Phoenix temperature hits 90 degrees for the first time in 2021
Apr 1, 2021, 1:00 PM | Updated: 4:51 pm
(Getty Images/Ralph Freso)
(Getty Images/Ralph Freso)
PHOENIX — This isn’t an April Fools’ Day joke — it’s hot again in Phoenix.
The city reached 90 degrees for the first time in 2021 at 1 p.m. on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
The average first 90-degree day in Phoenix is March 31, so it was on schedule this year. The temperature reached 95 degrees for the day.
The high temperature has now reach 90° in Phoenix, becoming the first 90 degree temperature of the year. We'll see temperatures climb a few more degrees this afternoon. #azwx pic.twitter.com/9Ubu0LDGbm
— NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) April 1, 2021
In 2020, the mercury didn’t reach the mark until April 22.
The early April heat isn’t an outlier, with more 90-degree weather expected in the coming days.
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Friday’s high is forecast to reach 93 degrees before an even hotter weekend with highs of 97 on Saturday and 99 on Easter Sunday.
Phoenix is coming off a year in which the 90-degree mark was hit on 191 days, more than 20 days above the city average.
Before Thursday, Phoenix had enjoyed sub-90s temperatures since Nov. 16.
The high reached 92 degrees that day, the latest the temperature has reached the mark in a calendar year in city history.
