Record Breaking Heat Comes to a Close

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17 Oct 2024 10:15 PM

PHOENIX, AZ - The streak. Is finally. OVER! On Tuesday, Phoenix, Arizona was only 9 degrees above average. We say this in a bit of jest, but Tuesday's high temperature DID NOT break a record for the first time in three weeks! Prior to that, Phoenix had tied or broken a daily high temperature record for 21 straight days.

The 21 straight days of temperature records is a record itself. The city had not experienced three straight weeks of record highs since record keeping began. Thankfully, this stretch of heat has abated.

Southwest

A late-week trough will be responsible for bringing a halt to record-high temperatures. This trough will bring much cooler temperatures to the southwest and for the first time in months - below average temperatures are possible this weekend!

In Phoenix, we may actually experience below-average temperatures for a change. We will remain above average until the latter half of the work week when temperatures are forecast to drop below 80° for the first time since April 14th - that's 184 days of above 80° highs.In Las Vegas, highs will cool as low as the 60s this weekend. The last time we were this cool was also back in April!

Southern Plains

Changes are brewing for the south-central U.S. too. Oklahoma City and Dallas will drop below average as early as Wednesday! Even Houston will drop our 90-degree highs and replace them with 70s. Did someone say sweater weather?After a painfully hot stretch in cities like Austin, temperatures are forecast to drop down into the 70s by mid-week. Fall is here friends!

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