This week is a scorcher as high temperatures stay above the average for this time of the year.

What You Need To Know

  • Many cities will deal with hot temperatures over the next few days

  • Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories are in effect

  • Stay hydrated and take breaks indoors where it's much cooler

Many areas have heat alerts in place for the dangerously hot conditions.

In central California, Heat Advisories are in effect through this evening, with highs reaching up to 107 degrees. In southern California, highs could reach up to 118, and Excessive Heat Warnings are in effect until the end of the week.

For the center of the country, heat alerts are in place through this evening. Humidity mixing with the toasty outside temperatures are making it feel much hotter than what the thermometer reads. The central U.S. could see heat indices up to 110.

While in the Northeast, heat indices could reach up to the lower 100s, and Heat Advisories stay in effect through this evening.

The heat reaches all the way down to North Carolina along the East Coast. Humidity will make it feel up to 109.


We will see high temperatures increase over the next few days, especially for the Midwest and Northeast.

Scroll through the slides below to see what the rest of the week and the start of the weekend looks like.

 

Stay hydrated, and take breaks indoors as much as possible if you have to be outside.

It's not just here in the U.S.

A police officer givers water to a British soldier wearing a traditional bearskin hat, on guard duty outside Buckingham Palace, during hot weather in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Across the globe, western Europe is also dealing with the extreme heat.

Many places have reached record highs multiple days in the row.

The heat is also leading to other problems. Drought conditions continue to worsen from the hot temperatures and lack of rain. Forest fires have intensified for parts of Europe.

Many people are without AC, leading to heat illnesses and hundreds of deaths.