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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gabrielle Canon

Historic heatwave poised to hit dozens of US states this weekend

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New Yorkers in the heat at Coney Island last year. Temperatures this weekend are expected to break or tie about 130 records. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Dozens of states across the US are bracing for historically high spring temperatures this weekend, as a scorching heatwave moves east.

The early onslaught of sweltering weather, before what’s expected to be another hot, dry summer, is forecast to break or tie roughly 130 heat records for this time of year, with temperatures between 20F and 30F above average in the mid-Atlantic and north-east.

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