Many of us were focused on the record-setting rain that moved through the Phoenix valley, but the temperatures were rather impressive as well!

The high temperature at Phoenix Sky Harbor on Friday , July 23rd was only 83º, which is the coolest July day since 1964! To put this into context, the average low temperature for this time of year is 85º, so the high temperature was even below the average low temperature! This is also only the 11th time since records began in 1896 that the high temperature has been at or below 83º during the month of July.

In case you were wondering, the coolest July day on record stands at 79º, which occurred on July 1, 1911.

Here is a list of all the other days in July with a high of 83º or less:
July 1, 1911: 79º
July 2, 1911: 82º
July 24, 1912: 82º
July 25, 1915: 81º
July 31, 1921: 82º
July 31, 1950: 80º
July 23, 1954: 82º
July 24, 1955: 80º
July 25, 1955: 83º
July 31, 1964: 83º
July 23, 2021: 83º