Pest management professionals throughout the West Coast are used to working in heat, but conditions throughout much of the region the last two weeks have been extreme even by their standards. Some areas have experienced multiple days of triple-digit weather that has turned deadly.

“In our service area we have had temperatures between 103 and 114 degrees [Fahrenheit] for almost two weeks,” said Jim Steed, owner of Neighborly Pest Management, Sacramento, Calif. “It’s finally starting to cool off.”