Clouds encompass downtown Phoenix at sundown on July 30, 2023.

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Clouds encompass downtown Phoenix at sundown on July 30, 2023.

Matt York/AP

PHOENIX — How sizzling is it in Phoenix? In what has been the most popular summer time ever measured, the scorching metropolis within the Sonoran Desert broke one more report Saturday when temperatures topped 110 levels Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius).

It was the 54th day this yr that the official studying at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport made the mark, eclipsing the earlier report of 53 days set in 2020.

Matt Salerno, a National Weather Service meteorologist, mentioned the recent streak might attain 55 days.

“We do have one more day,” he mentioned.

An excessive warmth warning remained in impact, with temperatures forecast at 111 F (43.9 C) on Sunday and 106 F (41.1 C) on Monday.

Salerno mentioned Phoenix skilled the most popular three months since record-keeping started in 1895, together with the most popular July and the second-hottest August.

The each day common temperature of 97 F (36.1 C) in June, July and August handed the earlier report of 96.7 F (35.9 C) set three years in the past.

The common each day temperature was 102.7 F (39.3 C) in July, Salerno mentioned, and the each day common in August was 98.8 F (37.1 C).

In July, Phoenix additionally set a report with a 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 F (43.3 C). The earlier report of 18 straight days was set in 1974.

The sweltering summer time of 2023 has seen a historic warmth wave stretching from Texas throughout New Mexico and Arizona and into California’s desert.

Worldwide, final month was the most popular August ever recorded, in accordance with the World Meteorological Organization. It was additionally the second hottest month measured, behind solely July 2023. Scientists blame human-caused local weather change with an additional push from a pure El Nino, which is a short lived warming of elements of the Pacific Ocean that adjustments climate across the globe.

As of Saturday, Phoenix has tallied 104 days this yr with temperatures over 100 F (37.7 C), Salerno mentioned. That’s according to the typical of 111 triple-digit days yearly between 1991 and 2020.

Maricopa County, house to Phoenix and essentially the most populous county in Arizona, additionally seems headed towards an annual report for heat-associated deaths.

County public well being officers have confirmed 194 heat-associated deaths this yr as of Sept. 2. An further 351 instances are below investigation.

Maricopa County confirmed 425 heat-related deaths in 2022.