PHOENIX — A daily heat record that was set 14 years ago in Phoenix was broken on Saturday.
The thermometer at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service (NWS) uses for the city’s official records, reached 114 degrees.
The previous record for Aug. 2 was 113 degrees which was set in 2011 and then tied in 2018.
NWS had issued an extreme heat warning for Friday and Saturday earlier in the week.
Gabriel Lojero, a meteorologist with NWS in Phoenix, told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Thursday morning that there is another extreme heat warning expected after temperatures dip Sunday and early next week.
What has August weather looked like in Phoenix in the past?
In 2024, Phoenix kicked off the first few days of August with back-to-back days of 116 degrees.
In fact, last August finished as the third hottest in city history at a daily clip of 98.7 degrees. It trailed 2023 at 98.8 and 2020 at 99.1.
The Phoenix average high for the last two Augusts have also been almost identical at 109.4 in 2024 and 109.5 in 2023.
Last year, Phoenix had the hottest summer since records were first kept in 1896.
NWS said the daily average temperature from June to August, labeled the meteorological summer, was 98.9 degrees. It broke a previous record set in 2023 when the average temperature was 97.0 degrees.
So far, the hottest day in Phoenix this year was July 9 when temperatures reached a blistering 118 degrees.
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