AthenaMeteorologists are reaching for superlatives to describe an oncoming heat wave so intense and rare for this time of year that it could leave some locations shattering their all-time temperature records for April before that month has even begun.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/17/weather/heat-wave-west-records-climate-change
Extraordinary, climate change-fueled heat wave envelops the West with mounting consequences
Meteorologists are reaching for superlatives to describe an oncoming heat wave so intense and rare for this time of year that it could leave some locations shattering their all-time temperature records for April before that month has even begun.
Octavia Nasr