But even for natives, the month has been brutal. I’ve lived in the aptly named “Valley of the Sun” since childhood, so I’m used to the region’s scorching heat and dust-dry desert climate. Mid-July featured nine consecutive days at or above 115 F. Phoenix just finished 16 straight days with lows above 90 F. It’s currently enduring the longest stretch topping 110 F or higher (29 days and counting). The city has made headlines around the globe and broken all sorts of records. Phoenix was actually enjoying a surprisingly mild summer. And in this year of record-shattering heat, it’s impossible to know whether the past patterns will hold. We are on the cusp of the start of August, which in Arizona historically is just a couple of degrees cooler than July.
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