Arizona desert town breaks record for hottest March temperature in US history
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- A small community near Martinez Lake, Arizona, set a new US record for the highest March temperature at 110F (43.3C), surpassing the previous 108F record from 1954.
- Several other locations in California and the southwest, including Phoenix, Las Vegas, and San Diego, experienced record-breaking March heat, with temperatures well above normal for the season.
- Phoenix recorded its earliest triple-digit temperature day in nearly 40 years, reaching 105F (40.6C), prompting closures of hiking trails due to heat illness risks.
- Scientists have concluded that this unprecedented heatwave would have been "virtually impossible" without climate change, which has increased the likelihood of such events fourfold in the
