WHY WHY WHY
From: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/productviewnation.php?pil=PSRAFDPSR&version=0
ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES WAS SET AT SKY HARBOR
IN PHOENIX TODAY...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 95 SET IN 1921 WHICH
WAS ALREADY REACHED AROUND 1 OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. MANY OTHER
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET ACROSS THE SOUTHERN DESERTS
TODAY...PLEASE SEE PHXRERPSR FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
TODAY IS THE EARLIEST DATE IN THE YEAR...DURING 111 YEARS OF RECORD
KEEPING...THAT THE TEMPERATURE IN PHOENIX CLIMBED ABOVE 95 DEGREES...
THE OLD RECORD WAS THE 21ST OF MARCH SET IN 2004...AND THE AVERAGE
DATE OF CLIMBING ABOVE 95 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR IS
MORE THAN A MONTH FROM NOW IN LATE APRIL. IN FACT...TODAY WAS THE
EARLIEST DAY IN RECORDED HISTORY THAT PHOENIX REACHED 96...97...98
AND THEN 99 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE FIRST DATE OF 99 DEGREES AT PHOENIX
IS MAY 9. IN OTHER WORDS...WE REACHED 99 DEGREES ALMOST 2 MONTHS
EARLIER THAN ON AVERAGE!
NEW RECORD HIGHS WILL LIKELY BE SET AGAIN SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY
SUNDAY AT BOTH PHOENIX AND YUMA.
ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES WAS SET AT SKY HARBOR
IN PHOENIX TODAY...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 95 SET IN 1921 WHICH
WAS ALREADY REACHED AROUND 1 OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. MANY OTHER
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET ACROSS THE SOUTHERN DESERTS
TODAY...PLEASE SEE PHXRERPSR FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
TODAY IS THE EARLIEST DATE IN THE YEAR...DURING 111 YEARS OF RECORD
KEEPING...THAT THE TEMPERATURE IN PHOENIX CLIMBED ABOVE 95 DEGREES...
THE OLD RECORD WAS THE 21ST OF MARCH SET IN 2004...AND THE AVERAGE
DATE OF CLIMBING ABOVE 95 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR IS
MORE THAN A MONTH FROM NOW IN LATE APRIL. IN FACT...TODAY WAS THE
EARLIEST DAY IN RECORDED HISTORY THAT PHOENIX REACHED 96...97...98
AND THEN 99 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE FIRST DATE OF 99 DEGREES AT PHOENIX
IS MAY 9. IN OTHER WORDS...WE REACHED 99 DEGREES ALMOST 2 MONTHS
EARLIER THAN ON AVERAGE!
NEW RECORD HIGHS WILL LIKELY BE SET AGAIN SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY
SUNDAY AT BOTH PHOENIX AND YUMA.