150+ Daily Temperature Records And 50 All-Time Monthly Records Broken Since Tuesday As Heatwave Continues, Spreads [View all]

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More than 150 daily temperature records and around 50 monthly all-time records have already been shattered since Tuesday, the weather service said, with more expected to fall this weekend and in the coming days. Parts of California were well above seasonal averages heading into the weekend, with Death Valley reaching a blistering 105 degrees on Thursday, a new monthly record. Highs are expected to remain well into the triple digits there into next week, according to the National Weather Service.

Southern Nevada was similarly grappling with summerlike conditions this weekend. Las Vegas hit 96 degrees on Saturday and is forecast to reach 93 degrees on Sunday. More than 40 daytime cooling stations were opened throughout the city to help people cope with the heat. “While Southern Nevada is no stranger to extreme heat, we are facing an unprecedented heat wave months ahead of the summer season,” Clark County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick said Wednesday in a statement. “Our bodies are not yet acclimated to these temperatures, and that puts people at greater risk for heat related illnesses.”

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In Colorado, Fort Collins reached an astounding 91 degrees on Saturday, a new all-time high for March since the city’s recordkeeping began in 1893. The 91-degree milestone also surpassed April’s hottest recorded temperature in Fort Collins by 2 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

“The city hadn’t recorded a March high above 81F prior to 2026,” the Boulder office of the NWS said Sunday on X.Denver, meanwhile, hit 86 degrees on Saturday, also setting a new record for the month of March. The heat, low humidity and breezy winds in Colorado are raising the risk of wildfires across the state.

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