We Are 288 Days Into 2020; Phoenix Hit Or Broke 100F On 144 Days; Prior Record 143 For All Of 1989

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The unrelenting and unprecedented heat that scorched Phoenix all summer, setting countless records, has carried over into the fall. Now it has set another blistering milestone: the most 100-degree days ever observed in a calendar year.

On Wednesday, the mercury in Phoenix climbed to at least 100 degrees for the 144th time in 2020, surpassing 143 days in 1989 for the most instances on record. Half of the days (144 out of 288) of the year so far, equivalent to 20.6 weeks, have hit 100 degrees. A few more such days are likely.

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The intensity, frequency and duration of hot weather in Phoenix this year fits into an ongoing and expected trend in a warming world. In recent decades, Phoenix has averaged about 110 days hitting 100 degrees or more per year. That’s up from about 75 in the mid-1920s.

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The overall 2020 heat records in Phoenix are too many to list. But among the more notable are new highs for the number of days at or above 110 (53) and 115 (14) degrees. Not to mention, Phoenix never dropped below 90 degrees for a record 28-night stretch during the summer. “2020 has pretty much broken every other heat record,” wrote Amber Sullins, chief meteorologist at Phoenix’s ABC television affiliate, in an email.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/10/14/phoenix-record-heat-100-degrees/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

[Thekaspervote]

1. It's sad! My daughter and family live there. Besides it being so hot it's so so dry

The saguaro cactus are collapsing all over..just so so sad

[kimbutgar]

2. My mother in law who lives in Phoenix mentioned this today when we talked to her

She said she is so tired if the heat. She’s lived there for 25 years and usually by now it starts to cool down. It’s usually comfortable weather by now.

[mountain grammy]

3. Fires in the middle of October

the time of year we usually relax, just like Phoenix usually cools off.