"It's just a very warm and dry air mass that's moved northward into the region and very high pressure with it." "It's not normal, it's unusual to be this hot," Hirsch continued, adding that normal high temperatures were usually around 105 to 106 degrees this time of year.
"We don't see cooling trends really until late in the weekend, early next week. "It's just going to be very hot and we'll be flirting with records each day," meteorologist Matthew Hirsch said of the week ahead. The excessive heat warning for the state is expected to end Sunday night. Phoenix's low temperature on Wednesday morning was 90 degrees, which the National Weather Service sets a new record-warm low. The previous record was 86 degrees, set in 1988, according to the National Weather Service. Wildfire smoke from the nearby Telegraph Fire was lowering the temperature in the city.īut Phoenix hit 115 degrees Wednesday and is expected to hit 117 the next two days, the National Weather Service said. The record for Wednesday had been set at 115 degrees in 1974. Phoenix temperatures hit 115 degrees Tuesday, falling just short of a daily record set in 1974 but marking the highest temperature in the city so far this year. Here's a look at the hottest it will be in the Western states and when it may end: Arizona 'flirting with records'
"With warm temperatures and dry soil in place, an elevated fire risk is in effect throughout portions of the Rockies and Intermountain West," the service wrote.Īt least four states have issued evacuation orders for residents. The weather service said that residents "enduring the abnormal heat" are urged to stay hydrated and avoid extended periods of time outdoors if possible.
"The entire area is going to be way above normal for all of next week." "No easy way to say this, so we'll just cut straight to the chase: it's going to be *very* hot for a *long time* next week," the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City tweeted Friday. At least 11 states reported triple-digit temperatures, AccuWeather confirmed.īut the persistent heat wave across the West isn't going away anytime soon. government agency that provides weather forecasts and severe weather warnings, announced Wednesday that more than 40 million people in the Western region are under a heat advisory or excessive heat warning. amid triple-digit temperaturesĪ long-lasting heat wave continues to bring triple-digit temperatures Thursday, raising concerns that such extreme weather could become the new normal in the Western U.S. Watch Video: Wildfires rage in Western U.S.
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