Hot weekend in Worcester ahead with temps nosing 90 on Saturday, Sunday

Allan Jung, Telegram & Gazette

Beaches and backyard pools remain the places to be this weekend, with both Saturday and Sunday set for highs of about 90 degrees.

Worcester officials are urging families to cool off at city pools, beaches and splash parks.

Weather watchers will be keeping an eye on the record books over the weekend.

Wyatt McQuillan, 12, of Oxford wipes water away after pouring his bottle onto his head during a break from the Spirit of Liverpool soccer camp at the Pappas Recreation Complex in Auburn on Thursday. In response to the extreme heat, instructors scheduled frequent water breaks, provided shade canopies and quit early for the day.
Wyatt McQuillan, 12, of Oxford wipes water away after pouring his bottle onto his head during a break from the Spirit of Liverpool soccer camp at the Pappas Recreation Complex in Auburn on Thursday. In response to the extreme heat, instructors scheduled frequent water breaks, provided shade canopies and quit early for the day.

The high in Worcester for any Aug. 6 is 93 degrees, reached in 1906. For any Aug. 7 in Worcester, the top temperature was reached in 1924, when the reading was 94.

There is a chance of showers for both days.

As the early morning heat builds and the haze worsens, Tyler Boafo, 24, of Worcester, gets some basketball in at Greenwood Park in Worcester before the worse of the heat Thursday.
As the early morning heat builds and the haze worsens, Tyler Boafo, 24, of Worcester, gets some basketball in at Greenwood Park in Worcester before the worse of the heat Thursday.

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