Phoenix breaks daily heat record for third consecutive day
Sep 27, 2024, 2:00 PM | Updated: 5:14 pm
Phoenix broke a daily heat record for the third consecutive day on Sept. 27, 2024. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
PHOENIX — Phoenix broke a daily heat record for a third day running on Friday as unusually high temperatures for this time of year continue.
Arizona’s capital city reached 108 degrees at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, which the National Weather Service (NWS) uses for the city’s official readings, at 12:55 p.m. The previous high for the day was 107 degrees in 2009.
Another day, another high temperature record broken at Phoenix Sky Harbor, this time at 12:54 pm. Highs across the metro will range between 110-115°F this afternoon. #azwx pic.twitter.com/WvOwepFDS7
— NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) September 27, 2024
The mercury reached 113 degrees on Friday, the third consecutive day reaching at least 110 degrees.
Phoenix has hit 110 degrees on 64 days in 2024, continuing to blast past the previous record of 55 days in 2023.
Why did Phoenix break daily heat record again?
The highs in Phoenix are normally 96-97 degrees this time of year, but not in 2024.
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The forecast calls for highs of at least 110 degrees through Sunday, with new Phoenix temperature records expected each day at least through Tuesday.
Saturday is expected to be the hottest of the upcoming hot days, with a forecast high of 114 degrees, a whopping 6 degrees above the existing record for the date.
It reached 113 degrees Wednesday. Until then, it had never reached 110 degrees in Phoenix after Sept. 19, per NWS records.
Is Phoenix under an excessive heat warning?
Phoenix is under an excessive heat warning that is scheduled to last until next week.
The excessive heat warning for the low deserts of central and southwestern Arizona was scheduled to run until 8 p.m. Sunday but was extended until 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Per city of Phoenix policy, the Echo Canyon and Cholla trails at Camelback Mountain and all Piestewa Peak trails are closed from 9 a.m. to 5 a.m. on days when excessive heat warnings are in effect.
How hot has Phoenix been this year?
In addition to the 110-degree record, Phoenix also endured a record-shattering 113-day streak of temperatures reaching triple digits, which finally ended last week.
And if that’s not enough, Phoenix’s 2024 “meteorological summer” (June-August) was the hottest on record, with an average temperature of 98.9 degrees.
