We recorded the temps of NYC subway stations during 100-degree heatwave the results blew our minds: Dantes Inferno
It’s station hot 101.5.The Big Apple is burning with the mercury climbing to nearly triple figures on Wednesday and Thursday beneath the “heat dome” scorching the Northeast.That day, Central Park reached a blistering 100-degrees for the first time in nearly 15 years.
To add insult to heat stroke, real-feel temps reached a face-melting 110 degrees thanks to the swampy humidity as officials warned commuters to stay cool and remain indoors.There’s no rest for the roasted — these sweltering conditions are expected to continue into Friday before dropping to a “balmy” 95 on Saturday.Unfortunately for millions of straphangers, escaping underground is like going out of the frying pan and into the fire.New York City subway platforms can often mirror that of the streets above — so smoldering influencers have even attempted to bake cookies underground like train station teppanyaki.
To find out just how oppressive conditions can really get below the surface, the Post visited some of the city’s most infamously hot and heavily-trafficked stops on Thursday.We recorded platform surface temps using an Ambient Weather WS-HE01 Handheld Heat Stress meter to record air temperature, humidity and heat index, which combines humidity and temp to approximate how hot conditions feel on the skin.The Lexington Ave — 59th Street 6th train platform felt like a bao steamer with temps soaring to 95 degrees Fahrenheit and the humidity hitting 61%, roughly 20% more than at street-level.Meanwhile, feels-like temps hit a swamp bottom-inducing 107.9 degrees — hotter than Death Valley’s forecast high today, but with nearly 10 times as much humidity.As rider Andrew, from the UK, told the Post, “over 100 is crazy,” adding that it was far “hotter” than the London’s tube.By contrast, Grand Central’s 6th train platform felt pleasant, clocking in at a “temperate” 89.9 degrees F and a feels-like temp of 96.3 degrees despite feels-like temps topping 60% humidity.
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