80 Million Americans to Face 105 Degree Heat This Weekend: National Weather Service

Melanie Anguay, of Las Vegas, stands for a photo next to a digital display of an unofficial heat reading at Furnace Creek Visitor Center during a heat wave in Death Valley National Park in Death Valley, Calif., on July 16, 2023. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning about more scorching heat across the United States in the coming days—with about 80 million Americans set to experience 100-degree-plus temperatures this weekend.

“An extremely dangerous and record-breakingly long heat wave will continue over the Southwest well into the next week,” the NWS said in a July 20 post on Twitter.