You know that moment when you leisurely walk to your subway station in 90-degree heat and you're already sort of sweating?
Of course you do. New Yorkers know that moment all too well.
WNYC reported that on Wednesday night at 7:09 p.m., the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall 4-5-6 subway platform was the hottest in the city, clocking in at 106.6 degrees.
The World Trade Center subway station also spiked to near-inferno temperatures, clocking in around 101 degrees.
Why are these two stations so hot?
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Trains tend to sit at the World Trade Center station and the Brooklyn Bridge station for long periods of time, allowing hot air-conditioning exhaust from waiting trains to build up.
WNYC went to 103 subway platforms during evening rush hour on Wednesday to take their temperatures. The platform with the most refreshing temperature was 5th Avenue-59th Street's N-Q-R station, which clocked in at a cool 68 degrees.
Grand Central Station was also reported cool, because the MTA has control of the space above the subway. MTA officials said the 2nd Avenue subway line will run 10 degrees cooler than most.
The median temperature of all the measured subway stations was 84.2 degrees, which we're happy to report, explains all the sweating.
The solution? We're not sure. Bring a towel to mop your sweat? Commiserate with your friends? You tell us in the comment section.
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[Feature Image Courtesy: WNYC]
