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Phoenix Hits 115º+ Four Days In A Row

31 July 2020 - Posted in Weather Records by Weather Bus

No getting around it, the Valley of the Sun has been incredibly hot this week. In fact, the high temperature at Phoenix Sky Harbor has been 115º+ for the past four days (July 28th-31st).

This ties the record for the longest streak of days at or above 115º, which has only happened four other times since records began.

June 19-22, 1968

June 25-28, 1976

June 25-28, 1990

July 26-29, 1995

Phoenix: Record Setting 118º!

30 July 2020 - Posted in Weather Records by Weather Bus

The high temperature at Phoenix Sky Harbor at 4:40 pm on July 30th hit a sweltering 118º. This broke the record high for the day of 115º, set all the way back in 1934. But this was not the only record broken.

This will now go down as the latest day in a year with a high temperature of 118º+. The old record was July 28th set in 1995.

And yes, having a high temperature of 118º is very rare. In fact, since records began in 1896, the high temperature has only been 118º+ a total of 18 times!