If greenhouse gas emissions remain unchecked, Boston's average summer highs could rise by 9 degrees by 2100, according to ...

This is no ordinary heat. All time records are within reach today, as this early season heat wave becomes official.

By Tuesday night — following the fourth hottest day on record in Boston — Mass General’s emergency department was slammed.

A van with 16 “elderly” passengers slammed into a building in Dorchester Wednesday afternoon, as several people were ...

We must pivot away from reactive heat emergency responses and toward comprehensive climate action that addresses the root ...

Another warm day will arrive Wednesday with mostly sunshine for the day, and some isolated thunderstorms are possible by ...

A heat dome is a weather phenomenon where a large area of high pressure traps hot air near the ground, leading to prolonged ...

Boston's current heat wave brings a high of 92 degrees with isolated storms, and a cool down expected by the weekend.

Extreme heat — and what to do about it — was also on the minds of researchers, community advocates and local leaders at a ...

Temperatures aren't just rising during the day. Nights are getting warmer too. WBZ-TV meteorologist Jacob Wycoff reports.

A brutal heat wave across the eastern United States trapped millions of people in sweltering air this week with record-high ...

BUT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, RIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY, TEMPERATURES HOLDING IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S SO COOLER THAN AVERAGE ...