Via The Weather Channel

At 1:15 p.m., The Weather Channel reported that it was 93 degrees in Washington, making our city one of the hottest places in the United States today.

A brief list of places where the temperature as of 1:15 p.m. is lower than in Washington:

• Los Angeles (66º)
• San Francisco (66º)
• Reno, Nev. (71º)
• Miami (78º)
• Flagstaff, Ariz. (81º)
• Atlanta (84º)
• Dallas (85º)
• Austin, Texas (86º)
• Brownsville, Texas (86º)
• New Orleans (87º)
• Chicago (90º)
• Raleigh, N.C. (90º)
• Nashville, Tenn. (90º)
• Albany, N.Y. (91º)
• El Paso, Texas (91º)
• New York (92º)

And now, an even briefer list of places where it is currently hotter:

• Phoenix (94º)
• Philadelphia (94º)
• Mojave National Preserve, Calif. (96º)