Phoenix under extreme heat warning as record heat arrives this week

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Get prepared for a scorching week forward with temperatures ranging 20-30 levels above common statewide.

Our First Alert Weather Days are Tuesday to Sunday to present you a heads up in this heat.

Tuesday is Saint Patrick’s Day, and with temperatures within the higher 90s, in case you do have any outside plans, you may need to be sure to’re staying hydrated and taking breaks from the solar.

By Wednesday, we are going to probably see our first triple-digit day of the 12 months in Phoenix, with a excessive of 102 levels.

The National Weather Service has bumped the extreme heat watch to an extreme heat warning for the Valley, and southern and western Arizona, from Thursday to Sunday.

This is the earliest heat warning to enter impact, with the present earliest occasion occurring between April 26 and April 30 of 2020.

This means common mountain climbing trails throughout Phoenix, like Piestewa, Camelback and elements of South Mountain, will shut from 8 a.m. to five p.m.

Temperatures shall be round 102-106 Wednesday by way of the weekend. This means proper now we’re a stretch of at the very least six days in a row the place we are going to beat a excessive temperature record:

• Wednesday: High of 102, record is 95 levels in 2017
• Thursday: High of 104, record is 96 levels in 2017
• Friday: High of 105, record is 96 levels in 2017
• Saturday: High of 106, record is 97 levels in 2004
• Sunday: High of 103, record is 94 levels in 1990
• Monday: High of 98, record is 93 levels in 1990

Keep in thoughts, we must be within the higher 70s this time of the 12 months in Phoenix.

But even spots like Flagstaff will see temperatures near 30 levels above common this week, with highs there within the 80s, when they need to be within the 50s.

This heat is coming from a ridge of high-pressure parking itself over the area, creating this irregular heat wave within the month of March.

We’ve solely hit 100 levels as soon as within the month of March, and that was on March 26, 1988, so we are going to obtain the title this week of getting the earliest triple-digit day in Phoenix, and we are going to probably additionally see the earliest 105-degree day for Phoenix this week, too.

On common, we do not get to 100 levels till May 2, and never till May 22 for 105 levels.

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