airport around midday Thursday — continuing a stretch of hot weather in the region. The heat index, which accounts for how it feels with humidity, reached over 100.

A heat advisory remains in effect for most of eastern Massachusetts until 8 p.m. Thursday.

As NPR reports:

In North America, a heat dome settling over the U.S. and Canada is responsible for the days-long heatwave, placing tens of millions of residents under watches, advisories and warnings.

There's some relief in sight.

As WBUR meteorologist David Epstein said in his Thursday morning forecast: "This is our final day with widespread 90-degree weather for a while. A cold front is going to pass through the region tomorrow afternoon."

Humidity will drop Friday, as WBZ-TV meteorologist Eric Fisher showed with a GIF:

Here are more photos of folks trying to beat the heat in Boston:

Four-year-old Alexander Hady tests the water coming from the fountain at Ringgold Park in the South End. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Four-year-old Alexander Hady tests the water coming from the fountain at Ringgold Park in the South End on Thursday. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Fourteen-month-old Ellison Hady reaches into the water for a marble sitting at the base of the water fountain in Ringgold Park in the South End. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Fourteen-month-old Ellison Hady reaches into the water for a marble sitting at the base of the water fountain in Ringgold. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
To keep out of the hot sun, a couple walks along the the edge of the grass along Carson Beach in South Boston in the 90 degree weather. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
To keep out of the hot sun, a couple walks along the the edge of the grass along Carson Beach in South Boston in the 90 degree weather. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A man lays down in the shade to keep out of the hot sun in Copley Square during lunchtime. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A man lays down in the shade to keep out of the hot sun in Copley Square during lunchtime. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

With reporting by WBUR's Benjamin Swasey

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