PHOENIX (AP) – A historic heat wave continues to stifle Phoenix – but the end may finally be in sight for residents of Arizona’s largest city in the United States.
The National Weather Service is forecasted a high of 41.7 degrees Celsius (°C) yesterday and 38.8°C today.
“I hate to say, ‘Yes, this will be the last,’ but it’s more than likely that will be the case – this will be our last stretch of high temperatures this summer,” said Chris Kuhlman of the National Weather Service in Phoenix.
An excessive heat warning expired at 8pm on Sunday.
Meteorologists said Phoenix reached 44.4°C by early afternoon Sunday and could top out at 45.5°C for the second consecutive day.Either way, it eclipsed the previous record of 43.8°C for the date, set in 1990. It also marked the 55th day this year that the official reading at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport reached at least 43.3°C.
The city eclipsed the previous record of 53 days – set in 2020 – when it hit 45°C on Saturday.
The weather service said the 45-degree mark was the latest date in a calendar year that Sky Harbor had ever recorded a temperature that high.
