A heat wave is underway across parts of the country, but some states had their hottest day on record decades ago.

California records - All-time highest temperature: 134° F (Greenland Ranch on July 10, 1913) - All-time lowest temperature: ...

Massachusetts records – All-time highest temperature: 107° F (Chester on Aug. 2, 1975) – All-time lowest temperature: -35° F ...

Sweltering heat happens every summer, but to get close to the bar of a state's all-time hottest temperature usually takes a heat wave that's on another level.

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The NOAA has warned that record-breaking heat could be seen across the state in the next several days. Here are the records that might be topped.

Tennessee records - All-time highest temperature: 113° F (Perryville on Aug. 9, 1930) - All-time lowest temperature: -32° F ...

Alabama records - All-time highest temperature: 112° F (Centerville on Sept. 6, 1925) - All-time lowest temperature: -27° F ...

Stacker consulted data from the NOAA's State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) to illustrate the hottest and coldest ...

Florida records - All-time highest temperature: 109° F (Monticello on June 29, 1931) - All-time lowest temperature: -2° F ...

Mississippi records - All-time highest temperature: 115° F (Holly Springs 2N on July 29, 1930) - All-time lowest temperature: ...