Scorching Summer Temperatures Threaten Record-Breaking Heat Across Half the Country
- A dangerous heat wave is sweeping across a wide swath of the U.S. this week, with many locations feeling like full-on summer in spring.
- Dozens of record high temperatures are expected across the West, Midwest, and Northeast.
- Major cities like New York and Washington, D.C. will experience temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal, in the 80s, increasing health risks and fire dangers.
- The hot weather arrives unusually early and is lasting unusually long, signaling a long, hot summer ahead for much of the country.