On Friday, a new heat record for the day was set in Death Valley -- one of the hottest places on Earth.
CLAIRE RUSH, REBECCA BOONE AND SCOTT SONNERScorching temperatures are expected across Southern California this weekend, with some parts hitting triple digits.
More extreme highs are in the near forecast, including 129 F for Sunday at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park, and then around 130 through Wednesday. The hottest temperature ever officially recorded on Earth was 134 degrees in Death Valley in July 1913, though some experts dispute that measurement and say the real record was 130 F recorded there in July 2021.
Oppressive heat and humidity could team up to spike temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the Pacific Northwest, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, said Jacob Asherman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
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