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We’re going from record cool to major heat by the end of the week

By Potomac Local News
James Fitzgerald and Brandon Corey load up the ice bins at Kangaroo Express on Va. 610 in North Stafford. They’ve had to use a bigger truck to keep up with demand that has more than doubled due to the unusually hot weather. (Mary Davidson)

Independence Day was the coolest July 4th in 37 years. 

States the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office:

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
149 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT WASHINGTON DULLES DC...

A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72 DEGREES WAS SET AT
WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY...JULY 4TH. THIS
BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 73 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET IN 1979.

This after people at the fireworks show on the National Mall in 2014 were wrapping up in blankets due to cool temperatures. Now, for the bad news: It’s going to get very hot by the end of this week.

A code orange air quality alert is in effect for Thursday and Friday, according to Clean Air Partners. Pollution levels in will be harmful to children, seniors, and anyone with breathing or heart conditions.

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