Scorching weekend heat expected to hit 30+ million people in West with temps up to 130 degrees
- All-time record high temperatures could be registered in cities such as Las Vegas and Sacramento.
- More than 32 million people in the West live where an excessive heat warning or heat advisory is in effect.
- June 2021 was the hottest June in 127 years of record-keeping and surpassed the record set in June 2016.
All-time record high temperatures could be registered in cities such as Las
Vegas and Sacramento, while notorious hot spot Death Valley has already
recorded a temperature only few degrees short of Earth's hottest ever
measured.
Forecasters with the National Weather Service said Death Valley hit 130
degrees Friday afternoon, but the observed high temperature was considered
preliminary and needs to be validated. Temperatures were creeping upward
again Saturday and hit 123 degrees in the early afternoon.
"These extreme temps are NO joke! Be mindful before heading outdoors this
weekend. Do not put yourself, nor first responders in danger!" the National
Weather Service Las Vegas said.
Las Vegas' all-time high is 117 degrees and Sacramento's is 115 degrees.
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