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Several U.S. states have broken temperature-related records so far this month as a heat wave grips the nation.
As of Wednesday morning, roughly half of the states were under either a National Weather Service (NWS) heat advisory or an excessive heat warning. Much of the heat was clustered on the Western and Eastern coasts and comes as many states, such as California, Utah and others, have already been exposed to extreme heat for days without relief.
The heat is breaking a variety of records across several states according to NWS. Even more states have tied records. NWS Weather Prediction Center Lead Forecaster Bob Oravec told Newsweek that record-breaking temperatures have spread across the West Coast over the past several days and that it appears there's a higher rate of temperatures breaking records this year.
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Oravec said there will be less record-breaking temperatures closer to the weekend.
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States with recent broken records are listed below:
Nevada:
Las Vegas has broken multiple records—including daily highs and an all-time high temperature—on Sunday when the city hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The city is also on track to break the record for the most consecutive days over 115 degrees Fahrenheit, The Associated Press reported.
On Monday, the NWS office in Las Vegas said that since July 4, cities within its forecast area have broken 16 daily max temperature records, two daily warm minimum temperature records and four all-time max temperature records.
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The NWS office in Reno, Nevada, also saw broken records.
"More daily temperature records fell again today," the office posted on Monday. "Reno observed a high of 106°F today, breaking the previous record of 104°F set in 2017. South Lake Tahoe observed a high of 91°F today, breaking the previous record of 89°F set in 2017."
Oregon:
Multiple daily high-temperature records were broken in Oregon on Monday. New daily records were made in Portland when temperatures hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit; Hillsboro with temperatures at 103 degrees; Salem with temperatures at 106 degrees Fahrenheit; and Eugene at 106 degrees. Previous records were 96 degrees, 101 degrees, 100 degrees and 97 degrees respectively.
California:
Many cities in California have broken temperature records, including daily highs on Saturday in Sacramento City at 113 degrees Fahrenheit, 8 degrees hotter than the previous record of 105 degrees set in 1989; Stockton with 111 degrees, beating the previous record of 106 degrees set in 1905; Redding with 119 degrees, beating the previous record of 111 degrees in 1984 and also beating the 118-degree all-time high-temperature record.
A daily record high was broken in Paso Robles on July 5, when temperatures reached 112 degrees Fahrenheit, beating the previous record of 110 degrees set in 2007.
Merced, Fresno, Hanford and Madera also beat daily highs on July 6.
Death Valley, the hottest place in the world, has set several daily high-temperature records this year but has not yet broken its all-time high of 130 degrees.
Idaho:
On Tuesday afternoon, the NWS office in Boise, Idaho, published a post on X that mentioned the possibility of Boise breaking the number of consecutive days of high temperatures greater than or equal to 103. The record is four days, which was last reached in July 2022. This week, Boise had forecasted highs above 104 degrees Fahrenheit through Sunday. The hottest day is expected to be Wednesday, with a high of 108 degrees. Several daily highs also will likely be broken.
"Boise also has around a 30% chance of breaking the all time high temperature record of 111F," the NWS office in Boise said. "Boise usually averages five 100 degree days per year since 1875."
Washington:
The NWS offices in Spokane and Seattle published posts that showed record-breaking temperatures across Washington state.
"More records were set or tied across the region today. Lewiston and Omak were two of the hottest spots reaching 107 degrees! A couple sensors across the region even hit 110F (Hanford area and Lapwai, ID)" the NWS office in Spokane posted on X on Tuesday.
Seattle beat its daily high temperature on Tuesday at several monitoring locations, according to the NWS office. Olympia and Bellingham also beat daily records on Tuesday at 100 degrees and 88 degrees respectively.
North Carolina:
Although the worst of the heat is clustered in the West, the East Coast state of North Carolina also broke several records.
"Record highs broken today: Charlotte (101) and Greenville-Spartanburg (100)! GSP had not hit 100 since July 8, 2016," the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg posted on X on July 5. "Charlotte had not reached 100 or higher since June 22, 2022."
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