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The hottest day in the Roaring Fork Valley thus far was recorded on Monday, and it broke many record-bearing weather titles. In other mountain towns, Silverton hit 86, breaking their old record of 83, set...
Heat warnings were in effect Tuesday from Southern California to Mississippi as record-breaking temperatures swept across the nation's southern tier.
No other major city – defined as the 25 most populous in the United States – has had any streak of 110-degree days or 90-degree nights longer than Phoenix, one weather historian said.
A dangerous 19th straight day of scorching heat in Phoenix set a record for U.S. cities Tuesday, confined many residents to air-conditioned safety and turned the usually vibrant metropolis into a ghost town.
The extreme heat scorching Phoenix blazed into the record books Tuesday, the 19th consecutive day temperatures hit at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) in a summer of suffering echoing around much of the globe.