a hot andp humid 86 degrees in manhattan at 8:23 tonight. the days are getting shower shorter. tonight is a perfect night to wander around the streets with ice cream done. record-breaking temperatures today. sweaterring heat in time for the start of school tomorrow. was so hot some schools in connecticut now sent kids home early and despite having the windows open and the fans blasting, they could not keep the classrooms cold muff. in connecticut, they canceled classes for tomorrow. let s get over to nick gregory. the hottest day of the summer today,mazing. you would pecks it to be back after the july 4th holiday weekend. not the labor day holiday weekend. here you go. 97 in new york city today. this by the way, the warmest september day since 1983, so records being set all over the place. 92 this is record but la pard ya, 95. bridgeport, 94. newark up to 98 degrees. alot of those records are back in 2010. in 1919. right now, 84 in town. 78 in poughkeepsie. upper 70 s