BOSTON – A heat emergency has been declared in Boston as temperatures across New England climb this week.

A sprawling area of high pressure is pushing up not only temperatures but also humidity for much of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic , which isn’t that unusual for mid-August. However, across stretches of New England, specifically, temperatures will be 20-30 degrees above average.

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That has prompted the National Weather Service to issue Heat Advisories in parts of several states from Maine to New York through at least Tuesday.

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Daily high temperature records will also be threatened in several places this week, including Burlington , Vermont, and Syracuse , New York.

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