The U.S. Is Breaking Hundreds of Records for the Hottest March Temperatures Ever Recorded. This week has already been so hot in some regions that a few of them have already registered temperatures above the current records for April as well

The Western United States are getting a little taste of what climate change apocalypse feels like this week, as an unprecedented heat wave has descended on an entire half of the country, toppling records for the hottest March temperatures ever recorded in states such as California, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota and Idaho. In fact, this week has already been so hot in some of these locales that a few of them have already registered temperatures above the current records for April as well. Temperatures in these places have spiked 20 to 40 degrees above the typical monthly average for this time of year. So, who’s ready for a summer where California burns to a crisp and Arizona melts into a puddle of liquid rock?