You don't need this bus stop to know ...
... it's hot. We spotted one of the new Cemusa bus shelters in Times Square this weekend that feature time and temperature. Those readings will be testing -- and likely smashing -- records Monday. The National Weather Service is calling for a high of 102! That's pretty amazing, considering the hottest it has ever gotten in Central Park is 106, set on July 9, 1936. And, based on this weather service link, Monday could be the earliest in the year on record that the temperature has hit 100. The official books date back to 1870.
And the power-outage problems have begun in parts of Westchester and the city. Brooklyn manhole fires have left some people in the dark in Park Slope and Boerum Hill, (and stuck in slow-moving subway trains) but it wasn't yet clear whether those blasts were linked to the heat.
And it'll be much the same on Tuesday, possibly hitting 101. Keep in mind our normal high for this time of year is in the high 70s -- it'll "cool off" to the 80s on Wednesday.
-- Rolando Pujol
