Heat in Southern Nassau, New York

Heat August 20, 2013 · Southern Nassau, New York

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 7 month old boy died of heat exposure. He was left in a car. The outside air temperature was 85 degrees at the time at Farmingdale airport, but the car temperature was around 119 degrees.

The wider storm

High pressure to the south resulted in plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures.

The death of an infant that was left in a car occurred as the sunshine and warm temperatures heated the car to 119 degrees.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 462492. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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