It's not "officially" summer just yet. The summer solstice is next Friday, June 21. However, blistering summer heat is cooking the Southwest. Over the past few days, we've seen the hottest temperatures so early in the calendar in....
- Las Vegas: 112 on Saturday beat the previous earliest high of 112 or hotter set on June 12, 1940.
- Red Bluff, Calif.: 112 on Saturday beat their previous earliest high of 112 or hotter set on June 15, 1961.
- Death Valley, Calif.: 126 on Saturday beat their previous earliest high of 126 or hotter set on June 16, 2000. They also hit 125 on Sunday, and had a Sunday morning low of only 96 degrees! According to the NWS-Las Vegas, they were 115 degrees at noon Sunday!
- Denver: 99 on Monday beat their previous earliest high of 99 or hotter set on June 13, 2006.
The heat has proven deadly, as a man died and five others (including four Boy Scouts) suffered heat-related illnesses after being lost during a hike Saturday inside the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in northwest Arizona.
Heat Spreads
While the 110s and 120s of the Desert Southwest won't be an issue, searing, record-breaking heat is expanding out of the Southwest into the Rockies, Southern Plains and Southeast.
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