It’s always hot this time of year in central Arizona, but 2024's endless summer has been especially hot in Phoenix. On Tuesday, the city hit its 100th straight day with at least 100 degree temperatures. According to data from the National Weather Service, that’s long since shattered the record of 76 days in a row set back in 1993.
FILE - A pedestrian crosses a street as heat waves rise from the pavement as the temperature hits 104-degrees Monday, June 17, 2024, in Phoenix. FILE - A man tries to keep cool on a children’s splash pad, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 in Phoenix. FILE - A pedestrian crosses a street as heat waves rise from the pavement as the temperature hits 104-degrees Monday, June 17, 2024, in Phoenix.
It’s always hot this time of year in central Arizona, but 2024 is proving to be an endless summer with especially high temperatures in Phoenix. On Tuesday, the city hit its 100th straight day with at least 100 degree temperatures. That’s long since shattered the record of 76 days in a row set back in 1993, according to data from the National Weather Service.The temperature hit 102 F in Phoenix on May 27 and has made it to triple digits every day since.
Public health officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County — where Phoenix is located, the hottest metro area in the U.S. — say that as of Aug. 24 there had beenconfirmed so far this year, with another 443 under investigation. There were 645 heat-related deaths confirmed last year in the county of some 4.5 million people.
Cooling centers were set up across Los Angeles County, where officials urged residents to check on neighbors who are elderly, unwell or otherwise vulnerable amid soaring temperatures. “Hot days aren’t just uncomfortable — they can be dangerous,” said LA County Health Officer Muntu Davis. “Lots of SPF shirts and ice-cold water,” Ferguson said, about coping with the heat. “That’s the only way to get through it.”
“I’ve learned to drink lots of sports drinks and make sure I’m done by 1 p.m.,” Lopez said. “Otherwise, it’s just too much.”
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