Usually, when weather and Syracuse end up in the same sentence, you're almost guaranteed to hear about the frigid temperatures, wind chill and the excessive amount of snow we receive each winter. However, in the summer months, Syracuse registered some of the hottest temperatures in New York and in the Northeast. 

When you get warm, your body sweats to cool itself. As it gets warmer, your body must sweat more. As the sweat on your body evaporates (dries up in the breeze), your body gets cooler. If the weather is hot and also humid, your sweat can't evaporate very well. So, as the humidity goes up, your body doesn't cool off as well. This means that your body's internal temperature begins to rise. When you can't sweat enough to cool your body, you might get a heat illness. Heat illness may cause you to feel tired, to have muscles that are weak, tired or cramping, and to have dizziness, nausea, vomiting or headache. Heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke and sunstroke are different heat illnesses. They occur when your body isn't able to keep itself cool enough.

We've set up a page with some important information on what to do when the high temperatures start to bring you down. Remember to stay hydrated, utilize the shade and keep physical activity to a minimum during times of extreme heat. As always, stop in to Health Services to ask questions, get some cold bottled water or get evaluated if you're feeling ill from the heat.