A "very rare" heat wave for Phoenix

[phantom power]

phantom power has spent several days this summer cleaning dust

The heat wave that brought Needles' record hot rain has broken an exceptional number of heat records in Phoenix, Arizona the past two weeks. According to the Phoenix NWS office, the "almost unbearable heat" of the first two weeks of August is a "very rare" event, and August 1 - 14, 2012 was the warmest such 2-week period in city history. The average temperature on August 6 - 13 was 100°F or higher each of the eight days, tying the record for most consecutive days with an average temperature of 100°. The temperature peaked at 116° on August 8, just 6° below Phoenix's all-time record of 122° set on June 26, 1990. The forecast for Phoenix call for a bit of relief--highs are expected to be a relatively modest 105° today, and down near 100° by Friday.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2186

[Arctic Dave]

1. June 26, 1990 will forever be remembered by our family.

Our daughter was born that day in Mesa.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. October 19 for us

I will never forget going thru almost a solid month of temps between 100 and 120 while being 7 months pregnant. We were in Chandler.

[Arctic Dave]

3. I feel for you.

I know Mama Bear was not a happy camper.

[Speck Tater]

4. Only 105 today?

With such cool weather in the desert how can global warming possibly be true?

[pscot]

5. I spent the summer of 1967 chipping the plaster off swimming pools

from Phoenix to Wickenberg, and it seemed like it was 105 to 110 every day