Over the weekend, a wave of extreme heat blanketed Arizona, New Mexico, parts of Texas, Colorado, and Kansas, while severe weather conditions affected multiple areas across the United States. Unseasonable cold gripped the Pacific Northwest, with snowfall expected in the northern Rocky Mountains and heavy rainfall forecasted from the northern Plains to the Upper Midwest.
The National Weather Service reported that more than 63 million people were under heat advisories on Sunday, extending from the Southwest up through Denver and into Chicago. In Phoenix, temperatures soared to 112 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday and were anticipated to remain close to that mark on Sunday. The city has experienced a record-breaking start to June, with temperatures averaging 5.6 degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal.
