The heat wave that has melted the tri-state for the past week has broken a record in New York City, hitting 103 degrees in Central Park by early afternoon.

The heat index was greater than 110 degrees in both New York City and Newark, where temps reached 106. It’s the seventh day of the scorching summer heat wave, and the heat is not expected to retreat until Sunday.

The previous Central Park record was 101 degrees, set in 1957.

Con Edison is warning customers to expect scattered outages for the next few days as the power grid is stressed at capacity. There were outages in every borough and Westchester County Friday, with the most in Brooklyn, at about 200 customers, the company said.

“We’re going to be in new territory, and for us that translates into a very high demand for electricity,” said John Miksad, senior vice president of Electric Operations for Con Ed.

(Source: NBC)