Tens of millions of individuals throughout the western United States face one other punishing afternoon of brutal triple-digit temperatures, as energy corporations pleaded with their overheated prospects to be considered with electrical energy use Wednesday.
The excessive temperature is anticipated to achieve 109 levels in Sacramento, California, 99 in Los Angeles, 103 in Salt Lake Metropolis, 100 in Grand Junction, Colorado, and 108 in Las Vegas in a warmth wave that is anticipated to final the remainder of the week.
Amazingly, Wednesday’s scorcher in California’s capital represents a small dose of reduction — from Tuesday’s all-time excessive of 116 levels. Earlier than this yr, Sacramento had by no means recorded a September temperature at or above 110 levels and now the town has hit that sweltering mark two days out of three.
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District thanked its “unbelievable prospects” for conserving power Tuesday.
“Along with your assist, we have been capable of keep away from rotating outages,” the utility mentioned in a statement late Tuesday night. “We nonetheless have 3 extra days of 100+ diploma climate forward, so please proceed to scale back power utilization from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.”
Sacramento is way from alone in its heat-related distress.
- Greater than 1,000,000 individuals in Northern California skilled temperatures of a minimum of 110 levels Tuesday. Wednesday would be the ninth consecutive day when a portion of the Golden State has been underneath a warmth alert.
- Tuesday’s excessive temperature of 105 in Salt Lake Metropolis marked the most well liked September day within the metropolis’s historical past.
- Grand Junction, which sits at 4,600 toes above sea stage close to the Utah border in far western Colorado, recorded 101 levels Tuesday, the most well liked September day on document.
