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As of this afternoon, the heat index in Washington, DC, was 119 degrees Fahrenheit.
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And it felt even hotter in some places, with the heat index topping out around 115 degrees.
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New York City and parts of northeast New Jersey are expecting the heat index to reach even higher.
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Reasonably assuming a 72 degree dewpoint yields a heat index of 124.
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The National Weather Service warned, for instance, that the heat index (or what it actually feels like) near the North Carolina coast could hit 120 degrees.
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Loss of air conditioning creates big problems, this proven in the great Midwestern heatwave of 1995 (when the heat index reached a deadly 136 in southern Wisconsin).
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Yet temperature drops are all relative: It will be cooler, for instance, for residents of Louisville, Kentucky, but they can still expect a high of 99, and a heat index of 103, on Monday.
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