Sea surface temperatures rose above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) at a spot off Florida’s southern tip, while swimming pools in the Southwest gave the sensation of being in soup. With the scorching heat, even going for a swim offered little to no relief. Temperatures are also expected to ease in Las Vegas, Albuquerque and Death Valley, California. With the arrival of monsoon rains, temperatures are forecast to start to drop in the hottest areas in the U.S. Phoenix broke another heat record Saturday, marking the 30th consecutive day of temperatures reaching or surpassing 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius). And in Kansas, adding air conditioning to the newest prison sparked outrage among some lawmakers who saw it as coddling inmates. In Missouri, only half of the prisons are fully air conditioned. The Prison Policy Initiative, a national think tank, included Missouri and Kansas in a 2019 list of 13 “famously hot states” that lack universal air conditioning in prisons. The extreme heat has refocused attention on the lack of air conditioning in prisons. Similar warnings were issued for much of the Deep South, which encompasses Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, with temperatures in the 90s (around 35 Celsius) and heat indexes past 100 (43.3 Celsius). Mati Hlatshwayo Davis said the risk of heat stroke was high and warned that interior car temperatures could reach lethal levels in minutes. An excessive heat warning was issued for much of Missouri, Kansas and western Illinois, where the sweaty mix of heat and humidity could make it feel like up to 112 degrees Fahrenheit (44.4 degrees Celsius) in some areas. The weather was equally stifling and muggy in the center of the United States. In northern New England, temperatures were down 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit after getting into the 90s (around 35 degrees Celsius) on Friday, but the humidity lingered throughout the region. Parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut were under a heat advisory through Saturday night. The extreme heat was forecast to ease Sunday. Some 500 cooling centers have opened across the city’s five boroughs, and the governor authorized the state’s swimming pools to stay open later. Heat advisories continued in New York City, where high humidity has made it uncomfortable and dangerous.
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