Phoenix (Azfamily) – Like or don’t like it, although it is still March, heat is here!
The city of Phoenix reached 100 degrees in the afternoon for the first time this year. On average, Phoenix has seen the first three digit temperature of the year on May 2 in the last 30 years. Last year, the city reached it on April 21st.
“When we look at the Phoenix air station, it was only 100 degrees in March and this was 1988” Arizona State Climatologist Erinanne Saffellin question.
This comes after the record of the hottest year of the valley. Set a record for the highest temperature average of 2024. A look at the hottest years under record in the history of Phoenix, National Weather Service:
- 2024 (78.6 °)
- 2017 (77.3 °)
- 2020 (77.2 °)
- 2014 (77.1 °)
- 2023 (77.0 °)
As you can see, the best five years have been all in the last decade. This data is the highest and low average every day of the year.
The National Weather Service also provided data to Arizona’s family in the last 50 years to emphasize the city’s tendency to warm up. The following data show how the average temperature increases over time.
- 1975 – 71.0 °
- 1985 – 74.2 °
- 1995 – 74.2 °
- 2005 – 75.5 °
- 2015 – 76.7 °
- 2024 – 78.6 °
Last year, Phoenix saw 70 days 110 ° or warmer, which is about 20% of the year. Arizona’s family asked Saffell what he was worried about when it comes to our heat and future.
“Night temperatures that really play a role in the city of Phoenix or in the Phoenix metropolis region.
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