The next few days will remain quite comfortable across the Mid-Atlantic region with moderate warmth and humidity levels for this late stage of the month of July...and no extreme heat is in sight. An upper-level trough of low pressure will re-establish itself over the northeastern states during the early part of next week and this could contribute to another strong-to-severe thunderstorm outbreak on Tuesday afternoon/evening in the Mid-Atlantic region and heavy rainfall is a possibility as well.
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The next few days will remain quite comfortable across the Mid-Atlantic region with moderate warmth and humidity levels for this late stage of the month of July...and no extreme heat is in sight. An upper-level trough of low pressure will re-establish itself over the northeastern states during the early part of next week and this could contribute to another strong-to-severe thunderstorm outbreak on Tuesday afternoon/evening in the Mid-Atlantic region and heavy rainfall is a possibility as well.
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The next few days will remain quite comfortable across the Mid-Atlantic region with moderate warmth and humidity levels for this late stage of the month of July...and no extreme heat is in sight. An upper-level trough of low pressure will re-establish itself over the northeastern states during the early part of next week and this could contribute to another strong-to-severe thunderstorm outbreak on Tuesday afternoon/evening in the Mid-Atlantic region and heavy rainfall is a possibility as well.
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Monsoonal moisture will continue to impact the region today, raising the chance of showers and thunderstorms. Any shower or thunderstorm can produce heavy rainfall resulting in a localized threat of flash flooding. By the latter part of the weekend, overall moisture levels will be on the decrease, and temperatures will be on the rise with 100-degree afternoon highs back on the table for Sunday and Monday.
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A cold front pushed off the eastern seaboard late yesterday and its passage ushered in a refreshing air mass to the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures and humidity levels will remain in the comfortable zone for the next few days and there will be plenty of sunshine as well. Humidity begins to build up early next week and the chance of showers and thunderstorms will increase as the next frontal system heads in this direction from the Great Lakes.
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A cold front pushed off the eastern seaboard late yesterday and its passage ushered in a refreshing air mass to the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures and humidity levels will remain in the comfortable zone for the next few days and there will be plenty of sunshine as well. Humidity begins to build up early next week and the chance of showers and thunderstorms will increase as the next frontal system heads in this direction from the Great Lakes.
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July has been quite hot across much of the nation and, no doubt, there will be plenty of hot weather during the remainder of the month. However, July 2026 will certainly have a difficult time matching the extreme and sustained heat of July 1936. In fact, one of the most widespread and destructive heat waves ever recorded in the US took place in the summer of 1936 which fell right in the middle of arguably the hottest and driest decade ever for the nation.
The decade of the 1930’s is renowned for the “Great Depression” and the “Dust Bowl”, both of which caused calamitous human suffering in this country. Not only were huge numbers of crops destroyed by the heat and lack of moisture in the “Dust Bowl” era, but thousands of lives were lost as a result of the heat, drought and economic hardship. This extreme heat wave was particularly deadly in high population areas where air conditioning was still in the early stages of development. The heat wave experienced in 1936 began in late June, reached a peak in July, and didn’t really come to an end until September. Many of the all-time high temperature records that were set in the 1930’s in numerous cities and states still stand today.
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It’ll stay unsettled through the upcoming weekend with a daily shot at afternoon and evening thunderstorms. The unsettled conditions will be the result of a stationary frontal system over the Tennessee Valley combined with high moisture levels in the lower levels of the atmosphere.
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A cold front pushed off the eastern seaboard late yesterday and its passage ushered in a refreshing air mass to the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures and humidity levels will remain in the comfortable zone for the next few days and there will be plenty of sunshine as well. Humidity begins to build up early next week and the chance of showers and thunderstorms will increase as the next frontal system heads in this direction from the Great Lakes.
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A cold front will slowly work its way to the eastern seaboard today and clouds will give way to clearing skies by later tonight and a refreshing air mass will move into the Mid-Atlantic region. As the front pushes towards the coast, there can be additional showers and thunderstorms later today, but likely to the south and east of the urban corridor and generally confined to the Delmarva Peninsula. Temperatures and humidity levels will be quite comfortable from later tonight into the weekend across the Mid-Atlantic region following the passage of the cold frontal system.
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