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Monthly records were shattered across the Bay Area in the culmination of a weeklong heat wave that led to triple-digit highs throughout California. But some respite is on the way as the lingering high ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A scorching heat wave that broke temperature records across Southern California this week is expected to end. It’s ...

Editor’s note (3/21/26): Four stations (two in Arizona and two in California) recorded temperatures of 112 degrees Fahrenheit (44.4 degrees Celsius) on Friday, March 20, besting the all-time U.S.

California has set a new record for its hottest March day ever. The National Weather Service reported that two climate sites in the Coachella Valley, Thermal and Indio, hit 108 degrees on Thursday.

A long-duration heat wave is taking shape over the western half of the U.S. and is forecast to stick around in the days ahead. A high-pressure system in place over the West is keeping precipitation ...

Spring is just about here, if you go by its official start date, on the equinox. But in the American West, it feels like we skipped right to summer. A record-smashing heat dome has settled over a huge ...

It’s been the warmest March on record so far across the United States, in terms of daytime high temperatures. And now, unprecedented heat for this time of year is expanding and intensifying across the ...