What Boston meteorologists are saying about the heat this week

[Oppressive Heat] Dry weather returns Tue but also progressively warmer each day, with #heat peaking Thu, before a cold front breaks the heat late Thu/Thu night. Highs 85-90 Tue, then 90-95 Wed & Thu with heat indices 95-99. Few places may have a 3 day #heatwave #MAwx #RIwx #CTwx pic.twitter.com/LQILvv1NJp

— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) August 23, 2021

With just a week to go in meteorological summer here are the rankings so far the wettest summers: Boston currently #5 with 19.47 inches, Hartford currently #3 with 21.67 inches, Worcester #4 with 20.64 inches and Providence #18 with 13.87 inches. These totals are as of midnight.

— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) August 24, 2021

Henri moves out, sunshine and heat move in. pic.twitter.com/8zcCq96JOH

— Chris Lambert (@clamberton7) August 24, 2021

Bringing the heat the next several days. We cool off by the weekend. pic.twitter.com/sD0QYhxeRN

— Chris Lambert (@clamberton7) August 24, 2021

TUESDAY AM weather update ⤵️
The sun returns today as #Henri finally moves away. Hot and humid 🥵 stretch thru late week #WCVB pic.twitter.com/FfsBrZsfel

— Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) August 24, 2021

TUESDAY…
A murky start with patchy mist and fog lingering near the coast – developing sunshine late morning and midday as #Henri moves out. Warm and humid afternoon with highs in the mid and upper 80s #WCVB pic.twitter.com/eg0Yhh6iy5

— Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) August 24, 2021

WET SUMMER …
Another 1.69" of rain yesterday in Boston with downpours that came thru last night with the remnants of #Henri. That has pushed us to the 5TH WETTEST SUMMER on record in Boston #WCVB pic.twitter.com/LFrhVhjfnm

— Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) August 24, 2021