The National Weather Service in Birmingham, Alabama, warned that the heat will be accompanied by tumultuous weather.
“Like a broken record, we’ll repeat the same forecast once again today. Hot & humid conditions will persist with scattered to numerous storms,” the agency tweeted Monday.
Heat advisories are also in place in Minnesota, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
High temperatures will also be a factor along the West Coast and across the southwestern states heading into the Fourth of July.
The region already experienced a sweltering weekend, with triple-digit temperatures recorded in California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.
The National Weather Service in Phoenix said high temperatures hit 115 F on Sunday in the city. That same day, temperatures in Las Vegas reached 110 F, tying a record for the shortest time between the city’s first 100-degree and 110-degree days, at two days.
“The only other time this has happened was in 1955,” NWS Las Vegas tweeted Sunday.
The agency said temperatures will climb “well above normal” through the holiday, with triple-digit highs expected in multiple cities, including Las Vegas, Death Valley, Lake Havasu City and Bishop.
The region is not expected to see much relief until later this week.
“Highs well into the triple digits are forecast throughout the Central Valley region of California and Desert Southwest,” the National Weather Service said in its Monday forecast.
The heat is then expected to move into northern California and western Oregon, where the agency said “highs are forecast to reach into the 90s and low 100s on Tuesday.”
The U.S. is not alone in experiencing an intense heat wave relatively early in the summer season. Parts of China, particularly in the northern regions, have been sweltering under extreme heat. The capital of Beijing is approaching 10 straight days of temperatures in excess of 95 degrees F, The Associated Press reported.
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