nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||The Record Temperatures Enveloping The West Are Not Your Average Heat Wave||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||From the Great Plains to the California coast, a powerful “heat dome” is setting records. This one is stronger, bigger and appearing earlier than normal.

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This record-setting heat wave’s remarkable power, reach, and unusually early appearance is giving meteorologists yet more cause for concern about extreme weather in an era of climate change.

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The Record Temperatures Enveloping The West Are Not Your Average Heat Wave

From the Great Plains to the California coast, a powerful “heat dome” is setting records. This one is stronger, bigger and appearing earlier than normal.

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