Posted on 08/01/2023 9:34:00 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A record string of daily highs over 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) in Phoenix ended Monday as the dangerous heat wave that suffocated the Southwest throughout July receded slightly with cooling monsoon rains. The historic heat began blasting the region in June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California’s desert. Phoenix and its suburbs sweltered more and longer than most, with several records including the 31 consecutive days of 110 degrees Fahrenheit-plus (43.4 degrees Celsius) weather. The previous record was 18 straight days, set in 1974. The streak was finally broken Monday, when the high topped out at 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42.2 Celsius) at 3:10 p.m. “The high temperature for Phoenix today is 108 degrees,” Jessica Leffel, meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said at 5 p.m.
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I thought that summer was the rainy season in the desert Southwest?
It’s exactly 72 degrees where I am in AZ. The high yesterday was 90.☺
They’re calling for a high today of 84...
And by this weekend they calling for 94! In August! It’s just brutal I tell ya!
Highest temperature recorded at Phoenix each year Max °F Date Max b°C
115 July 28, 2009 + 46
115 June 21, 2008 46
116 July 04, 2007 47
118 July 21, 2006 48
116 July 17, 2005 47
112 August 08, 2004 + 44
117 July 16, 2003 47
113 July 02, 2002 + 45
116 July 02, 2001 47
113 July 19, 2000 + 45
111 August 22, 1999 + 44
117 July 15, 1998 47
114 July 15, 1997 46
115 July 31, 1996 46
121 July 28, 1995 49
117 June 29, 1994 47
114 August 01, 1993 + 46
113 August 17, 1992 + 45
113 August 08, 1991 45
122 June 26, 1990 50
118 July 04, 1989 48
116 June 22, 1988 47
115 June 14, 1987 46
115 July 31, 1986 46
115 August 24, 1985 + 46
113 May 28, 1984 45
116 July 05, 1983 47
113 July 14, 1982 + 45
114 June 25, 1981 46
115 July 28, 1980 46
117 June 28, 1979 47
115 July 19, 1978 + 46
114 June 29, 1977 46
113 June 27, 1976 45
116 August 04, 1975 47
116 June 27, 1974 + 47
115 July 02, 1973 + 46
116 August 01, 1972 47
114 July 11, 1971 46
116 June 25, 1970 47
114 August 05, 1969 46
115 June 22, 1968 + 46
110 August 26, 1967 + 43
113 July 06, 1966 45
113 July 04, 1965 45
112 July 03, 1964 44
112 July 24, 1963 44
113 August 13, 1962 + 45
114 July 19, 1961 + 46
114 June 19, 1960 46
112 June 23, 1959 44
118 July 11, 1958 48
112 July 31, 1957 + 44
110 July 08, 1956 43
112 June 09, 1955 + 44
112 July 28, 1954 44
112 July 02, 1953 44
112 July 19, 1952 + 44
113 May 26, 1951 45
118 September 01, 1950 48
113 July 14, 1949 45
115 September 03, 1948 + 46
“It’s exactly 72 degrees where I am in AZ. The high yesterday was 90.”
You must be in the Quad City area. It’s 72 degrees in Prescott Valley now.
Right now the weather service shows 69 at that venue.
Cut it short by a day to just hang around the pool in Phoenix before we flew out - it may be a dry heat, but 107 isn't lay around the pool weather.
Heck, my kitchen oven is a dry heat....
The reason the climate cultist single out Phoenix is due to it being in the low desert and it gets hot in the summer. Always has. Exactly like the data you provided shows. And exactly the reason we opted for higher elevation when we moved to AZ.☺
Yes, same here. We have two places, one at just over 4,000 ft and another at 6,000 ft.
Summers are not bad at all for the AZ desert. :)
You bet. High desert is WAY better. And when we do get rare snow in winter, it’s gone in a day or two.
I’ve been in hot humid venues...Never again. Been in frigid long winter heavy snow venues...Ditto, never again.
“I’ve been in hot humid venues...Never again. Been in frigid long winter heavy snow venues...Ditto, never again.”
Absolutely! The great thing is in the desert you can find “microclimates” as you say. Not too hot and not too cold. And normally dry. :)
Big deal. The average high in Phoenix in July is 106.
I was at Shepherd AFB in North Texas and we had 90 days in a row over 100. I hated living in that dump.
It’s the monsoon season. It’s supposed to be raining. Tucson has gotten a few good storms, but only a couple of them have managed the extra 100 miles to get to Phoenix. Been way past normal Phoenix suck up there.
I was in training in ‘95 and it was 125 in Chandler.
I didn’t die then either but I will try harder next season.
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