An unprecedented heat wave in the West broke the record for the hottest March temperature anywhere in the United States: 108 degrees. It’s an alarming signal of how hot the planet is getting and how fast it’s happening. Yuma, Arizona, hit 109 degrees on Friday afternoon, which broke the national March record of 108 degrees…
An early-season heat wave baking the West this week obliterated numerous all-time records in California and Arizona on Wednesday and Thursday. The summerlike conditions are expected to persist and expand east in the coming days. Across Southern California and the Desert Southwest, around 38 million people are under heat alerts. High temperatures in the upper…
It feels like summertime in March across much of the western United States this week, as an extraordinary, early heat wave sends temperatures skyrocketing in California and the Southwest. Highs above 90 degrees Fahrenheit are expected to be widespread in Southern California, with parts of Arizona and Nevada reaching the triple digits. Some 39 million…
