Weather Alert Watch
Severe Extreme Heat Warning

Extreme Heat Warning for Hartford; Tolland; Windham +28 more

What: Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values of 98 to 115 degrees expected. The worst of this heat and humidity will be Thursday and Friday. Impacts: Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events....

CT, MA +1Hartford; Tolland; Windham; Western Franklin; Eastern Franklin; Northern Worcester; Central Middlesex County; Western Essex; Eastern Essex; Western Hampshire; Western Hampden; Eastern Hampshire; Eastern Hampden; Southern Worcester; Western Norfolk; Southeast Middlesex; Suffolk; Eastern Norfolk; Northern Bristol; Western Plymouth; Eastern Plymouth; Southern Bristol; Southern Plymouth; Northwest Middlesex County; Northwest Providence; Southeast Providence; Western Kent; Eastern Kent; Bristol; Washington; Newport

Official alert brief

WHAT

Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values of 98 to 115 degrees expected. The worst of this heat and humidity will be Thursday and Friday.

WHERE

All of southern New England except the Cape and Islands.

WHEN

Until 8 PM EDT Saturday.

IMPACTS

Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

This is a prolonged and dangerous heatwave with little relief at night.

Instructions

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.