PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KABC) — Southern California is definitely feeling the heat this week, and airports are taking extra precautions.
On Thursday, the temperature at the Palm Springs International Airport reached a high of 117 degrees. ABC’s Trevor Ault was reporting live from the tarmac for World News Tonight where the asphalt temperature was 163 degrees!
Extreme heat can impact aircraft operations and airlines can only send planes that can handle the heat.
From California to Minnesota, more than a dozen states were under heat alerts Thursday as temperatures soared. The worst of the heat was across the Southwest where extreme heat warnings are in effect with temperatures up 110 to 118 degrees, but the heat is expected to start subsiding this weekend.
The heat is also spreading into the Plains with heat advisories stretching from Texas to Minnesota where actual high temperatures were hovering around 100 Thursday.
Red flag warnings and critical fire danger continues in the Great Basin for hot and gusty conditions from Nevada to Colorado and Wyoming.
The dangerous fire conditions will likely persist into the weekend.
ABC News contributed to this report.
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