It’s so bad, 94 degrees looks good.
“It’s going to sound like a broken record,” AccuWeather senior meterologist Mike Pigott said of this week’s forecast temps. “[Tuesday], high of 98. Wednesday, 98. Thursday, 98. Friday — cooler, 95.”
With high humidity, it felt like 101 yesterday afternoon in Central Park, where Emily Orshan (pictured) stretched out to read in the sun.
It was so ugly yesterday that the lawn at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park was nearly empty.
“I can’t believe it’s this hot,” said Diane Lee, 54, of Park Slope. “It was a cold winter and a cold spring and all of a sudden, it became really hot. I don’t usually turn my A/C on until August, but I had to turn it on a few weeks ago.”
Shedding clothing — and getting wet — was the easiest way to cool off.
Alexis Tennesse, 21, a baker from Lefferts Garden, spent the day with her boyfriend enjoying the water wherever they could, including the fountain at Grand Army Plaza and the Prospect Park lake.
“I’m not wearing any underwear today. That helps,” she said. “It’s hot out. People don’t want to sit outside in their own sweat.”
Stephanie Lee, 25, of Bushwick stripped down to a bikini top and shorts at the park’s picnic grounds. “I had to take my shirt off. Booze, shade and a lack of clothing help,” said Lee, a bartender.
In some heat waves, the city benefits from drops in temperature at night. No such luck this time.
“It’s not going to cool off very much,” Pigott said. The lows for today and tomorrow are 82 .