PHOENIX — High pressure still in control of our weather pattern and will keep our afternoon temperatures near 110 degrees for a few more days before BIG changes come our way.
2024 has also now brought the most days ever recorded at 110 degrees or hotter to Phoenix. Saturday marked day 59. The previous record was 55 set just last year.
An Excessive Heat Warning is in place through Tuesday night for the lower Colorado River Valley from Parker to Yuma as temperatures in the area remain well above 110 degrees.
We have a bit of monsoon moisture flowing back into Arizona and a few spotty showers and thunderstorms are possible in the northern and eastern part of the state on tonight before we dry out the rest of the week.
There's also hope on the horizon for a bit of relief from the heat by the end of next week as a storm system passes to our north.
Temperatures are expected to drop in the Valley, below 100 degrees by next weekend!
Right now, there is no end in sight to this record-setting stretch of triple-digit days. As of Sunday, we've had 105 triple-digit days in a row. The previous record was 76 consecutive triple-digit days set in August of 1993.
Meteorological summer ended on August 31st and it was the hottest summer on record in Phoenix! The overall average temperature for June, July and August was 98.9 degrees, breaking last summer's record of 97.0 degrees.
Hot and dry typically go hand-in-hand and it's also been a fairly dry monsoon in the Valley. There are only a few weeks left to get rain in the bucket before the season officially ends on September 30th.
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2024 Sky Harbor Official Rainfall to date: 4.54" (-0.39" from average)
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Daily rainfall reports from all across the Valley can be found here.
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PHOENIX IS GETTING DRIER - LOWER RAINFALL AVERAGES NOW
Average Monsoon Rainfall in Phoenix (1981-2010): 2.71" of rain
NEW Average Monsoon Rainfall in Phoenix (1991-2020): 2.43" of rain
Average Yearly Rainfall in Phoenix (1981-2010): 8:03" of rain
NEW Average Yearly Rainfall in Phoenix (1991-2020): 7.22" of rain
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