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The heat is back on high

May smashes US temperature records

In this Tuesday, May 15, 2018, file photo, Rick Stewart sits in the sunshine with the New York City skyline in the background, in a park in Weehawken, N.J. According to weather records released on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, May reached a record 65.4 degrees in the continental United States, which is 5.2 degrees above the 20th century average. - photo by ASSOCIATED PRESS/file

May smashes US temperature records — In this Tuesday, May 15, 2018, file photo, Rick Stewart sits in the sunshine with the New York City skyline in the background, in a park in Weehawken, N.J. According to weather records released on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, May reached a record 65.4 degrees in the continental United States, which is 5.2 degrees above the 20th century average. - photo by ASSOCIATED PRESS/file

WASHINGTON — Record heat returned to the United States with a vengeance in May.

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