Poll: How are you beating the heat?
Nicholas Goldstein, 8 left, of East Meadow, and his friend, Emilio Ramirez, 9, also of East Meadow, keep cool at Veterans Memorial Park in East Meadow. (June 20, 2012) Credit: Chris Ware
It was a first day of summer scorcher.
The thermometer hit 91 degrees at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma early Wednesday afternoon -- and it felt like 101 degrees at one point, the National Weather Service said.
Potentially record-breaking temperatures in the 90s are in the forecast for Thursday and Friday, National Weather Service meteorologist Lauren Nash said.
How are you dealing with the heat?
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