New York Post

HOT DIPPITY DOG

Paws that refreshed amid blistering heat

- By CHRIS PEREZ

This pooch has a serious bone to pick with the weather.

While the dog days of summer may be coming to an end, the heat surely isn’t — as temperatur­es hovered in the mid- to upper 90s on Tuesday across the city.

“Oh, my God, today was really, really hot!” said Sandra Dolfino, owner of Prada, the golden retriever caught on camera cooling off at a dog park near East 62nd Street. “She doesn’t do so well in the heat.”

Expect another scorcher Wednesday, although maybe not quite as hot as Tuesday’s.

“The peak was basically [Tuesday],” said AccuWeathe­r senior meteorolog­ist Carl Erickson.

He told The Post that temps rose above the average high for the date but didn’t surpass the all-time record of 100 degrees — set in Central Park in 1948.

New Yorkers had gotten used to cool temps and wet weather over the last few weeks.

“All that rain and temperatur­es in the 70s and 80s, [the heat] may just be more noticeable,” Erickson said.

The overheated pooch Prada had to keep it cool in one of the city’s doggie-park pools.

“That was heaven,” Dolfino said. “Even just sitting [there]. The water was so nice and cool. It’s amazing that [the pools] are even there.”

The heat should wrap by Thursday evening — when a cold front is expected to roll through and possibly set off a strong, gusty thundersto­rm.

It’s still going to be humid through Labor Day weekend, but temperatur­es are expected to trend back down into the 70s and low to mid-80s on Sunday and Monday.

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