NEW YORK (June 20, 2012)—The first day of summer was unseasonably hot along the Eastern Seaboard where temperatures hit the high 90s Wednesday and residents wilted at graduation ceremonies, students tried to learn in suffocating classrooms and authorities warned residents to check on their elderly neighbors.
According to the National Weather Service, the temperature was 93 degrees Wednesday in New York's Central Park, but the humidity made it feel more like 97.
In Boston, it felt like 100, but was 93.
In Washington, D.C., it felt like 101 but was 97.
More than 450 cooling centers were opened around New York City, which is under a hot weather advisory.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg encouraged people without air conditioning to seek out the cooler spaces or to visit the city's beaches.
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