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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Lauren Herdman for MetDesk

Weather tracker: North-west US hit by snow ahead of eastern heatwave

Scorched trees and scrubland in a river canyon
Wildfire damage on the banks of the Colorado River in Mack, western Colorado. The 2026 fire season is shaping up to be one of the worst on record. Photograph: Ty ONeil/AP

Unseasonal snow has fallen in some parts of the US, while other parts of the country brace for a heatwave this week.

A strong cold front spread into the western US from the northern Pacific over the weekend, bringing an abrupt change in conditions to a region that had been experiencing high summer temperatures amid drought. Temperatures from the Canadian border to California have widely been 5-10C below the norm since Friday, and more than 10C below in some parts farther north. The pattern is expected to remain for much of the coming week.

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