Nationwide, more than 4,500 record high daily temperatures have been set in the past 30 days, according to the National Climatic Data Center. Since June 23, scores of cities have been the hottest they've ever been, on any day ever recorded (e.g., 107 in Colorado Springs, 109 in Nashville and 106 in Atlanta). In Washington, the thermometer has gone past 95 degrees for nine straight days -- the longest such streak since modern record-keeping began.
Thankfully, there may be a little relief to the discomfort and danger on the horizon. A cold front should move across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes tomorrow, and then into Ohio and the Northeast by Sunday, bringing significantly cooler air with it.
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