PHOENIX – How sizzling is it in Phoenix? In what has been the hottest summer ever measured, the scorching town within the Sonoran Desert broke but another record Saturday when temperatures crowned 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius).
It used to be the 54th day this year that the legit studying at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport made the mark, eclipsing the former record of 53 days set in 2020.
Matt Salerno, a National Weather Service meteorologist, stated the new streak may just succeed in 55 days.
“We do have one more day,” he stated.
An excessive heat caution remained in impact, with temperatures forecast at 111 F (43.9 C) on Sunday and 106 F (41.1 C) on Monday.
Salerno stated Phoenix skilled the most up to date 3 months since record-keeping started in 1895, together with the most up to date July and the second-hottest August.
The day by day reasonable temperature of 97 F (36.1 C) in June, July and August handed the former record of 96.7 F (35.9 C) set 3 years in the past.
The reasonable day by day temperature used to be 102.7 F (39.3 C) in July, Salerno stated, and the day by day reasonable in August used to be 98.8 F (37.1 C).
In July, Phoenix additionally set a record with a 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 F (43.3 C). The earlier record of 18 directly days used to be set in 1974.
The sweltering summer time of 2023 has observed a historic heat wave stretching from Texas throughout New Mexico and Arizona and into California’s desolate tract.
Worldwide, ultimate month used to be the most up to date August ever recorded, in keeping with the World Meteorological Organization. It used to be additionally the second one most popular month measured, at the back of most effective July 2023. Scientists blame human-caused climate change with an additional push from a natural El Nino, which is a short lived warming of portions of the Pacific Ocean that adjustments climate around the world.
As of Saturday, Phoenix has tallied 104 days this year with temperatures over 100 F (37.7 C), Salerno stated. That’s in keeping with the typical of 111 triple-digit days each and every year between 1991 and 2020.
Maricopa (*54*), house to Phoenix and essentially the most populous county in Arizona, additionally seems headed towards an annual record for heat-associated deaths.
(*54*) public well being officers have showed 194 heat-associated deaths this year as of Sept. 2. An further 351 circumstances are beneath investigation.
Maricopa (*54*) showed 425 heat-related deaths in 2022.