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Temperatures to drop back to normal
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ON A ROLL: Isaiah Walter, 3, rolls down a hill in an inflatable tube at Mill Creek Park in Youngstown Monday. His father, Daniel Walter, of Youngstown, runs alongside the tube. With temperatures in the 90s Monday, Mill Creek Park seemed to be a popular place to beat the heat.
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HEAT RELIEF: Anthony Hartsfield of Youngstown and his son Jayden, 6 months, cool off in a fountain at Mill Creek Park. Temperatures reached 90 degrees Monday when the Hartsfields were enjoying the fountain but should return to the low 80s today.
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COOL TOUCH: Rihonne Johnson, 3, cools off in the fountain at Mill Creek Park. She was there with her mother, Ladawn Johnson, on Monday.
Temperatures to drop back to normal
‘The uncomfortable, muggy weather is short-lived,’ a weather service official said.
YOUNGSTOWN — The hot, icky, sticky weather is expected to leave rather quickly.
With the high temperature in the Mahoning Valley reaching 91 degrees at 4:05 p.m. Sunday and 90 at 2:36 p.m. Monday, residents had their air-conditioning units cranked up as high as possible.
But today’s high is supposed to be in the low 80s, said Martin Thompson, a National Weather Service hydrometeorological technician.
That’s a few degrees higher than normal for this time of the year, but a huge drop in temperature from Sunday and Monday, he said.
The highs on Wednesday and Thursday are also supposed to be in the low 80s.
“The uncomfortable, muggy weather is short-lived,” Thompson said. “We’re going to be out of this warm and muggy” weather by today.
The high temperature will be in the mid-80s Friday through Sunday, Thompson said.
Except for early today, there is no chance of rain in the weather service’s forecast through Sunday.
The average high temperature for the Valley for this time of the year is 80.
Sunday’s high temperature of 91 degrees came after four days of highs between 76 and 78 degrees. The Valley’s record high for an Aug. 9 was 95 degrees in 1930.
Monday was only the third day this year in which the temperature hit at least 90 degrees in the area. The Valley’s record high for an Aug. 10 was 96 degrees, also in 1930.
It was 90 degrees on June 25.
The Valley averages about seven to 10 days a year of temperatures reaching at least 90 degrees.
It was hot Monday nationwide with temperatures of at least 90 as far north as southern New England and throughout the mid-Atlantic, according to AccuWeather.com, a weather-tracking Web site.
Heavy rainfall was reported in some areas on Monday night as a storm system passed through.
Trumbull County 911 reported that trees were down and there were power outages in Brookfield, Bazetta and Champion townships.
For about an hour, St. Joseph Health Center on Eastland Avenue in Warren was without power, until emergency generators came on.
Youngstown Fire Department reported some tree branches down.
skolnick@vindy.com