A summer-like heat wave is ramping up across the Buffalo-Niagara region, and it comes as Buffalo Sabres playoff fever is running high with their round 2 playoff series with the Montreal Canadiens returning to Buffalo for a do-or-die game 7 Monday night.
As fans pack downtown Buffalo for the Party in the Plaza, Canalside Watch Party and the game, it will be shorts and t-shirt weather on a day when the temperature will push well into the 80's across the region.
Monday's heat will come after a spectacular end of the weekend Sunday, with temperatures rising to about 76 degrees.
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"From here it goes up," meteorologist Andy Parker tells WBEN. "We're going to see the 70's over the weekend both days, and then it looks like we'll see a pair of 80's on Monday and Tuesday."
The early week heat won't be the norm, Parker assures us, but does add that temps will be much more comfortable than they have been for the second half of the month. "I think we're going to spend the rest of the month here in the 60 to 72 degree range."
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"Many areas in the East will experience their highest temperatures of the year so far during the next several days, surpassing the brief warmups in March and April,” AccuWeather Vice President of Forecast Operations Dan DePodwin said.
A strong cold front will bring showers and thunderstorms midweek, followed by mainly dry, but much cooler conditions for the later half of the week. The coolest day will be Thursday, with many locations not getting out of the 50's. Expect a slow rebound in temperatures into the holiday weekend with 60s and some low 70's.
