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A large part of the eastern United States is set to experience an early taste of fall weather this Labor Day weekend, following a week of July-like heat that affected tens of millions of people.
A strong cold front will move across the region, bringing cooler air from Canada over the weekend and into early next week. This will lead to a noticeable change in temperature in the north-central and northeast U.S., while the South may finally see a break from the intense summer heat that has persisted for weeks.
However, as the planet warms due to pollution from fossil fuels, summer is blending into fall, so this cooler weather may not last long. Temperatures are expected to rise again after just a few days. According to recent seasonal forecasts, this pattern of fluctuating temperatures—warm to cool to warm—could continue throughout much of the fall.
The north-central U.S. will be the first to feel the cooler air as the front moves into the region late Saturday. The cooler air will spread further south and east on Sunday, and by evening, most of the Midwest will experience fall-like weather.
In Chicago, temperatures on Labor Day Monday will feel like late September, with highs in the low 70s. This is a big change from earlier in the week when Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport reached a record-breaking 99 degrees on Tuesday, the highest temperature recorded there all summer.
Next week’s cooler weather won’t be the first hint of fall this month in the city. Much of the northern U.S. has seen a mix of hot summer days and cooler, fall-like weather throughout the second half of August.
The cold front will reach the Northeast on Monday, but parts of the region have already experienced cooler temperatures. In New York City, Thursday felt like mid-September with lots of clouds and daytime highs only in the mid-70s. The Northeast can expect cooler, cloudier weather with a chance of showers through the weekend.
Areas south of the Northeast might have to wait until Tuesday for a break from the heat. Washington, DC, reached 101 degrees on Wednesday, breaking the record for the day and coming close to the city’s hottest August temperature. Rain on Friday might provide brief relief from the heat, but it won’t last long until the cold front moves through early next week.
The southern U.S. has been extremely hot all summer, but some areas have started to cool down this week. Wet, cloudy weather along the western Gulf Coast has brought temperatures a few degrees below normal for late August. Stormy conditions will keep highs in Houston and New Orleans in the upper 80s at least into early next week.
While the Gulf Coast has seen some relief, inland areas of the South have not. But that will change when the cold front arrives on Tuesday. In Atlanta, for example, there have only been two days this summer with high temperatures in the low 80s. Tuesday could be the first day since July that the city experiences late-September-like temperatures.
These cooler temperatures are expected to stick around for much of next week in the South, along with daily chances of stormy weather.
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