The Latest Breaking News from the National Weather Service

Parts of the U.S. are continuing to sizzle as July creeps toward setting a record for the hottest month ever recorded

A historic heat wave that has gripped the U.S. Southwest throughout July, blasting residents and baking surfaces like brick, is beginning to abate with the late arrival of monsoon rains.

Residents across the globe grapple with scorching temperatures, deadly wildfires and health warnings.

An unfathomable heat descended here on Monday, the hottest place in a rapidly warming world. At the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, a digital thermometer read 123 degrees and counting — within striking distance of the hottest temperature ever recorded on planet Earth.

The heat continues across the southern U.S. from California to Florida. Temperatures in Dallas are forecast to reach 106F degrees Tuesday and when humidity is thrown in it will feel more like 110 or more, the National Weather Service said.

June was only the 16th-warmest on record in Texas, but a mid-month heatwave brought an unusually high number of 100-degree days.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory Monday, advising people to take precautions as hot, dry weather bakes metro Denver, other cities along the Interstate 25 corridor, and Colorado’s high plains, bringing near-record temperatures and raising health risks.

Temperature at California national park hit 128F on Sunday as roughly one-third of Americans are under heat warnings

Extreme heat continues to cause issues across the country and the globe. As the temperature rises, so does the risk of heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives in America than any other weather-related hazard, including flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes…