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## 1. Map Shows States at Critical Fire Risk as Over 100 Heat Records Broken - Newsweek

**URL:** [https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-at-critical-fire-risk-as-over-100-heat-records-broken-11751363](https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-at-critical-fire-risk-as-over-100-heat-records-broken-11751363)  
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### Summary

Weather.com reported that over 180 cities set March heat records during an 11-day stretch ending March 26, with at least 16 states appearing to tie or set statewide March records pending review, including highs as extreme as 112 degrees in parts of southeast California and southwest Arizona on March 20.

## What Is a Red Flag Warning?

Red flag warnings are issued when a combination of strong winds, low humidity, and warm temperatures could contribute to “extreme fire behavior,” signaling that new fires can start easily and spread rapidly across grasslands and communities near wildlands.

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# Map Shows States at Critical Fire Risk as Over 100 Heat Records Broken

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Mar 28, 2026 at 12:07 PM EDT

By Hollie Silverman

Deputy Weekend Editor [...] The heat followed what meteorologists describe as a historic March event, with hundreds of city records and numerous statewide March heat records either tied or broken in recent days, raising concerns about compounded wildfire risk and early-season strain on local fire resources.

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## What To Know

NWS fire weather outlooks showed elevated to critical fire weather conditions across the southern Plains on Friday shifting into the central Plains and the Southeast through Saturday, as gusty winds, very low relative humidity, and anomalously warm temperatures overlapped with dry fuels.

More than 100 record or near-records maximum temperatures are also forecasted, according to the NWS.

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# Map Shows States at Critical Fire Risk as Over 100 Heat Records Broken

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Published

Mar 28, 2026 at 12:07 PM EDT



By Hollie Silverman

Deputy Weekend Editor

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Large swaths of the Plains and Southeast face elevated to critical [fire](/topic/fire) weather conditions, with more than 100 record or near record temperatures forecast over the weekend across the Southwest and southern United States, according to the [National Weather Service](/topic/national-weather-service) (NWS) on Saturday.

Meanwhile, there have been more than 100 monthly records broken or tied, and more than 700 daily records broken or tied from March 15 to 26, according to the NWS.

## The Context

Elevated and critical fire weather can accelerate the ignition and spread of [wildfires](/topic/wildfires), particularly when strong winds combine with very low humidity and dry fuels.

The heat followed what meteorologists describe as a historic March event, with hundreds of city records and numerous statewide March heat records either tied or broken in recent days, raising concerns about compounded [wildfire](/topic/wildfire) risk and early-season strain on local fire resources.

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## What To Know

NWS fire weather outlooks showed elevated to critical fire weather conditions across the southern Plains on Friday shifting into the central Plains and the Southeast through Saturday, as gusty winds, very low relative humidity, and anomalously warm temperatures overlapped with dry fuels.

More than 100 record or near-records maximum temperatures are also forecasted, according to the NWS.

Weather.com reported that over 180 cities set March heat records during an 11-day stretch ending March 26, with at least 16 states appearing to tie or set statewide March records pending review, including highs as extreme as 112 degrees in parts of southeast California and southwest Arizona on March 20.

## What Is a Red Flag Warning?

Red flag warnings are issued when a combination of strong winds, low humidity, and warm temperatures could contribute to “extreme fire behavior,” signaling that new fires can start easily and spread rapidly across grasslands and communities near wildlands.

Local NWS offices in the southern Plains and Southwest issued red flag warnings during last weekend’s peak danger and continue to highlight heightened risk into this weekend.

Analyses cited by Yale Climate Connections said the intensity and extent of the March heat would be “virtually impossible without climate change,” noting the burst of daily and monthly records late last week and this week. Final validation of state-level March records typically follows review by meteorologists and climatologists.

The NWS urged residents in affected regions to follow local red flag guidance, avoid common ignition sources, and check localized forecasts and fire weather statements.

## What People Are Saying

Senior meteorologist Jonathan Erdman said in a post on We

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## 2. As historic March heatwave finally fades, a brief cooler/wetter interlude will occur across the U.S. West in early April before warmth & dryness likely return - Weather West

**URL:** [https://weatherwest.com/archives/43769](https://weatherwest.com/archives/43769)  
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### Summary

Not to be outdone: near-shore ocean surface temperatures (SSTs) have now reached record-high values along much of the central and southern California coast. As measured at the Scripps Pier at the peak of the March heatwave, temperatures were so extreme they would have broken records for most days in June, let alone March. Even with recent “cooling,” SST in the SoCal Bight are still at calendar date record maximum levels and that appears likely to continue for days or even weeks to come.

### Western snowpack, including in California, takes historically unseen March nosedive and will reach record lows by April 1 [...] In the Colorado River Basin, however, the situation is far more dire. Here, a severe and pre-existing multi-decadal drought has already forced a contentious water allocation debate as demand greatly outpaces supply; now, the record warm Water Year 2025-2026 is threatening to throw this crisis into even higher gear. The record-shattering March heatwave reached even the highest elevations of the Rocky Mountains (and continues to, even today, with yet more daily-to-monthly records being set this weekend), bringing about what I can only describe as an unprecedented collapse of Colorado Basin snowpack during what would usually be the very peak of seasonal accumulation. While Colorado Basin SWE had already been tracking near/below modern record lows for most of the season (SNOTEL records are [...] In fact, if the current extreme melt rate were to be sustained, there would be essentially no snowpack left at all within 10 days (i.e. in early April). Now, I do expect the SWE loss rate to slow over the next few days and perhaps briefly stabilize later this week amid cooler temperatures and some precipitation. Also, the last inch or so of SWE is somewhat elevationally “protected.” But I still expect that SWE loss will likely resume at an usually high rate shortly thereafter–raising real prospects of the earliest SWE melt-out on record for CA.

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# As historic March heatwave finally fades, a brief cooler/wetter interlude will occur across the U.S. West in early April before warmth & dryness likely return

[Leave a Comment](https://weatherwest.com/archives/43769#respond)  / By  Daniel Swain  /  March 28, 2026

### Unprecedented March heatwave among most anomalous ever observed, in any month, the American Southwest

Well, it sure has been…quite a month.

Meteorologically speaking, March 2026 will go down in the record books as the warmest March on record for at least a third, and possibly half or more, of the continental United States. But even more remarkable is the ~10 day window of peak heat during this truly exceptional March heatwave–when many, if not most, locations across the western two thirds of the United States in a broad swath stretching from the Pacific Coast in California eastward past the Mississippi River broke their all-time March monthly heat records. The margin by which March heat records were shattered was so wide that more than a handful of locations also broke their all-time *April* heat records, and in a few locations even tied or broke their *May* heat records! Many locations also experienced multiple successive dates of all-time record breaking during this same heatwave, with temperatures from early in the event (themselves record-breaking) going on to be exceeded once again on 1 or more additional subsequent dates (in some cases, nearly all high temperatures in some locations for a week or more would have broken previous monthly records).

There has already been quite a bit of informal analysis of this exceptional and record-shattering heat event, and preliminary data suggests it was likely among the most statistically anomalous extreme heat events ever observed in the American Southwest–not just in March, or even the cool season broadly, but *at any time of year*. In other words: there has never been, in all of recorded history, a Southwestern U.S. heat event that yielded departures from typical seasonal temperatures as large as what were observed during the March 2026 event. And it’s not even close, as this striking visualization from Nahel Belgherze below illustrates.

To be clear: hotter temperatures have certainly occurred during severe heatwaves closer to the peak of summer, but it is exceptionally difficult for the Earth system to produce temperatures this warm so early in the season. The days are simply shorter, and the sun’s cumulative heating potential simply weaker, than they would be closer to the summer solstice. Plus, there is typically extensive snow cover on the ground in mountainous areas during March (as there was, relatively speaking, at the beginning of this heatwave). Overall, that means that the atmosphere is at a significant thermodynamic disadvantage at this time of year even when persistent ridges occur. Yet this record-shattering heatwave happened anyway, despite all the seasonal factors working against it.

By some statistical metrics, the March 2026 heat event in the Southwestern U.S. was likely comparable to the June 2021 event in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Had a comparably or even somewhat less statistically anomalous event occurred later in the season–even in May or June–it is likely that many locations in the Southwest would have exceeded their all-time, any-month record temperatures.

As noted in my last blog update before the extreme heat event began, there was likely a substantial contribution to the magnitude and persistence of the Southwestern heat dome during this event by highly anomalous upstream diabatic heating in the Central Pacific, which was related in turn to record-breaking rainfall and severe flooding in Hawaii. Such extreme precipitation events arising in extremely moist tropical/subtropical airmasses can result in the conversion of large quantities of latent heat to sensible heat as condensation occurs continuously and intensively for days; that additional sensible heat can be transported for thousands of miles downwind via the jet stream (and through atmospheric river corridors, like the one draped over the Pacific Northwest and BC for much of this event). There is a growing body of research on so-called “diabatic ridge-building,” which is known to amplify the persistence and amplitude of blocking ridges preferentially; there can also be an additional amplification to extreme surface heat within persistent ridges thanks to the advection of air masses with increased static energy contributed by both vertical lifting and latent-to-sensible heat conversions in the stormy areas upwind.

Finally, I want to emphasize that the links between record-shattering heatwaves and climate change are unambiguous at this point, even without having seen any specific new ana

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## 3. Persistent heat and dangerous wildfire conditions could impact these parts of the US this weekend - abcnews.com

**URL:** [https://abcnews.com/US/persistent-heat-dangerous-wildfire-conditions-impact-parts-us/story?id=131498278](https://abcnews.com/US/persistent-heat-dangerous-wildfire-conditions-impact-parts-us/story?id=131498278)  
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### Summary

In some regions, temperatures on Saturday will be at least 10 to 20 degrees cooler than Friday -- following record high temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday and seasonably warm temperatures on Friday -- forecasts show.

On Friday, some regions in the mid-Atlantic broke or tied their daily record highs for March 27, including Savannah, Georgia, which reached 89 degrees Fahrenheit, and Columbia, South Carolina, which reached 88 degrees.

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As March wraps up, a pattern change will bring likely warmer than normal temperatures for the eastern half of the nation and near normal temperatures for the western half for the beginning of April.

### MORE: How to conserve energy during a heat wave

But record-shattering heat will continue in the Southeast, with no relief coming this weekend.

Friday saw another day of record-breaking temperatures.

Phoenix reached 102 degrees; Death Valley reached 101 degrees; and Tucson, Arizona, reached 98 degrees.

Daily record highs are possible again this weekend for Las Vegas and Phoenix.

Between March 15 and March 26, more than 100 monthly records were broken or tied, and 700 daily records were broken or tied across the country, according to the National Weather Service. [...] Gusty winds and dry conditions will also be in place from the Gulf Coast inland across the Southeast, including cities such as Lake Charles, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Birmingham, Alabama; Tallahassee, Florida; Charleston, South Carolina; and Asheville, North Carolina.

Meanwhile, a temperature roller coaster is expected in other parts of the country this weekend.

A cooldown has swept across the Midwest and Northeast following warm spring days earlier in the week.

### MORE: Heat stroke vs. heat exhaustion: Safety tips as dangerous temperatures hit the West

Places in the Midwest and Northeast, like Chicago and New York City, will be noticeably cooler for Saturday, but will rebound to seasonable highs by the beginning of the new workweek.

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# Persistent heat and dangerous wildfire conditions could impact these parts of the US this weekend

Other parts of the country will experience a temperature roller coaster.

By[Kyle Reiman](https://abcnews.com/author/Kyle_Reiman)

March 28, 2026, 11:24 AM

A large swath of the country is expected to face dangerous heat and fire weather conditions this weekend, forecasts show.

The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings for more than 47 million Americans from the Great Plains to the Southeast on Saturday due to widespread critical fire weather danger.

[### MORE: Dangerous, unprecedented heat wave hits the West](https://abcnews.com/US/dangerous-unprecedented-heat-wave-hits-west/story?id=131217053)

Wind gusts in the Plains are expected to reach 30 to 60 mph on Saturday. Combined with very low humidity and dry fuels, conditions could be conducive for rapid wildfire growth and spread.

Gusty winds and dry conditions will also be in place from the Gulf Coast inland across the Southeast, including cities such as Lake Charles, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Birmingham, Alabama; Tallahassee, Florida; Charleston, South Carolina; and Asheville, North Carolina.

Meanwhile, a temperature roller coaster is expected in other parts of the country this weekend.

A cooldown has swept across the Midwest and Northeast following warm spring days earlier in the week.

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Places in the Midwest and Northeast, like Chicago and New York City, will be noticeably cooler for Saturday, but will rebound to seasonable highs by the beginning of the new workweek.

In some regions, temperatures on Saturday will be at least 10 to 20 degrees cooler than Friday -- following record high temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday and seasonably warm temperatures on Friday -- forecasts show.

On Friday, some regions in the mid-Atlantic broke or tied their daily record highs for March 27, including Savannah, Georgia, which reached 89 degrees Fahrenheit, and Columbia, South Carolina, which reached 88 degrees.

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As March wraps up, a pattern change will bring likely warmer than normal temperatures for the eastern half of the nation and near normal temperatures for the western half for the beginning of April.

[### MORE: How to conserve energy during a heat wave](https://abcnews.com/US/conserve-energy-heat-wave/story?id=78296055)

But record-shattering heat will continue in the Southeast, with no relief coming this weekend.

Friday saw another day of record-breaking temperatures.

Phoenix reached 102 degrees; Death Valley reached 101 degrees; and Tucson, Arizona, reached 98 degrees.

Daily record highs are possible again this weekend for Las Vegas and Phoenix.

Between March 15 and March 26, more than 100 monthly records were broken or tied, and 700 daily records were broken or tied across the country, according to the National Weather Service.

Since March 1, there have been more than 1,100 daily records broken or tied across the nation.

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## 4. US Weather To See ‘Major Change’ in April - Newsweek

**URL:** [https://www.newsweek.com/us-weather-major-change-april-11753021](https://www.newsweek.com/us-weather-major-change-april-11753021)  
**Score:** 0.3093

### Summary

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The heat dome—which is a strong, stationary area of high pressure that acts like a lid, trapping hot air over a region, driving unusually high temperatures—which has dominated western parts of the U.S. for weeks, pushing temperatures well above seasonal averages, is now shifting east in what forecasters describe as a “major change,” according to USA Today.

## Which Areas Will Be Affected by the Heat Dome?

While the West is likely to get some long‑awaited relief from stifling temperatures, as the heat migrates, parts of the central, eastern, and southeastern United States are now forecast to get a major heatwave that could bring record-breaking hot temperatures—well above seasonal averages—storms, and possible drought. [...] USA Today reports that this will be a welcome relief to some drought‑affected areas in the mid‑south and Tennessee Valley, while other areas could face localized flooding, depending on storm intensity and timing.

Meanwhile, the western United States is expected to see a noticeable cooldown after enduring weeks of extreme heat.

## What Will the West Experience After the Heat Dome Moves On?

Pacific storm systems are forecast to move inland, bringing cooler temperatures, rain, mountain snow, and strong, gusty winds to parts of California, the Intermountain West, and the Rockies

While the amount of rainfall is expected to be minimal in some drought‑stricken regions, forecasters say even light rain and snow could help ease the persistent dry conditions. [...] Weather experts say that the heat dome is expected to shift eastward in early April, triggering what they describe as a “major pattern change” in the nation’s overall weather outlook. Forecasters at AccuWeather are predicting that in early April, much of the Southeast could see multiple days reaching highs in the 80s. This is a drastic departure from typical spring temperatures for this part of the country, which usually sit between the 60s and low 70s, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

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## What Conditions Will the Heat Dome Bring to Central and Eastern Parts of America?

Ahead of the heat wave, The Weather Channel says warmer air could also bring thunderstorms and periods of heavy rainfall as a cold front moves across parts of the central and eastern U.S. next week.

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# US Weather To See ‘Major Change’ in April

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Mar 29, 2026 at 05:47 AM EDT

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Mar 29, 2026 at 05:48 AM EDT



By Amanda Greenwood

Associate News Editor

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The heat dome—which is a strong, stationary area of high pressure that acts like a lid, trapping hot air over a region, driving unusually high temperatures—which has dominated western parts of the U.S. for weeks, pushing temperatures well above seasonal averages, is now shifting east in what forecasters describe as a “major change,” according to *USA Today*[.](https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2026/03/28/april-weather-forecast-heat-dome/89347353007/)

## Which Areas Will Be Affected by the Heat Dome?

While the West is likely to get some long‑awaited relief from stifling temperatures, as the heat migrates, parts of the central, eastern, and southeastern United States are now forecast to get a major heatwave that could bring record-breaking hot temperatures—well above seasonal averages—storms, and possible drought.

Weather experts say that the heat dome is expected to shift eastward in early April, triggering what they describe as a “major pattern change” in the nation’s overall weather outlook. Forecasters at AccuWeather are predicting that in early April, much of the Southeast could see multiple days reaching highs in the 80s. This is a drastic departure from typical spring temperatures for this part of the country, which usually sit between the 60s and low 70s, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

...

## What Conditions Will the Heat Dome Bring to Central and Eastern Parts of America?

Ahead of the [heat wave](/topic/heat-wave), The Weather Channel says warmer air could also bring thunderstorms and periods of heavy rainfall as a cold front moves across parts of the central and eastern U.S. next week.

*USA Today* reports that this will be a welcome relief to some drought‑affected areas in the mid‑south and Tennessee Valley, while other areas could face localized [flooding](/topic/flooding), depending on storm intensity and timing.

Meanwhile, the western United States is expected to see a noticeable cooldown after enduring weeks of extreme heat.

## What Will the West Experience After the Heat Dome Moves On?

Pacific storm systems are forecast to move inland, bringing cooler temperatures, rain, mountain snow, and strong, gusty winds to parts of [California](/topic/california), the Intermountain West, and the Rockies

While the amount of rainfall is expected to be minimal in some drought‑stricken regions, forecasters say even light rain and snow could help ease the persistent dry conditions.

The National Weather Prediction Center has described the early April outlook for the West as unsettled, with multiple rounds of cooler weather anticipated, according to *USA Today*.

An atmospheric river is expected to move through California over the next few days, although meteorologists say it’s likely to remain weak enough to avoid any major, widespread flooding.

Still, any moisture is likely 

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## 5. Extreme weather in Afghanistan leaves 17 people dead, authorities say - washingtonpost.com

**URL:** [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/29/afghanistan-extreme-weather-floods-landslide-storm/6da7c08e-2b5a-11f1-aac2-f56b5ccad184_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/29/afghanistan-extreme-weather-floods-landslide-storm/6da7c08e-2b5a-11f1-aac2-f56b5ccad184_story.html)  
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# Extreme weather in Afghanistan leaves 17 people dead, authorities say

Afghan authorities say that severe flooding, a landslide and thunderstorms in parts of Afghanistan have left 17 people dead and 26 injured over the last 24 hours

By Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Severe flooding, a landslide and thunderstorms in parts of Afghanistan have left 17 people dead and 26 injured over the last 24 hours, authorities said Sunday, the latest casualties from extreme weather in the country this season.

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# Extreme weather in Afghanistan leaves 17 people dead, authorities say

Afghan authorities say that severe flooding, a landslide and thunderstorms in parts of Afghanistan have left 17 people dead and 26 injured over the last 24 hours

By Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Severe flooding, a landslide and thunderstorms in parts of Afghanistan have left 17 people dead and 26 injured over the last 24 hours, authorities said Sunday, [the latest casualties](https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-rains-flooding-snowfall-winter-killed-people-40f03343a6c5a47f2fff15c420310c35) from extreme weather in the country this season.

The number of casualties could increase as crews from the country’s National Disaster Management Authority survey the affected areas, the authority’s spokesman Yousuf Hammad said in a statement. Thirteen of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, mostly in the western, central and northwestern parts of the country, were affected.

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