PHOENIX (AP) — How scorching is it in Phoenix? In what has been the most well liked summer season ever measured, the scorching metropolis within the Sonoran Desert broke yet one more document Saturday when temperatures topped 110 levels Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius).
It was the 54th day this yr that the official studying at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport made the mark, eclipsing the earlier document of 53 days set in 2020.
Matt Salerno, a Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist, stated the recent streak may attain 55 days.
“We do have yet another day,” he stated.
An excessive warmth warning 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 well liked three months since record-keeping started in 1895, together with the most well liked July and the second-hottest August.
The every day common temperature of 97 F (36.1 C) in June, July and August handed the earlier document of 96.7 F (35.9 C) set three years in the past.
The typical every day temperature was 102.7 F (39.3 C) in July, Salerno stated, and the every day common in August was 98.8 F (37.1 C).
In July, Phoenix additionally set a document with a 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 F (43.3 C). The earlier document of 18 straight days was set in 1974.
The sweltering summer season of 2023 has seen a historic warmth wave stretching from Texas throughout New Mexico and Arizona and into California’s desert.
Worldwide, final month was the most well liked August ever recorded, in accordance with the World Meteorological Group. It was additionally the second hottest month measured, behind solely July 2023. Scientists blame human-caused local weather change with an additional push from a pure El Nino, which is a brief warming of elements of the Pacific Ocean that adjustments climate across the globe.
As of Saturday, Phoenix has tallied 104 days this yr with temperatures over 100 F (37.7 C), Salerno stated. That’s consistent with the common of 111 triple-digit days yearly between 1991 and 2020.
Maricopa County, residence to Phoenix and probably the most populous county in Arizona, additionally seems headed towards an annual document for heat-associated deaths.
County public well being officers have confirmed 194 heat-associated deaths this yr as of Sept. 2. An extra 351 circumstances are below investigation.
Maricopa County confirmed 425 heat-related deaths in 2022.