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Goble said this month’s heat wave has set records in every corner of Colorado, sometimes by double digits.
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Evan Bush, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Experts are warning that the unprecedented heat wave that has roasted the West during the past two weeks has also set the stage for a potentially perilous wildfire season.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Temperatures were forecast to linger around 30 or 40 degrees above average in a number of southwestern and Central states, continuing a trend that began earlier in the week as a massive heat wave expands further into the western two-thirds of the country, said CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
The lack of a snowpack will only increase soil moisture deficits, which can make heat waves more severe.
—Greg Porter, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
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Evan Bush, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Experts are warning that the unprecedented heat wave that has roasted the West during the past two weeks has also set the stage for a potentially perilous wildfire season.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Temperatures were forecast to linger around 30 or 40 degrees above average in a number of southwestern and Central states, continuing a trend that began earlier in the week as a massive heat wave expands further into the western two-thirds of the country, said CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
The lack of a snowpack will only increase soil moisture deficits, which can make heat waves more severe.
—Greg Porter, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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