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Currently in Boston — July 17, 2023: Beach weather to start the new week.

Plus, new all-time heat records in China and Europe.

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Eric Holthaus & Dave Epstein
July 16, 2023

The weather, currently.

Looking up — recovering from rain

Copious amounts of rainfall brought some flooding to parts of the area Sunday but our weather is looking up for the new work week. The humidity will continue the next several days and as a matter of fact I don't see any prolonged break in it. Temperatures Monday and Tuesday will be in the upper 80s to near 90 in the afternoon It will be in the 80s over Cape Cod and the islands. There's a very tiny chance of a shower in the afternoon, but basically it's a nice beach forecast.

What you can do, currently.

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What you need to know, currently.

On Sunday, China recorded its hottest temperature in history as Sanbao in Xinjiang Province hit 52.2°C (126°F) — the hottest temperature ever measured on Earth north of 40° latitude (the same latitude as Philadelphia). Also on Sunday, Death Valley, California hit 128°F (53.3°C) — one of the highest reliable temperatures ever recorded in the world. In Europe, a record-breaking heat wave is on tap this week.

New all-time record temperatures of 49°C (120°F) are expected in Italy this week that could challenge the hottest ever recorded in Europe, just days after a new report showed that last year’s then-record-setting European heatwave killed upwards of 60,000 people.

These records make sense in our rapidly warming world. June 2023 was the hottest month in world history, and July should be even hotter.