Seriously record-breaking temperature put SoCal on high broil

All-time high temperature records set throughout Southern California, including Los Angeles.  (Washington Post, 7/6/2018)
 
May 2018
EUROPE.  Record heat on United Kingdom bank holiday. (5/8/2018)
NORTH AMERICA.  Phoenix breaks 70-year-old heat record.  (5/7/2018)
ASIA.  Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, experiences record heat.  (5/5/2018)
NORTH AMERICA.  Broken records all over New Jersey.  (5/4/2018)
NORTH AMERICA.  It eventually reached 90 degrees in Washington DC, setting a new record.  (5/3/2018)
ASIA.   Nawabshah, Pakistan, sets April 30 record for highest global temperature ever: 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit.  (5/3/2018)

April 2018
NORTH AMERICA.  Record-breaking heat at 16 locations in British Columbia.  (4/28/2018)
AUSTRALIA.  Twin-spin, record-setting heat in Adelaide.  (4/25/2018)
EUROPE.  Across the Adriatic Sea from Italy, Croatia is broiling in the April heat.  (4/24/2018)
EUROPE.  Record April heat in northern Italy.  (4/24/2018)
NORTH AMERICA.  Arizona sets record for warmest 'cold season'.  (4/18/2018)
ASIA.  It's shaping up to be a broiling hot April in the Indian state of Odisha.  (4/17/2018)

NORTH AMERICA.  It's shaping up to be a very hot April in the UK.  (4/17/2018)