Another daily heat record reset in Phoenix, temperature reaches 100 for 5th straight day

PHOENIX — A historically hot March rolled on in Phoenix, as the city saw another daily heat record re-written Sunday.

The mercury at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service uses for official readings, hit 95 degrees at 12:07 p.m. to blow by the previous record of 94 degrees established in 1990.

Phoenix has now seen triple-digit temperatures five straight days, as it reached the 100-degree mark at 2:01 p.m. and as high as 102 degrees before cooling down.

Saturday’s high reached 105 degrees, which equaled the hottest March day ever recorded each of two days prior.

The city had only hit the 100-degree threshold once before this week saw records fall left and right (March 26, 1988).

An extreme heat warning was issued Thursday and is slated to go through 5 p.m. Sunday. These warnings triggered the daytime closures (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) of some or all hiking trails at Camelback Mountain, Piestewa Peak and South Mountain in Phoenix.

March heat records in metro Phoenix not expected to end soon

Daily heat marks are forecast by NWS to continue through Saturday, with only Monday’s expected high temperature of 99 degrees as below triple-digits over the next six days.

Normal March daily highs hover around 80 degrees, meaning the month’s final two weeks may be around 20 degrees above average.

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