Posted on Sep 10, 2023
Phoenix has set another heat record by hitting 110 degrees on 54 days this year
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How hot is it in Phoenix? In what has been the hottest summer ever measured, the sizzling city in the Sonoran Desert broke yet another record Saturday when temperatures topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius).
It was the 54th day this year that the official reading at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport made the mark, eclipsing the previous record of 53 days set in 2020.
How hot is it in Phoenix? In what has been the hottest summer ever measured, the sizzling city in the Sonoran Desert broke yet another record Saturday when temperatures topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius).
It was the 54th day this year that the official reading at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport made the mark, eclipsing the previous record of 53 days set in 2020.
Phoenix has set another heat record by hitting 110 degrees on 54 days this year
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"Phoenix, Arizona's record for the most consecutive days with temperatures over 110 degrees is 18 days, set from June 12-29, 197412. The current streak of 110-degree or higher temperatures at Phoenix Sky Harbor is 10 days, which is tied for the seventh-longest since the late 1890s when record keeping first began2. Phoenix broke the record for most 110-degree days in a year on August 9, 2021, with 53 days over 110 degrees, smashing the previous record of 33 set in 201134. In total, Phoenix had 22 days of 110-degree weather and 104 days of 100-degree weather in 2021..."...
"Phoenix, Arizona's record for the most consecutive days with temperatures over 110 degrees is 18 days, set from June 12-29, 197412. The current streak of 110-degree or higher temperatures at Phoenix Sky Harbor is 10 days, which is tied for the seventh-longest since the late 1890s when record keeping first began2. Phoenix broke the record for most 110-degree days in a year on August 9, 2021, with 53 days over 110 degrees, smashing the previous record of 33 set in 201134. In total, Phoenix had 22 days of 110-degree weather and 104 days of 100-degree weather in 2021..."...
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