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Parts of Virginia and West Virginia will be much hotter and somewhat drier, with highs reaching the mid-to-upper 90s.

                                                              

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Northeast

Northeast

The Northeast will be broadly unsettled Thursday, with thunderstorms across much of southern New England and New York and showers farther north. Caribou will be cooler with rain, while highs elsewhere generally range from the mid-70s to upper 80s.

  • Albany NY --- 82/62°F, mostly cloudy

  • Boston --- 80/65°F, thunderstorms

  • Bridgeport --- 84/67°F, thunderstorms

  • Burlington VT --- 79/62°F, showers

  • Caribou --- 64/55°F, rain

  • Concord NH --- 79/58°F, thunderstorms

  • Hartford Spgfld --- 83/63°F, thunderstorms

  • New York City --- 86/71°F, thunderstorms

  • Newark --- 87/71°F, thunderstorms

  • Portland ME --- 74/57°F, showers

  • Providence --- 79/65°F, thunderstorms

  • Rochester NY --- 80/64°F, thunderstorms

  • Syracuse --- 82/64°F, mostly cloudy

Mid-Atlantic & East Coast

The Mid-Atlantic and East Coast will be largely unsettled Thursday, with thunderstorms widespread from the Great Lakes and Pennsylvania into the coastal corridor and showers around Baltimore, Washington, and Elkins. Farther south, parts of Virginia and West Virginia will be much hotter and somewhat drier, with highs reaching the mid-to-upper 90s.

  • Akron Canton --- 89/69°F, thunderstorms

  • Allentown --- 87/70°F, thunderstorms

  • Atlantic City --- 89/71°F, thunderstorms

  • Baltimore --- 94/75°F, showers

  • Buffalo --- 80/65°F, thunderstorms

  • Charleston WV --- 96/73°F, partly cloudy

  • Cleveland --- 88/70°F, thunderstorms

  • Elkins --- 90/69°F, showers

  • Erie --- 82/69°F, thunderstorms

  • Harrisburg --- 89/72°F, thunderstorms

  • Norfolk VA --- 97/79°F, very hot (VRYHOT)

  • Philadelphia --- 91/74°F, thunderstorms

  • Pittsburgh --- 89/69°F, thunderstorms

  • Richmond --- 99/75°F, very hot (VRYHOT)

  • Roanoke --- 96/72°F, sunny

  • Washington DC --- 94/77°F, showers

  • Wilkes Barre --- 84/67°F, thunderstorms

  • Wilmington DE --- 91/73°F, thunderstorms

  • Youngstown --- 87/67°F, thunderstorms

Florida

Florida will remain warm and unsettled Thursday, with showers or thunderstorms across every city in the report. Highs will generally range from the upper 80s to low 90s, reaching the mid-90s around Tallahassee.

  • Daytona Beach --- 87/75°F, thunderstorms

  • Jacksonville --- 88/75°F, thunderstorms

  • Key West --- 92/82°F, thunderstorms

  • Miami Beach --- 90/80°F, thunderstorms

  • Orlando --- 91/75°F, thunderstorms

  • St Petersburg --- 88/78°F, showers

  • Tallahassee --- 94/75°F, thunderstorms

  • Tampa --- 89/77°F, showers

  • W Palm Beach --- 91/78°F, thunderstorms

Southeast

The Southeast will remain hot Thursday, with sunshine across much of the interior and several locations categorized as very hot near 100°F. Thunderstorms are concentrated across parts of the Deep South and Gulf Coast, while coastal South Carolina and Georgia stay partly cloudy.

  • Asheville --- 90/69°F, sunny

  • Atlanta --- 96/75°F, sunny

  • Baton Rouge --- 94/75°F, thunderstorms

  • Birmingham --- 96/75°F, thunderstorms

  • Charleston SC --- 91/77°F, partly cloudy

  • Charlotte --- 97/75°F, very hot (VRYHOT)

  • Chattanooga --- 100/76°F, very hot (VRYHOT)

  • Columbia SC --- 97/74°F, very hot (VRYHOT)

  • Columbus GA --- 96/75°F, sunny

  • Evansville --- 99/77°F, sunny

  • Greensboro --- 95/75°F, sunny

  • Huntsville AL --- 97/75°F, sunny

  • Jackson MS --- 96/74°F, thunderstorms

  • Knoxville --- 98/74°F, very hot (VRYHOT)

  • Lake Charles --- 91/75°F, showers

  • Lexington --- 96/75°F, sunny

  • Little Rock --- 99/77°F, sunny

  • Louisville --- 99/78°F, very hot (VRYHOT)

  • Macon --- 95/73°F, sunny

  • Memphis --- 99/78°F, thunderstorms

  • Mobile --- 93/74°F, thunderstorms

  • Montgomery --- 97/75°F, thunderstorms

  • Nashville --- 99/76°F, sunny

  • New Orleans --- 92/77°F, thunderstorms

  • Paducah --- 97/75°F, sunny

  • Raleigh Durham --- 98/76°F, very hot (VRYHOT)

  • Savannah --- 92/76°F, partly cloudy

  • Tupelo --- 97/75°F, sunny

Midwest

The Midwest will show a broad mix of heat and thunderstorms Thursday, with unsettled weather extending across much of the Great Lakes and parts of the northern and central Plains. Sunshine remains common farther south and west, where highs climb into the upper 90s and low 100s, while the northern Great Lakes stay considerably cooler.

  • Bismarck --- 87/59°F, mostly cloudy

  • Chicago --- 96/72°F, thunderstorms

  • Cincinnati --- 95/75°F, sunny

  • Columbus OH --- 93/73°F, thunderstorms

  • Dayton --- 94/73°F, sunny

  • Des Moines --- 95/77°F, partly cloudy

  • Detroit --- 90/70°F, thunderstorms

  • Duluth --- 72/57°F, mostly cloudy

  • Fargo --- 89/63°F, thunderstorms

  • Flint --- 85/67°F, thunderstorms

  • Fort Wayne --- 92/71°F, sunny

  • Grand Rapids --- 86/69°F, thunderstorms

  • Green Bay --- 81/65°F, thunderstorms

  • Indianapolis --- 94/74°F, sunny

  • Kansas City --- 96/77°F, sunny

  • Lansing --- 86/68°F, thunderstorms

  • Lincoln --- 98/75°F, thunderstorms

  • Madison --- 88/69°F, showers

  • Milwaukee --- 86/70°F, thunderstorms

  • Mpls St Paul --- 87/70°F, thunderstorms

  • Omaha --- 98/77°F, thunderstorms

  • Peoria --- 95/76°F, sunny

  • Rockford --- 94/71°F, thunderstorms

  • St Louis --- 99/80°F, sunny

  • St Ste Marie --- 75/56°F, sunny

  • Sioux City --- 94/71°F, sunny

  • Sioux Falls --- 93/70°F, sunny

  • South Bend --- 91/72°F, thunderstorms

  • Springfield IL --- 99/78°F, sunny

  • Springfield MO --- 97/74°F, sunny

  • Toledo --- 92/71°F, thunderstorms

  • Topeka --- 99/74°F, sunny

  • Wichita --- 101/73°F, sunny

Texas & Oklahoma

Texas and Oklahoma will stay very hot Thursday, with many cities reaching the upper 90s or low 100s and sunshine across much of the region. Thunderstorms affect a corridor from Amarillo and Lubbock through Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston and Shreveport, while Brownsville remains partly cloudy.

  • Abilene TX --- 104/78°F, sunny

  • Amarillo --- 100/70°F, thunderstorms

  • Austin --- 100/77°F, thunderstorms

  • Brownsville --- 98/81°F, partly cloudy

  • Corpus Christi --- 100/78°F, sunny

  • Dallas Ft Worth --- 94/75°F, thunderstorms

  • El Paso --- 96/75°F, sunny

  • Fort Smith --- 101/76°F, sunny

  • Houston Intcntl --- 89/77°F, thunderstorms

  • Lubbock --- 101/72°F, thunderstorms

  • Midland Odessa --- 101/76°F, sunny

  • Oklahoma City --- 98/73°F, sunny

  • San Angelo --- 103/75°F, sunny

  • San Antonio --- 101/77°F, sunny

  • Shreveport --- 94/75°F, thunderstorms

  • Tulsa --- 98/77°F, sunny

  • Waco --- 95/74°F, thunderstorms

  • Wichita Falls --- 102/72°F, sunny

Mountain West

Much of the Mountain West will be sunny Thursday, including North Platte, with highs ranging from the 70s in parts of Montana and Idaho to the mid-90s farther south and east. Missoula is the main wet spot with showers, while Billings stays mostly cloudy and Helena partly cloudy.

  • Billings --- 86/56°F, mostly cloudy

  • Casper --- 85/54°F, sunny

  • Cheyenne --- 83/57°F, sunny

  • Colorado Spgs --- 91/58°F, sunny

  • Denver --- 92/62°F, sunny

  • Goodland --- 96/66°F, sunny

  • Great Falls --- 74/49°F, sunny

  • Helena --- 74/46°F, partly cloudy

  • Missoula --- 67/42°F, showers

  • North Platte --- 95/63°F, sunny

  • Pocatello --- 78/46°F, sunny

  • Pueblo --- 96/61°F, sunny

  • Rapid City --- 93/61°F, sunny

Desert Southwest

The Desert Southwest will remain hot Thursday, with sunshine across most of the region and very hot conditions continuing in Phoenix and Yuma. Thunderstorms around Flagstaff and Tucson provide the main contrast, with much cooler temperatures at higher elevations.

  • Albuquerque --- 92/65°F, sunny

  • Flagstaff --- 76/49°F, thunderstorms

  • Grand Junction --- 83/61°F, sunny

  • Las Vegas --- 96/72°F, sunny

  • Phoenix --- 103/82°F, very hot (VRYHOT)

  • Salt Lake City --- 86/66°F, sunny

  • Santa Fe --- 88/59°F, sunny

  • Tucson --- 95/70°F, thunderstorms

  • Yuma --- 103/78°F, very hot (VRYHOT)

California

California will have varied but generally mild weather Thursday, with sunshine in Fresno and Southern California, more clouds around Sacramento, and rain in San Francisco. Reno will be windy, while highs across the listed cities range from around 70°F to the mid-80s.

  • Fresno --- 85/62°F, sunny

  • Los Angeles --- 81/63°F, sunny

  • Reno --- 75/50°F, windy

  • Sacramento --- 75/57°F, mostly cloudy

  • San Diego --- 78/64°F, sunny

  • San Francisco --- 70/57°F, rain

  • San Jose --- 75/58°F, partly cloudy

Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest will remain cool and unsettled Thursday, with showers widespread from Oregon and Idaho into eastern Washington and rain around Seattle. Pendleton stays mostly cloudy and Yakima partly cloudy, while highs across the region remain mainly in the 60s.

  • Boise --- 69/52°F, showers

  • Eugene --- 65/46°F, showers

  • Medford --- 68/50°F, showers

  • Pendleton --- 67/40°F, mostly cloudy

  • Portland OR --- 63/53°F, showers

  • Salem OR --- 64/51°F, showers

  • Seattle --- 66/51°F, rain

  • Spokane --- 66/47°F, showers

  • Yakima --- 70/46°F, partly cloudy

Alaska, Hawaii & Caribbean

Alaska will have mixed conditions Thursday, with sunshine in Juneau, partly cloudy skies in Anchorage, and showers in Fairbanks. Honolulu will be warm and windy, while San Juan sees showers and St. Thomas remains partly cloudy, with Caribbean highs around 91°F.

  • Anchorage --- 63/51°F, partly cloudy

  • Fairbanks --- 50/43°F, showers

  • Honolulu --- 88/75°F, windy

  • Juneau --- 70/40°F, sunny

  • San Juan PR --- 91/80°F, showers

  • St Thomas VI --- 91/82°F, partly cloudy

Sources: NWS Selected Cities Summary, September 3, 2026


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