Record daily heat streak in Phoenix reaches 20 days
Oct 13, 2024, 3:04 PM | Updated: 9:02 pm
(AP Photo/Matt York)
PHOENIX — Phoenix’s daily heat streak record reached 20 days after another mark fell on Sunday.
The thermometer at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service (NWS) uses for the city’s official records, hit 103 degrees at 4:41 p.m. The previous record of 101 degrees was set in 1989.
Phoenix has broken daily heat records 18 times and tied two more since the streak began on Sept. 24.
When will the daily heat record streak in Phoenix end?
The end is right around the corner for record high temperatures in Phoenix.
High temperatures are forecast to remain about even to daily records through Monday before a possible disruption comes Tuesday.
The high for that day is forecast to be 97 degrees. The record high for the day is 103 degrees, achieved in 1996.
If the streak reaches Tuesday, it’ll triple the previous record mark and reach 21 days.
An excessive heat warning, which spanned a record 14 days and was extended multiple times, expired Tuesday.