Glenn Coin

3 days ago | syracuse.com | Glenn Coin

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse just set another high temperature record for the second day in a row. The temperature at 2 p.m. reached 94 degrees, the National Weather Service reported. The record for June 24 had been 93, set in 1952. The heat index, a measure of how heat and humidity affect the body’s ability to cool off, hit 100 degrees this afternoon. The temperature in Syracuse reached 94 degrees on Monday, too, breaking the record of 92 for June 23. The heat index Monday topped out at 103.

3 days ago | syracuse.com | Glenn Coin

Syracuse, N.Y. -- A heat advisory remains in place today as Upstate New York swelters again in high heat and humidity. Today’s heat index, a measurement of the impact on humans of high heat and humidity, could again soar to more than 100 degrees. The index topped out at 103 degrees Monday in Syracuse, according to National Weather Service records. It could feel like 101 degrees in late afternoon in Onondaga County and parts of the Southern Tier, the weather service said.

4 days ago | syracuse.com | Glenn Coin

Clark Mills, N.Y. -- The pre-dawn tornado that killed three people in Oneida County barelled for more than 2 miles with swirling winds up to 105 mph, the National Weather Service said. The tornado spun up at 3:58 a.m. in the hamlet of Clark Mills and raced through nearby Clinton, uprooting trees and snapping power lines along its 2.4-mile path. Three people, including 6-year-old twins, were killed when trees fell on their houses in Clark Mills.

1 week ago | syracuse.com | Glenn Coin

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The National Weather Service has issued a rare heat watch for Onondaga and six other Upstate New York counties for Sunday through Wednesday. The potentially record-breaking combination of high temperatures and sweltering humidity could make the air temperature feel like 105 degrees, the National Weather Service said. That can cause severe heat illness for people working outside or who have no way to cool down their houses.

1 week ago | syracuse.com | Glenn Coin

Syracuse, N.Y. — Upstate New York is on the brink of a heat wave starting Sunday that is expected to combine record temperatures with ultra-high humidity levels. Not only will the air at times feel like 100 degrees or more, but nighttime temperatures will remain hot, preventing buildings and people from cooling off. All of that heat and moisture will put much of Upstate New York, including Syracuse, at “extreme” risk from the effects of the heat, according to the National Weather Service.