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Joe Rao

Earth is farthest from the sun today. So why is it so hot?

A bright sun in an orange-and-red sky above a city skyline.

The National weather forecast for this Thursday before Independence Day 2025 shows high temperatures reaching to at least 90 degrees across the southern half of the nation, from the middle-Atlantic coast, westward through the Greater Ohio Valley, Central Great Plains, Texas and Oklahoma and down into the Desert Southwest.

Ninety-degree temperatures will also be attained over California (save for along the Pacific Coast), as well as Nevada, central and eastern portions of Oregon and Washington State and most of Idaho. Temperatures at or above 100 degrees are expected for southwest Texas, southern and western Arizona, southern Nevada and southeast California. Some desert locations might see ambient air temperatures approach 110 degrees.

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