Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Record-smashing heat continues: 'Basically the entire U.S. is going to be hot'

After smashing March heat records in 14 states and the U.S. as a whole, the gigantic heat dome that's baked the Southwest is creeping eastward and may end up being one of the most expansive heat waves in American history, meteorologists and weather historians said.

Record-smashing heat continues: 'Basically the entire U.S. is going to be hot'
Image: Phys.org
After smashing March heat records in 14 states and the U.S. as a whole, the gigantic heat dome that's baked the Southwest is creeping eastward and may end up being one of the most expansive heat waves in American history, meteorologists and weather historians said.

Originally published at Phys.org

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