Jul 1, 2026 By Conner Goetz 2 min read

Residents will have to find another place to shop for their favorite fresh fruits and vegetables this Thursday, as the Main Street Farmers Market in Washington has canceled its weekly vendor event in the face of scorching temperatures.

Market President Tracee Malik said this is the first time the market has had to call off an event due to inclement weather.

Upper St. Clair guitarist Harry Funk had been scheduled to perform for the duration of Thursday’s market, but the soaring temperatures interrupted those plans.

“We were concerned for our customers and vendors,” Malik said. “The heat index was just too high.”

Malik said the market will return on July 9.

The entirety of eastern Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania from Meadville down through Clarksburg in West Virginia has been under an extreme heat warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) since the beginning of this week.

With daily highs in the mid 90s through Friday, the weather is only a hair under the record temperature of 98 degrees for this time of year, according to NWS meteorologist Jared Rackley.

According to Rackley, NWS forecasts indicate that the heat dome-induced extreme heat warning will last through Friday evening, before a gradual cooling early next week when temperatures will return to the mid-80s.

A heat dome event occurs when a pocket of high atmospheric pressure hangs over a region for an extended period of time, trapping heat and humidity.

Rackley said the region has not experienced an extreme heat warning this long within the past five years.

Average daily highs for this time of year are low to mid-80s, he said, so next week will see the weather return to an expected norm.