Most of the region is struggling with the heat and humidity today. And there’s a heat advisory in effect.
Temperatures are expected to hit the mid 90s, but combined with the humidity, it may feel much warmer, said Eye on the Sky meteorologist Mark Breen.
"The moisture on your skin doesn’t evaporate very well, so it makes it feel even hotter than it is, so it feels more like it’s 100 or even 105 degrees. And that means that your body can’t cool off efficiently," Breen said.
Breen says people doing outdoor activities should take it easy and be sure to drink plenty of water.
This is the fifth day in a row of 90 degree weather in Burlington. Some areas have had 90 degree weather for three days in a row -- which is what makes an official ‘heat wave’.
Breen said Vermont gets a heat wave roughly every other summer.
"But that’s a wide variation. Anywhere from a few to several in the same summer, and then we’ll go a few years without any heat waves," Breen explained.
The decade with the greatest number of heat waves was the 1940’s, with 15 recorded in Burlington.
Temperatures should cool off in stages. Tomorrow will still be humid, but less hot, and then a new weather system is expected to come through on Sunday.
