as residents do what they can to stay cool. across the west, the scorching heat is showing no signs of cooling off this holiday weekend. our a.c. at home could only do so much when we re in these triple-digits. reporter: in glendale, california, residents are seeking refuge at the galleria shopping mall. getting out to the mall and getting out of house to get a cool relief is nice. california is in the midst of the longest heat wave of the year. a major concern especially in large cities like los angeles where dark pavement and buildings could easily absorb heat bringing little relief overnight. skid row is an urban heat island which is why water is crucial especially when temperatures hit triple-digits. free water! reporter: that is why volunteers with water drop l.a. are checking up on the unhoused an the elderly.
cnn s chris nguyen has more on just how hot it is in california. reporter: across the west, the scorching heat is showing no signs of cooling off this holiday weekend. our ac at home can only do so much when we re in these triple digit. reporter: in glendale, california, the residents are taking advantage of the free air-conditioning. getting out to the mall and just getting out of the house to get some sort of cool relief is nice. reporter: california is in the midst of its longest heat wave of the year, a major concern especially in large cities like los angeles where dark pavement and buildings can easily absorb heat, bringing little relief overnight. skid row is an urban heat island, which is why water is crucial, especially when temperatures hit triple digits. free water! free water! reporter: that s why volunteers with water drop l.a. are checking up on the unhoused and the elderly. handing out cold water to those
we have more from pasadena. reporter: across the west, the scorching heat is showing no signs of cooling off this holiday weekend. our ac at home can only do so much when we re in these triple digits. reporter: in glendale, california, residents are seeking refuge at the galleria shopping mall, taking advantage of the free air conditioning. getting out of the house to get some sort of cool relief is nice. reporter: california is in the midst of its longest heat wave of the year, a major concern especially in large cities like los angeles where dark pavement and buildings can easily absorb heat, bringing little relief overnight. skid row is an urban heat island, which is why water is crucial, especially when temperatures hit triple digits. free water! free water! reporter: that s why volunteers with water drop l.a. are checking up on the unhoused
it so i can cheat. 106 degrees. well, that was actually the forecast. oh, i see. i would say 107 degrees. 106. you were right the first time. okay. and rockford, illinois hit 105. those were all last hour. that was kind of the apex of the heat. the numbers are coming down. both records for the day. incredible heat. kansas city 103. these were the expectations for highs. even washington at 103. it was feeling like 107 last hour. so the heat is certainly on but there is relief in sight. it is coming at a price. i ll show you what that price is. there s the cold front or cool front, cooler air behind it. chicago at 100 yesterday. 82 degrees by tomorrow. so certainly nice, needed relief there. 101 tomorrow in washington but then we ll continue to see this cooling trend from sunday into monday and thus far as even heading into tuesday things cooling off more. chicago down to 81. who would have thought 89 degrees in st. louis would be like cool relief, right? 84 in washin