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ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - WATCH: August records warmest month on Earth: What to know

ABC News meteorologist Somara Theodore shares what this report is saying about why August was the warmest month ever recorded, and Ginger Zee has more on the effort to use drones to help make rain.

AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Record heat bakes the heartland while New England braces for its first frost of the season

Millions of Americans face triple-digit heat from Dallas to St. Louis this week even as a cold Canadian air mass threatens the first freeze of the season across New England, a split-screen forecast that caps the hottest summer ever recorded in the Lower 48. Temperatures in Texas and Oklahoma could climb well above 100 degrees […] The post Record heat bakes the heartland while New England braces for its first frost of the season appeared first on American Almanac .

Millions of Americans face triple-digit heat from Dallas to St. Louis this week even as a cold Canadian air mass threatens the first freeze of the season across New England, a split-screen forecast that caps the hottest summer ever recorded in the Lower 48. Temperatures in Texas and Oklahoma could climb well above 100 degrees through the weekend, with heat index values reaching between 105 and 110 degrees across both states. Heat alerts remain in effect through Tuesday. Meanwhile, a strong cold front is set to push off the East Coast by Monday night, dragging frigid Canadian air behind it and sending thermometers in parts of the Northeast plunging into the 30s by early Tuesday morning. The contrast is stark. In McAllen, Texas, residents…Open

YOUTUBE (CNN) - Unusual change to Los Angeles weather

Unusual humidity and extreme heat are creating dangerous conditions across Southern California, where the air could feel more oppressive than in Miami, Houston or New Orleans.

NYTIMES (Motoko Rich and Josephine de La Bruyère) - Many Italians Long Resisted Air-Conditioning. Then Europe Got Hotter.

Amid record-breaking temperatures on the continent, households and businesses in Italy are increasingly installing cooling units.

NYTIMES (Nazaneen Ghaffar) - ‘Heat Dome’ to Bring Dangerous and Prolonged Heat Wave to Southern States

Even after sunset, there will be little relief, as much of the South is expected to remain above 80 degrees for several nights in a row.

YOUTUBE (Fox News) - DISTURBING DETAILS: Illegal immigrant confesses to murdering Virginia mother, authorities say

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AXIOS (Alex Fitzpatrick) - The U.S. just had its hottest month on record

Reproduced from NOAA ; Chart: Axios Visuals July was the hottest month on record for the contiguous U.S., per new federal data dating back to 1895. By the numbers: Last month's average temperature was 76.89°F, topping the 76.77°F mark set in July 1936. - That's 3.3°F warmer than the 1901-2000 average. What they're saying: "Above-average temperatures covered the entire [continental U.S.], with all states ranking in the warmest third of their July temperature records and none ranking near or below average," NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information said in its monthly report . The big picture: July featured a series of "heat domes" across the country that trapped warm air beneath them, fueling several extreme heat events. -…

Reproduced from NOAA ; Chart: Axios Visuals July was the hottest month on record for the contiguous U.S., per new federal data dating back to 1895. By the numbers: Last month's average temperature was 76.89°F, topping the 76.77°F mark set in July 1936. - That's 3.3°F warmer than the 1901-2000 average. What they're saying: "Above-average temperatures covered the entire [continental U.S.], with all states ranking in the warmest third of their July temperature records and none ranking near or below average," NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information said in its monthly report . The big picture: July featured a series of "heat domes" across the country that trapped warm air beneath them, fueling several extreme heat events. -…Open

NYTIMES (Nazaneen Ghaffar) - Europe Braces for Another Heat Wave. Here’s What to Know.

High temperature warnings were in place across western, central and southern Europe on Sunday as a heat dome intensifies across the continent.

AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Dangerous heat dome pushes Southwest toward 120 degrees as wildfire and flood risks mount

A punishing heat dome is driving temperatures across the Southwest toward 120 degrees this weekend, while strengthening winds in the Northwest threaten to turn dry brush into fast-moving wildfires, a one-two punch that puts millions of Americans in harm's way. Palm Springs, California, could hit 120 degrees on Saturday, and Phoenix faces afternoons within a […] The post Dangerous heat dome pushes Southwest toward 120 degrees as wildfire and flood risks mount appeared first on American Almanac .

A punishing heat dome is driving temperatures across the Southwest toward 120 degrees this weekend, while strengthening winds in the Northwest threaten to turn dry brush into fast-moving wildfires, a one-two punch that puts millions of Americans in harm's way. Palm Springs, California, could hit 120 degrees on Saturday, and Phoenix faces afternoons within a few degrees of that mark through Sunday, AccuWeather forecast . Downtown Los Angeles is expected to surge into the 90s for several days, with neighborhoods east of downtown approaching 100 degrees by Saturday. Daily record highs are on the line across the interior Southwest through the weekend. The heat dome, a high-pressure system that traps hot air over a region like a lid on a pot,…Open