Phoenix breaks record for most days with 110-degree temperatures in a year
Sep 5, 2024, 12:31 PM | Updated: 4:33 pm
Phoenix broke the record for most days with 110-degree temperatures in a year on Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt York)
(AP Photo/Matt York)
PHOENIX — Phoenix broke the record for the most days with 110-degree temperatures for the second consecutive year on Thursday.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service uses for the city’s official readings, reached 56 days of 110-degree weather around 12:20 p.m., surpassing the previous mark of 55 days in 2023.
The high for the day reached 116 degrees, a record for the day and the latest in a calendar year in Phoenix to reach that temperature.
Phoenix 110-degree record: Why was it broken?
Phoenix experienced its first 110-degree day of the year on June 6, meaning it took 91 days to set the record.
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With an excessive heat warning in effect until Friday night, it’s likely the record will only grow.
The latest Phoenix has experienced 110-degree weather was on Sept. 19 in 2010.
The city had two stretches of a dozen consecutive days of 110-degree weather in July 2024. During the first 12-day stretch, the mercury hit 118 degrees twice, the hottest temperature recorded in Phoenix this year.
Here are the top years for 110-degree temperatures in Phoenix (through Thursday):
2024: 56 days
2023: 55 days
2020: 53 days
2011: 33 days
How hot has Phoenix been this summer?
Phoenix experienced its hottest June in history followed by its second-hottest July.
The hottest meteorological summer in Phoenix history — defined as June through August by NWS — also happened this year with an average of 98.9 degrees. That shattered the previous record of 97 degrees from 2023.
The heat hasn’t let up at any point this summer, either.
Phoenix’s streak of hitting 100 degrees reached 102 days on Thursday, far surpassing the old mark of 76 consecutive days set in 1993.
