Record-shattering March scorcher: 70 million to bake in summerlike #HeatDome into weekend

Record-challenging heat will surge across the Southwest this week as a stubborn heat dome sends temperatures into the 90s and even past 100 degrees in some cities, levels more typical of late spring or early summer.

By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

Published Mar 16, 2026 2:39 PM EDT | Updated Mar 16, 2026 3:55 PM EDT

" Much of the Southwest will jump from springlike conditions to summerlike heat this week, with temperatures climbing well into the 90s in many areas and even topping 100 degrees in some locations which are more typical of early summer. The heat dome will have staying power and may not begin to weaken until this weekend to early next week.

A burst of summerlike heat will build across the Southwest this week, pushing temperatures in many areas into the 90s and some past 100 degrees. Monthly records may be challenged, and the heat could hold into the weekend or early next week"

Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/record-shattering-march-scorcher-70-million-to-bake-in-summerlike-heat-dome-into-weekend/1873771

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Summerlike heat dome to send #Southwest temperatures soaring past 100 F

A strengthening #HeatDome will send temperatures soaring into the 90s and past 100 degrees across the Southwest, threatening records, accelerating snowmelt and raising #wildfire risk now, then #WaterSupply concerns later.

By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
Published Mar 13, 2026

"Temperatures will climb well into the 90s, with some areas forecast to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit through next week. While those numbers may not seem extreme for the southwestern United States, they are running one to two months ahead of historical averages and could have implications for wildfire risk and water supplies across the interior Southwest later this year.

"A persistent area of high pressure at multiple levels of the atmosphere, known as a heat dome, will intensify in the coming days and may be slow to break down."

Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/summerlike-heat-dome-to-send-southwest-temperatures-soaring-past-100-f/1872946

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US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Updated 12:03 AM EDT, March 13, 2026

"Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.

"Days of downpours have begun in #Hawaii. The #Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) #heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern #GreatLakes states. And the dreaded #PolarVortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing #ArcticChill.

"This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash already hit much of the East. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C. residents walked around in shorts in record-breaking 86 degrees Fahrenheit (about 30 Celsius). On Thursday, it snowed.

" 'All of the country, even if you’re not necessarily seeing extremes, are going to see generally changing from cold to warm, or warm to cold to warm,' said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.

"Former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue said he expects extreme weather in all 50 states."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/heat-dome-snow-blizzard-cold-polar-flooding-55e3baf6877e81ee1961aade3cb361c3

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scattered bitter cold.
and yet, half a world away,
record heat still mounts

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Yikes! #Australia swelters in a record #HeatWave as temperatures near 50 C

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY
Updated 7:24 AM EST, January 27, 2026

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — "Parts of Australia sweltered in record temperatures of close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday as the country sweated through a prolonged heat wave.

[...]

"On Monday, parts of #NewSouthWales and #SouthAustralia states hit record temperatures, some exceeding records set during a destructive summer of forest fires in 2019."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/melbourne-heat-wave-temperature-australian-open-victoria-d679bdde6aced8a7aca522da79280c9b

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fall feels like summer.
winter may be crowded out,
as we, too, may be.

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autumnal summer—
blithely lulling climate fears,
homeless to hell's fire

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Heat Wave (Liquid Drum & Bass)
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more deadly heat waves
yet we boiling frogs don't act
just smile and wave back

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