{"id":789336,"date":"2026-05-11T18:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/789336\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T18:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:46:22","slug":"scorching-phoenix-area-heat-nears-record-as-hiking-trails-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/789336\/","title":{"rendered":"Scorching Phoenix-area heat nears record as hiking trails shut down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:USA TODAY;\" href=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"USA TODAY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"174\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2021-07\/506fdd20-ee43-11eb-8f33-8a4102cf7edb.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catherine Reagor, Arizona Republic<\/p>\n<p>Mon, May 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"646\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_usatoday_us_articles_590\/755b7a5764f1e9795a613cd17a92b12a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Scorching Phoenix-area heat nears record as hiking trails shut down<\/p>\n<p>Metro Phoenix was teetering on setting a heat record on May 11 with a forecast of 109 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s very close to the <a data-ylk=\"slk:current record;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/psr\/ExtremeTemps\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">current record<\/a> of 110 degrees set on May 11 in 1934.<\/p>\n<p>The Valley&#8217;s heat was expected to be \u201ca bit short of record territory,\u201d said meteorologist Mark O&#8217;Malley from the National Weather Service office in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>He said the forecast is for a Phoenix-area heat warning through the evening of May 12, but <a data-ylk=\"slk:temperatures were expected to cool;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=33.4483&amp;lon=-112.0758\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">temperatures were expected to cool<\/a> later this week.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Phoenix <a data-ylk=\"slk:closed several hiking trails;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/popular-arizona-trails-close-due-220909868.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closed several hiking trails<\/a> on May 10 due to heat forecasts, and these popular trails will <a data-ylk=\"slk:remain closed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenix.gov\/administration\/departments\/parks\/activities-facilities\/trails\/heat-safety.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">remain closed<\/a> through May 12 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<p><strong>Camelback Mountain Preserve:<\/strong>\u00a0Cholla and Echo Canyon trails<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<p><strong>Phoenix Mountains Preserve:<\/strong>\u00a0Piestewa Peak Summit Trail and associated trails<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<p><strong>South Mountain Park and Preserve:<\/strong> Hau\u2019pal Loop Trail, Holbert Trail, Mormon Trail and access to the National Trail from the Pima Canyon Trailhead<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cPay attention to the closures. Try to respect it. It\u2019s really to keep you safe. It\u2019s also to keep first responders and firefighters safe,\u201d Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Mike Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Valley temperatures are usually in the 90s during this time of the year, according to the weather service.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-ylk=\"slk:Valley\u2019s temperature;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/product.php?site=PSR&amp;issuedby=PSR&amp;product=AFD&amp;format=ci&amp;version=1&amp;glossary=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Valley\u2019s temperature<\/a> is expected to dip on May 12 to 107 degrees and then gradually fall to 98 on Thursday, the weather service said.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Phoenix could hit heat record, then cool down this week;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/phoenix-weather\/2026\/05\/11\/extreme-heat-warning-phoenix-weather\/90030966007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix could hit heat record, then cool down this week<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Catherine Reagor, Arizona Republic Mon, May 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM UTC Scorching Phoenix-area heat nears record as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":789337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,322509,248299,25723,6231,1589,322510,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-789336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-heat-record","12":"tag-hiking-trails","13":"tag-metro-phoenix","14":"tag-national-weather-service","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-phoenix-mountains-preserve","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116557434606973828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}