GRAY — Much of the Northeast continues to bake but northern New England is escaping the oppressive heat.

Temperatures of more than 100 degrees are forecast Saturday in Philadelphia and extreme heat continues across the mid-Atlantic, where storms caused massive power outages.

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Summer Santa Claus Tom Osborn of Taylor, Pa. a member of the Greater Scranton Jaycees, cools his feet in a pool of ice at Lackawanna County Courthouse Square during First Night festivities held in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania on Friday, July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/The Scranton Times-Tribune, Butch Comegys)

Perspiration collects on construction worker David Macmullen's face in the afternoon heat, Friday, July 6, 2012, in Philadelphia. The National Weather Service said the record-breaking heat that has baked the nation's midsection for several days was slowly moving into the mid-Atlantic states and Northeast. Excessive-heat warnings remained in place Friday for all of Iowa, Indiana and Illinois as well as much of Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Kentucky. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A sun bear reacts to triple-digit temperatures at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., Friday, July 6, 2012. The temperature reached 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.5 Celsius) Friday. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Mikel Welch, 9, floats on his back as he cools off in a fountain Friday, July 6, 2012, in St. Louis. Excessive-heat warnings remained in place Friday for all of Iowa, Indiana and Illinois as well as much of Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Kentucky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

A woman is taken away on a stretcher after being effected by the heat while waiting for President Barack Obama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Friday, July 6, 2012. Obama is on a two-day bus campaign trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Visitors get much needed relief from a water sprinkler set up at the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, rear, in Washington Saturday, July 7, 2012. The heat gripping much of the country is set to peak Saturday in many places, including some Northeast cities, where temperatures close to or surpassing 100 degrees are expected. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

But cloud cover is keeping things relatively cool in northern New England.

Stacie Haynes of the National Weather Service says the temperatures are reaching only the mid-80s in Maine and New Hampshire as cloud cover keeps the temperature down. It’s also cool in Vermont, where many locations are in the 70s.

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