For the past 100 days in Phoenix, Ariz., the temperature has risen to—and often well above—100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius). In this city and much of the heat-weary Southwest, that streak ...
On Monday, as much of the country stewed in bubbling heat, a boiling milestone was hit — a buoy in Florida registered a jaw-dropping 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit water temperature. This was on the heels ...