Record-threatening, long duration heat wave to roast Western U.S.

The Washington Post · Matthew Cappucci · last updated August 31, 2022 – 3:35 PM

Large parts of the Western United States face a prolonged and extreme heat event that is expected to break scores of records over the next week. California’s Central Valley may be particularly hard hit by this heat wave, which the National Weather Service has warned could threaten monthly records over the holiday weekend. Sacramento could be near 110 degrees on Labor Day.

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