By Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton and Steve Almasy, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/weather/extreme-heat-wednesday-wildfires-power-outages/index.html

Updated 2:43 AM EDT, Thu June 16, 2022

Temperatures across much of the US are expected to remain higher-than-normal Wednesday, according to forecastscnnweatherCNN—

At least 16 US cities set or tied records for their highest temperature for the date, with Macon, Georgia, hitting 103 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, the National Weather Service reported.

That was 3 degrees higher than the previous June 15 mark in Macon, set in 2010.

Chicago’s O’Hare airport reported a record temperature of 96, which is 15 degrees above normal and well above the 77 degrees it was last year on that date. The prior mark was 95, most recently reached in 1994, according to the weather service.

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Records were set in states from Michigan – where the Tri-Cities saw 94 degrees – to Florida, where it was 95 in Tampa, equaling a…