Tucson, Arizona — Deadly heat waves have become the summertime norm in Arizona and much of the Southwest in recent years. But this year, those heat waves are coming months before the height of summer. As an atmospheric “heat dome” planted itself over much of the U.S. West, temperatures outside Phoenix reached 101 degrees on the first day of spring, making Arizona the hottest place on Earth.

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    6 hours ago

    That’s so weird. I feel like it wasn’t long ago that this was the prediction and it’s like… Sort of happening now. What a coincidence!