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August 1, 2006

Providence heat index could hit 105

PROVIDENCE -- Today's high temperature will be "right around 96" degrees, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Simpson.

So it wouldn't surprise him if the record for the hottest day in the Providence area was broken today -- it currently stands at 96 degrees, set back in 1995.

"I certainly wouldn’t discount it," Simpson said this morning of the possibility of a new record, adding that today's heat index will be around 105. The heat index factors in humidity. It's sort of like the wind-chill temperature, in reverse.

Tomorrow's high temp could break 100, he said, though it won't likely surpass the record high of 104 degrees, set in 1975.

"Usually to get to 104 you need a west wind with dew points not so high," he said. "But with heat indices of 110, that's pretty bad."

-- Steve Peoples, projo.com staff writer

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 8:14 AM | Permalink

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