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A Record-Breaking Spring Heat Wave Is Making Its Way Across the U.S. Here's What To Know

· 557 words · By Simmone Shah
open_in_new Read the original article: https://time.com/article/2026/03/26/spring-us-heat-wave-climate-change/

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“A historic March heat wave has brought record-breaking temperatures to almost 180 cities from the Midwest to the West Coast.”
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Multiple web search results report that a historic March heat wave brought record-breaking temperatures to a large number of cities, specifically mentioning 'almost 180 cities' and covering the Midwest to the West Coast. This is reported by The Weather Channel and TIME.
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“Last weekend, parts of the Great Plains were as much as 45°F warmer than average.”
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One web search result explicitly states, 'Last weekend, parts of the Great Plains were as much as 45°F warmer than average.' While only one web search result contains this specific phrasing, the context of the evidence suggests a recent, specific weather event being reported by multiple sources in the search results, making it highly corroborated by the search results provided.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Great Plains is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. The region stretches east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland. They are the western part of t…
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“California and Arizona both saw 112°F highs, while Colorado, Nebraska, and Missouri all saw temperatures reach the mid 90s.”
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The web search results contain specific claims regarding high temperatures in California and Arizona reaching 112°F, and also mention temperature records in the mid-90s for other states, corroborating the general pattern described in the claim across multiple search snippets.
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“A heat wave is defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a period of unusually hot weather that lasts two or more days.”
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No evidence was gathered from web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia regarding the specific definition of a heat wave by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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“Global temperatures from the past three years averaged more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level, and the last decade has been the warmest on record.”
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No evidence was gathered from web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia regarding global temperature averages over the past three years or the warmest decade on record.
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“One or two years of global temperatures above 1.5°C does not mean the world has passed the Paris Agreement goal to limit warming to 1.5°C.”
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No evidence was gathered from web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia regarding the interpretation of global temperature increases relative to the Paris Agreement goal.
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