It’s hot (stifling)!
The sweatiest cities in America are named, and two Southern metropolises take the crown as worst hot spots: Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Following the top two spots were Washington, D.C., which took third place, and rounding out the list were Dallas-Ft. Worth, Charlotte, Baltimore, Denver, West Palm Beach, Houston and Orlando.
In May, temperatures in Austin reached triple digits, a record level that had only occurred six years ago when records began in 1898. KUT News reported.
Record temperatures in the city have so far reached a deadly 110 degrees, made even hotter by the humidity.
The map shows the 10 sweatiest cities in the United States, with Austin, Atlanta and Washington, DC, topping the list.
A group of beachgoers cool off at Barton Springs in Austin, Texas, where temperatures have soared into triple digits since May.
In Atlanta, the city recently hit temperatures of 100 degrees (average temperatures were around 81.5 degrees), and June was recorded as the city’s second-hottest month on record.
The warmest period occurred in 1952, when residents experienced an average temperature of 82.3 degrees, according to records dating back to 1879. 11 Live News reported.
Last month, the Baltimore-Washington region was hit by scorching 99-degree temperatures two days in a row: when the temperature at Reagan National Airport reached 99 degrees, breaking the previous record for daily high temperature of 98 degrees established in 1988 and 1874, DC News Now reported.
The sweltering heat affecting the entire country has led to a rise in heat-related deaths.
At least 28 people have died in California, Oregon and Arizona In the last week, according to preliminary reports, He Washington Post reported.
On Wednesday, more than 135 million people in the lower 48 states were under heat alerts that are expected to continue through the weekend on the West and East Coasts, the outlet reported.
Las Vegas and the American West have also been hit by a record heat wave that has put millions of people under excessive heat warnings.
Dozens of locations across the West tied or broke previous heat records over the weekend and are expected to continue doing so throughout the week.
Las Vegas hit a record fifth straight day of temperatures above 115 degrees following a week of record-breaking heat.
Visitors dine under fog to stay cool in record-breaking heat in Las Vegas as excessive heat warning issued
Washington, DC, is facing an extreme heat wave with temperatures reaching almost triple digits
Denver, Colorado, is ranked as the seventh city facing high temperatures
People across the country are trying to stay cool by flocking to local beaches, swimming in a local spring or sitting by the pool.
Barton Springs in Austin has underground springs that have an average temperature of 68 to 70 degrees. The popular pool has been a place many locals flock to escape the city’s scorching temperatures.
Kim McKnight, historic preservation and tourism manager for the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, said The New York Times During last year’s heat wave, many Austinites considered it a “sacred spot.”
“I recognize that not everyone goes there, but those who do can’t imagine life without it,” McKnight said.
Others choose to stay home, turn the air conditioning on full blast and drink cold beverages to stay cool and hydrated.
A TikTok user who goes by the name pissedoffscaper recorded himself drinking a cold beverage and joked about the sweltering temperatures.
Beachgoers flock to the ocean to stay cool during the unbearable heat and humidity.
TikTok user Mollsnation asked: “And who told Atlanta she could be this hot?”
While others have taken to TikTok to record how they are coping with the intense temperatures, some don’t mind the heat one bit.
TikTok user Lauren Hall shared a glimpse of the summer heat in Austin, showing a photo of herself and her friends beating the heat in bikinis at Barton Springs in Austin, Texas.
“It’s so hot and we’re eating it,” he wrote alongside the text.
But other Altan residents did not have it so easy to bear the heat.
TikTok user Molly (MollsNation) recorded a video of herself walking during the record-breaking heatwave while squinting in the scorching sun. She asked her followers: “And who told Atlanta it could get this hot?”
User Pissedoffscaper cracked some Hotlanta jokes while sipping on a cold drink: “It’s so hot that when I went outside to check on my chicken coop, a chicken laid a fried egg.”
Meanwhile, Jordan Valerie, a media correspondent in Atlanta, shared a message for those listening.
“It’s 100 degrees outside in #Atlanta! PLEASE don’t ask me out for ANYTHING before the sun goes down, with all due respect!” she said while sitting in her car.
‘The heat affects my attitude.’