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“Earlier in the year, the Northwest experienced a historic heat wave, which set all-time temperature records and contributed to hundreds of deaths. This week's heat wave, focused instead on the Southwest, won't be as extraordinary, as wildfire smoke can block some of the hot sun, but it can still be dangerous.”

IOW, the sun would have made it super hot, but it won’t get that bad because the smoke from the wildfires will block some of it.  Kind of a good news / bad news thing going on there.

For the record, it was already over 90F on the patio here by 9:30am today.. and that’s on the shady side of the house!

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/extreme-heat-and-smoke-could-exacerbate-wildfire-plight-on-labor-day-weekend/1012482