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WHAT'S HAPPENING
Extreme weather has ranged from triple digit temperatures in the Southwest to unseasonable cold in the Pacific Northwest.
By Wednesday afternoon, much of an area stretching from southeast California to central Arizona will see easily their hottest weather since last September.
Phoenix is already the hottest large city in America and is now poised to set yet another heat record.
Temperatures in the area reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking the previous record for the date by four degrees.
Temperatures this high are "extremely anomalous," the National Weather Service said.
The streak was finally broken Monday afternoon, when the high topped out at 108 degrees Fahrenheit.
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