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Today could make '07 a record-breaker
John Faherty
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 29, 2007 12:00 AM
Today should be the day that allows us to tell our grandchildren that we were here in the summer of 2007.
Sometime late this afternoon, the temperature is expected to hit 110, and we will have set a record for misery: 29 days of at least 110 degrees in a year.
On Tuesday, we tied the record of 28 days, and the National Weather Service is predicting that we will get to 111 degrees today.
There will not be a parade.
Tony Haffer, chief meteorologist for the service, refused to add any hot air to current conditions when he mastered the art of understatement.
"This is an unusually hot spell," Haffer said.
A number of factors that could be making this a record year: One is the dreaded heat island, which means the afternoon heat never dissipates like it should in the desert.
This also has been a particularly dry year. Monsoon moisture keeps our temperatures down, but there has simply not been enough of it in 2007.
John Faherty
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 29, 2007 12:00 AM
Today should be the day that allows us to tell our grandchildren that we were here in the summer of 2007.
Sometime late this afternoon, the temperature is expected to hit 110, and we will have set a record for misery: 29 days of at least 110 degrees in a year.
On Tuesday, we tied the record of 28 days, and the National Weather Service is predicting that we will get to 111 degrees today.
There will not be a parade.
Tony Haffer, chief meteorologist for the service, refused to add any hot air to current conditions when he mastered the art of understatement.
"This is an unusually hot spell," Haffer said.
A number of factors that could be making this a record year: One is the dreaded heat island, which means the afternoon heat never dissipates like it should in the desert.
This also has been a particularly dry year. Monsoon moisture keeps our temperatures down, but there has simply not been enough of it in 2007.
