Aerial view of Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley, with houses and golf courses in the foreground and the San Jacinto mountain range in the distance.

It might be autumn on the calendar, but Palm Springs continues to reckon with extreme heat. The California desert city spent three consecutive days this week as the hottest city in the nation, according to the Desert Sun.

On Sept. 24, Palm Springs reached a high of 112 degrees, only one degree shy of matching the same-day........

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