26c Cool ? that's when we start complaining about the heat over here
Perhaps you could suggest Fred makes he was over to see JayG.
Next week it's back up to a balmy 34 C (so "cool" is relative; 26 C in August is considered VERY comfortable).
It's not too unusual for a tropical storm (or what's left of it) to work it's way north to the Atlantic coast again. Especially storms that re-emerge at the New York coast, or further north, could cross the Atlantic! On occasion, sometimes our rain storm later becomes your rain storm!