How Much Hotter Will Your City Be in 2100?

Here's something sure to wilt the spirits of Phoenix residents: By the year 2100, the average summer high temperature may have bubbled up from 104 degrees to a scalp-broiling 114 degrees. That blast of heat is equivalent to the awful summer highs people today sweat through in Kuwait City.

The heat bomb primed to soon explode can now be explored in 1,001 U.S. cities, thanks to the below interactive map from the folks at Climate Central. They've used weather data to postulate average summer highs at the end of the century. They then compare your city's future heat to another place currently experiencing that level of misery. For instance, Boston's expected highs of 89 degrees is like being in contemporary North Miami Beach; the District of Columbia's 97 degrees is like Pharr, Texas; and Las Vegas' 111 degrees is Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (It seems as though much of the Southwest will one day resemble the Middle East, in fact.)