mid-Atlantic
adjective
1
: of or relating to the region of the U.S. that includes all or some of the states between New York and South Carolina
mid-Atlantic states/cities/beaches
2
: located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
mid-Atlantic islands
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Parts of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic also strained under high heat and humidity.
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Dave Collins, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026
By Sunday, showers and thunderstorms are expected to push into parts of the mid-Atlantic, Appalachians and Ohio Valley, putting as many as 54 million people at risk — including those in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.
—Christine Rapp, NBC news, 13 June 2026
Potentially dangerous heat and high humidity arrived Thursday and was expected to continue Friday for a swath of the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, where daily high record temperatures could be broken in numerous places, the weather service said.
—CBS News, 12 June 2026
El Nino typically increases the odds of above-average snowfall in the southern Rockies, south-central Plains, mid-Atlantic and coastal areas of the Northeast, with below-average snowfall favored in the northern Rockies, northern Plains and Great Lakes regions.
—Daniel Peck, ABC News, 11 June 2026
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Dave Collins, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026
By Sunday, showers and thunderstorms are expected to push into parts of the mid-Atlantic, Appalachians and Ohio Valley, putting as many as 54 million people at risk — including those in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.
—Christine Rapp, NBC news, 13 June 2026
Potentially dangerous heat and high humidity arrived Thursday and was expected to continue Friday for a swath of the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, where daily high record temperatures could be broken in numerous places, the weather service said.
—CBS News, 12 June 2026
El Nino typically increases the odds of above-average snowfall in the southern Rockies, south-central Plains, mid-Atlantic and coastal areas of the Northeast, with below-average snowfall favored in the northern Rockies, northern Plains and Great Lakes regions.
—Daniel Peck, ABC News, 11 June 2026
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“Mid-Atlantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mid-Atlantic. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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