Sizzling Temperatures Might Set Records in Southwest
Temperatures in the 90s and 100s in California and the Four Corners region could rewrite history books today.

May 30, 2002

Record heat is expected across interior California and the Southwest today as above-normal warmth engulfs much of the West. High temperatures will be as much as 20 degrees above normal, with cities such as Phoenix and Las Vegas facing 105- to 110-degree heat this afternoon. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are again forecast across the Gulf Coast states and from the Mississippi Valley to the East Coast. Thunderstorms could become severe with hail and high winds this afternoon in Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Illinois, extreme southern Texas and across the Florida peninsula. Wisconsin also faces the possibility of isolated tornadoes. Widely scattered showers will dampen parts of Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

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