Southern California faces a heatwave with inland temperatures reaching up to 103 degrees and an Excessive Heat Warning in effect until Monday evening.

Similarly temperatures in Yuma, Arizona broke a 28-year record, reaching 112 degrees Fahrenheit, while more than 50 other heat records were broken throughout the American Southwest on that same Wednesday. Overall at least 125 locations from the Rocky Mountains to the West Coast have broken temperature records since the start of the month.

The month kicked off with triple-digit temperatures in many parts of the state, with millions of Californians under heat advisories through at least Thursday.

Unusually high temperatures forecast for the first week of October in parts of California are prompting state leaders to offer help.

Warmer temperatures in October are nothing new in Southern California, but this fall heat wave is going to bring the triple digit temperatures in some places, forecasts say. “In general this weekend will be very hot,

California is set to see an unusual October heat wave with a chance of record-setting temperatures in the coming days, the National Weather Service (NWS) said Wednesday. “Record-breaking heat will continue across portions of the Southwest this week,

Millions of Californians are still facing extreme heat advisories into the weekend. Officials are urging residents to take precautions.