Summer slides in with a steamy scorcher The first official day of summer arrived Wednesday, with temperatures soaring to 96 degrees in Boston. The National Weather Service is predicting 99 degrees today. (ESSDRAS M SUAREZ/GLOBE STAFF)

Summer slides in with a steamy scorcher

The first official day of summer arrived Wednesday, with temperatures soaring to 96 degrees in Boston. The National Weather Service is predicting 99 degrees today.

(ESSDRAS M SUAREZ/GLOBE STAFF)

Date June 21, 2012

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Tags #summer    #weather    #heat    #Northeast    #humidity   

Start of summer brings temps in the 90s Massachusetts residents flocked to beaches as extremely high humidity threatened to keep pushing temperatures higher. (JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF)

Start of summer brings temps in the 90s

Massachusetts residents flocked to beaches as extremely high humidity threatened to keep pushing temperatures higher.

(JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF)

Date June 20, 2012

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Tags #weather    #heat    #humidity    #how hot is it?    #Massachusetts    #beaches