Forecast high today: 111 degrees
Average high for July: 111 degrees
Average high for June and August: 108 degrees
Average low: 78 degrees
Average relative humidity: 36 percent
Ali Al-Saadi/AFP/Newscom/File
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US heat wave: 5 places that make it look milder
What may be a record-setting summer in America is relatively routine in other parts of the world that experience months of weather like this – and not necessarily with air conditioning.
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