Weather tracker: North-west US hit by snow ahead of eastern heatwave

<p>Western states experience unseasonally low temperatures but New York and Washington DC could reach 40C by end of week</p><p>Unseasonal snow has fallen in some parts of the US, while other parts of the country brace for a heatwave this week.</p><p>A strong cold front spread into the western US from the northern Pacific over the weekend, bringing an abrupt change in conditions to a region that had been experiencing high summer temperatures amid drought. Temperatures from the Canadian border to California have widely been 5-10C below the norm since Friday, and more than 10C below in some parts farther north. The pattern is expected to remain for much of the coming week.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/29/weather-tracker-north-west-us-hit-by-snow-ahead-of-eastern-heatwave">Continue reading...</a>