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Rockin The '90s: Bergen, Passaic Have Hot Fun In The Summertime

How 'bout this heat? How you respond depends on how well you're coping.

Young Greyson of Oklahoma enjoys frozen yogurt at Cups on Route 3 in Clifton while visiting family.

Young Greyson of Oklahoma enjoys frozen yogurt at Cups on Route 3 in Clifton while visiting family.

Photo Credit: Anthony Locicero
Bradon, 6, of Fair Lawn, cools off from the extreme heat.

Bradon, 6, of Fair Lawn, cools off from the extreme heat.

Photo Credit: Anthony Locicero
Feet first at Crestwood Lake in Allendale.

Feet first at Crestwood Lake in Allendale.

Photo Credit: Lorraine Ash
Lori Campeau of Westwood makes her own shade so she can read her Kindle at Crestwood Lake in Allendale.

Lori Campeau of Westwood makes her own shade so she can read her Kindle at Crestwood Lake in Allendale.

Photo Credit: Lorraine Ash
Ilene Gagliardi of Teaneck took her golden doodle, Java, to the Phelps Park dog enclosure before getting herself another java -- this one iced.

Ilene Gagliardi of Teaneck took her golden doodle, Java, to the Phelps Park dog enclosure before getting herself another java -- this one iced.

Photo Credit: Ceclila Levine
A towel is the only line of defense Terry Ann Johnson has as she delivers the mail in downtown Ramsey.

A towel is the only line of defense Terry Ann Johnson has as she delivers the mail in downtown Ramsey.

Photo Credit: Lorraine Ash
Gia Pierro, 9 of Hawthorne, catches rays poolside.

Gia Pierro, 9 of Hawthorne, catches rays poolside.

Photo Credit: Ginger Pierro
Ramsey's Olivia Manzo, Rebecca Schachtel, and Sarah Welsh take a Starbucks break while helping advertise a car wash at the high school.

Ramsey's Olivia Manzo, Rebecca Schachtel, and Sarah Welsh take a Starbucks break while helping advertise a car wash at the high school.

Photo Credit: Lorraine Ash
Dave Lease of Rutherford with his 8-month-old nephew, Christopher Mezzina of Waldwick, in Lyndhurst's Splash Park.

Dave Lease of Rutherford with his 8-month-old nephew, Christopher Mezzina of Waldwick, in Lyndhurst's Splash Park.

Photo Credit: Anthony Locicero
Blake of Fair Lawn cools his head at Lyndhurst's Splash Park.

Blake of Fair Lawn cools his head at Lyndhurst's Splash Park.

Photo Credit: Anthony Locicero

It had better be OK -- because the big melt isn't relenting the rest of the month.

Temperatures pushed into the mid 90s on Monday -- with a high of 96 expected -- forcing many who needed to be outdoors to adapt (see photos above).

Severe thunderstorms were expected to begin mid-afternoon. and continue until about 8 p.m. in New Jersey, meteorologists said.

The storms, which stretched from the Upper Hudson Valley southwest to South Central Pennslvania, "could produce winds of 60 mph or more, hail, and heavy rains," meteorologist Joe Cioffi said.

Monday night's low was expected to be a tick below 70 degrees before pushing back toward 90 on Tuesday -- only with no humidity.

The itself heat isn't breaking.

Thursday is expected to begin a new string of at least two weeks of days over or just at 90 degrees.

One of the hottest summers in recent memory came in 2010, when Newark International Airport registered 54 days of temperatures in the 90s.

North Jersey had 35 days of 90 degrees or more last year, after a mere 15 in 2014 and 25 the year before.

As of Monday, New Jersey had 13 90-degree days so far in 2016.

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