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Phoenix has a hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh), [1] [2] typical of the Sonoran Desert, and is the largest city in America in this climatic zone. [3] Phoenix has long, extremely hot summers and short, mild winters. The city is within one of the world's sunniest regions, with its sunshine duration comparable to the Sahara region.
Phoenix is hot-everyone knows that. But this summer and fall, the city, like many other cities in the West, set record after record for high temperatures. Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 14, Phoenix set ...
Beginning in March 2024, severe heat waves impacted Mexico, the Southern and Western United States, and Central America, leading to dozens of broken temperature records, [1] mass deaths of animals from several threatened species, water shortages requiring rationing, [2] increased forest fires, and over 155 deaths in Mexico with 2,567 people suffering from heat-related ailments. [3]
Maricopa's data is broken down into zip codes and the area with the most heat-related deaths is the city of Mesa, east of Phoenix. Last year there were 579 confirmed and 56 suspected deaths ...
Climate data for Phoenix Int'l, Arizona (1991–2020 normals, [a] extremes 1895–present) [b]; Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °F (°C)
Phoenix reached a sweltering 113 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday — beating the previous daily record for this time of year of 111 degrees set in 2016 — while Las Vegas set a new record of 111 ...
The Copernicus Programme reported that 2024 continued 2023's series of record high global average sea surface temperatures. [12]2024 Southeast Asia heat wave. For the first time, in each month in a 12-month period (through June 2024), Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.50 °C (2.70 °F) above the pre-industrial baseline.
The temperature in Phoenix had climbed to 118 F by 3 p.m., continuing the streak that started on June 30 in the city. The old record for the number of consecutive 110-degree days was 18 set from Ju