Wednesday, April 1, 2026 – Record-setting ‘heat dome’ is harbinger of another unnaturally hot summer

The historic heat dome moving across the country smashed hundreds of high temperature records. Several places in Arizona and California reached 112 degrees — an unheard-of high in March. The Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona issued an extreme heat warning after an official high temperature hit 108 degrees. The temporary weather phenomenon is slowly moving on, but not before drying out watersheds and melting snowpack that are critical sources of summer for people and agriculture. And climate experts say the abnormally hot start to the year is only the beginning. We’ll speak with researchers and others who are keeping track of climate trends for the year on what people can expect in the months ahead.

GUESTS

Roberta “Birdie” Wilcox-Cano (Diné), mayor of Winslow, Ariz.

Mary “Cathy” Cathleen Wilson (Tohono O’odham), climate journalist and advocate

Dr. Eugene Livar, Chief Heat Officer for Arizona Department of Health Services

Alexander “Sasha” Gershunov, research meteorologist for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California San Diego

Rob Fairbanks (Leech Lake Ojibwe), comedian aka The Rez Reporter

 

Break 1 Music: To Keep the World We Know (song) Bruce Cockburn (artist) O Sun O Moon (album)

Break 2 Music: Save the World (song) Tribz (artist) Trimmed (album)