America's sweatiest cities are named, with two Southern metropolises taking the crown as worst hot spots
The (sweltering) heat is on!
America's sweatiest cities are named with two southern metropolises taking the crown as the worst hot spots: Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Following the top two spots were Washington, D.C., which came in third, and rounding out the list were Dallas-Ft. Worth, Charlotte, Baltimore, Denver, West Palm Beach, Houston and Orlando, according to Thumbtack.
In May, temperatures in Austin hit triple digits, an unprecedented level that has only happened six other years when record keeping began in 1898, KUT News reported.
Record-breaking temperatures in the city, so far, have soared to a deadly 110 degrees, which feels even higher with the humidity.
The map shows the top 10 sweatiest cities in the United States with Austin, Atlanta and Washington, DC, listed at the top three
A group of sunbathers are staying cool at Barton Springs in Austin, Texas, where temperatures high soared in the triple digits since May
In Atlanta, the city recently reached 100-degree temperatures - average temperatures hovered around 81.5 degrees - with the month of June recorded as the city's second hottest ever.
The hottest occurred in 1952, when residents experienced an average temperature of 82.3 degrees, according to record-keeping that goes back to 1879, 11 Alive News reported.
Last month, the Baltimore-Washington region was hit with scorching 99 degree temperatures two days in a row - when temperature at Reagan National Airport reached 99 degrees, shattering the previous record daily high temperature of 98 degrees set in 1988 and 1874, DC News Now reported.
The oppressive heat across the country has seen a surge in heat-related deaths.
At least 28 people in California, Oregon and Arizona have died in the last week based on preliminary reports, The Washington Post reported.
On Wednesday, more than 135 million people across the lower 48 were under heat advisories that are expected to continue until the weekend across the West and East Coast, the outlet reported.
Las Vegas and the American West have also been hit with a record breaking heatwave that has put millions under excessive heat warnings.
Dozens of locations across the West tied or broke previous heat records over the weekend and are expected to keep doing so all week.
Las Vegas hit a record fifth straight day above 115 degrees following a week of unprecedented heat.
Visitors dine under mist to keep cool in record heat in Las Vegas as an excessive heat warning
Washington, DC, is facing an extreme heat wave with temperatures reaching near the triple digits
Denver, Colorado, is listed as the seventh city facing soaring temperatures
People across the country are trying to stay cool by flocking to area beaches, swimming at a local spring or sitting out by the pool.
Barton Springs in Austin has underground springs that boast an average temperature of 68 to 70 degrees. The popular pool has been a go-to spot many of the locals venture to in order to escape the city's scorching temperatures.
Kim McKnight, manager of historic preservation and tourism for the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, told The New York Times during last year's heat wave that many Austinites consider it a 'sacred place.'
'I recognize not everybody goes there, but for those who do they can’t imagine life without it,' McKnight said.
Others are opting to stay indoors and run their air-conditioners on full blast, and drinking cold beverages to stay cool and hydrated.
A TikToker who goes by pissedoffscaper recorded himself drinking a cool beverage and rambled off jokes about the sweltering temperatures
Beachgoers are flocking to the ocean to stay cool during the unbearable heat and humidity
TikToker Mollsnation asked: 'And who told Atlanta she could get this hot?'
While others have gone to TikTok to record how they are dealing with intense temperatures and some aren't minding the heat one bit.
TikTok user Lauren Hall shared a glimpse of the summer heat in Austin, showing a pic of her and her friends beating the heat in bikinis at Barton Springs in Austin, Texas.
'It’s so hot and we are eating it up,' she wrote with the captions.
But others Altantans did not have such an easy time dealing with the heat.
TikTok user Molly (MollsNation) took a video of herself walking during the record-breaking heatwave as her eyes squinted from the blazing sun. She asked her followers: 'And who told Atlanta she could get this hot?'
User Pissedoffscaper rambled off some jokes about Hotlanta while taking slugs of a cool beverage: 'It's so hot that when I went out to check my chicken coop, a chicken laid a fried egg.'
While Jordan Valerie, a media correspondent in Atlanta, shared a message to those who were listening.
'It is 100 degrees outside in #atlanta! PLEASE don't invite me outside to NOTHING before the sun goes down, respectfully!' she said while sitting in her car.
'The heat affects my attitude.'
