Right behind Death Valley’s crazy-hot temperatures comes Lake Havasu City, Ariz. With temperatures that can hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit, it poses the only rival to Death Valley in the U.S. for the title of location with the most extreme heat. And to think the area is actually home to 52,000 people.
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With much of the U.S. suffering through a heat wave, a look at the various heat records around the country.
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