Temperatures to climb past 110 degrees in metro Phoenix this week

PHOENIX – After a nice stretch of below-average temperatures then low triple digits, the Phoenix area is going to get some cranked-up weather this week.

Monday’s high was predicted at 107 degrees but Wednesday was expected to be the hottest day of the week, reaching 110-112 degrees, Chris Kuhlman of the National Weather Service’s Phoenix bureau said.

An excessive heat warning has gone into effect for metro Phoenix starting Tuesday and lasting through Thursday.

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A backdoor cold front carrying some moisture held down the temperatures a little to start the work week. Otherwise, it could have been closer to 110 degrees, Kuhlman told KTAR News 92.3 FM.

Overnight lows will be in the 80s for a few days before dropping down to the upper 70s later in the week.

Clay Templin, former fire chief at Tonto National Forest, told KTAR News between dry vegetation and the rising temperatures, “It doesn’t take much of an ignition to get a fire going in a hurry … as we’ve seen this past weekend.”

Two wildfires erupted in Tonto National Forest east of the Valley over the weekend.

The Mountain Fire has burned more than 7,000 acres near Cave Creek since Friday, while the Woodbury Fire in the Superstition Mountains near Superior has consumed some 500 acres.

The human-caused Mountain Fire was 50% percent contained early Monday; the Woodbury Fire was 0%.

KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Jim Cross contributed to this report.

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