After record highs, temperatures are dropping Thursday with the potential of heavy rain for the afternoon and evening.

According to the National Weather Service, temperatures in the Hartford/Springfield area are expected to lower dramatically.

Boston’s sweltering high temperature broke a longstanding record for July 29 of 97 degrees that was set in 1933. Providence hit 96 degrees, eclipsing its 2002 record of 95. With the humidity, though, ...