 Here's a small sample of records set this week and after this, headlines that are way worse still. And this is only from one part of the world. Keep that in mind. It's happening all over the world. Records, Palmdale, California, 115 degrees. Redding, my hometown, 119 degrees. The actual report according to ActiWeather was 121 degrees, which broke the former record by 10 degrees. Palm Springs, 124. Las Vegas, 120 for many days in a row, 115 or more. Lancaster, California, 115. Ukiah.