Phoenix heat shatters records after 19th day of 110+ degree temperatures

Phoenix, Arizona is scorching with 110-plus temperatures for the 19th consecutive day, shattering a nearly 50-year record. Meanwhile across the U.S., 63 million Americans are living under heat threats from southern California to Miami. NBC News’ Erin McLaughlin has more updates.
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[@isimplyxisabella]

When you turn on the facet, the water doesnt even turn cold even in the cold setting, it just warm... even at night....

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Anyone remember in 1990? It hit 123F. I still have the shirt as a teen still. Lived in Arizona 89-00. Hated the heat. Some winters were cool. Towards the end it was not. Live in Oregon now. Love the cold…

[@dylanrussell6126]

I heard Oregon is a nice place to live with very reasonable weather

[@Jasmine215100]

I don't blame you for moving from there!

[@414ruckuslifeMKE]

"But its a dry heat" 😅

[@JD-773]

I'll take dry heat over high humidity any chance I get. 110 in AZ is nothing compared to 98 in Atlanta 😂. The worst heat I've ever experienced was in Atlanta. You step outside and get instantly disrespected by the humidity.

[@crystalsaiz5248]

So annoying isn't it. As if dry air makes it so much better. Go sit it in the oven on broil 😂

[@adamfrost3139]

​@@JD-773It'd be nice if it was a dry heat, but its been humid af here lately as well

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

RIP Bill Paxson

[@DefineHatespeech]

Lieutenant what do those pulse rifles fire?

[@eugenefirebird8938]

That's why the house prices have doubled there in a few years. People love 110 degrees with hardly any water.

[@andyk939]

more like a steady supply of people dumb enough to live there.

[@themediaisnotyourfriend1124]

😂 good satire . Everyone knows it's because of a 50 yr failed politician. It's insanity to vote for Joe Biden

[@svenvaltik5657]

​​@@themediaisnotyourfriend1124y house in SoCal has never been worth more than it has been under Biden. Enjoying a margarita as we speak. 😎🍹

[@NotLikeUs17]

A lot Californians have made a mass exodus to states like Arizona, Nevada and even Texas because for a while, housing was cheaper. The costs has doubled because of the amount of people flooding the state. Duh…

[@tvdinner325]

It cannot continue forever. When it happens, it will be mayhem!

[@ssshhclos405]

Why anyone would want to move to Arizona… beats me.

[@calgary2800]

Yeah, I went there once and never again. I did not see the charm or allure. New Mexico on the other hand, WOW.

[@Amazonkiller65]

I agree! Stay away it's horrible here!

[@Amazonkiller65]

​@@calgary2800yes...new mexico is the place for you all!

[@Tac495]

Maybe we shouldn’t be living in the desert?

[@tj_the_sloth]

I lived in glendale AZ for 9 years born there I remember most of june was 110-115 and july 112-117 or 118 and that would last for 3-4 weeks sometimes more than after that when would get heavy rain from the pacific coast during mid or late july during monsoon season to oct or spet its normal my dad who lived there for 5 years remember a year that it rarely got below 112 degrees let me tell you cactus don't die there unless it has been dry for 2 years never happened, disease, or old age, or also a bird could've lived in it it would also cause it to look like that

[@dryheat3633]

Never leave your house without a frozen water bottle

[@thegreatapple9616]

your car am i right?

[@therealandrewcano]

Try a gallon at least

[@israelg1214]

Don’t tell me what to do

[@dryheat3633]

@@israelg1214 try getting a life first

[@christiansoto9755]

Growing up in Arizona, i don't remember Arizona being this hot when I was young. I used to play outside in the summers. Now the ground, walls, and everything radiates heat. Even at night it's still doesn't cool down. Now I'm looking to sell my house because year after year it gets worse. The Politicians don't even care about the city. It's all about build and sell more.

[@elliottjames671]

U lieing

[@zl1David]

​@@elliottjames671thermometers don't

[@electrostaticdischarge5873]

IDK how old u are man but man it seems like it has kinda always been hot there. The hottest recorded temp in phoenix was June 26, 1990 at 122° F The hottest temp ever recorded in AZ was in Lake Havasu City, northwestern Arizona, 6/29/1994, 128 F July 2009 was the all-time hottest month in Phoenix since records began in 1896. There were 15 days where highs reached 110 or hotter at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport. Arizona's record for most consecutive days with the high temperature equal to or exceeding 90 degrees was set in April - October 1992 with 184 days at Yuma, Arizona. Record Hottest avg year in Arizona - 1896, / Avg temperature 63.92 degrees I didn’t look into this too much and I’m sure many of these records could be broken already this year but my point is it’s always been hot, it’s the desert lol. Btw I’d link my sources but KZbin keeps deleting the comment.

[@blackred1032]

Blame global warming. It's only gonna get more worse the govt is what is messing up the world by not doing anything. It's too late. I'm fine up in my state we had 75 degrees this whole week no higher then 95 this whole summer. Although winter is gonna be tough

[@xScooterAZx]

@@elliottjames671 No not lieing at all. I live here in Phoenix and even with the air conditioning on it still gets hot. I have a neck pillow floatie so I can sleep in the pool.

[@LordTalax]

Funny how they have to put out signs warning about the heat. How could you not notice?

[@andyk939]

I mean, people moved there- they aren't that bright.

[@thebilldozer7970]

People out in the heat would figure it is safe if no one told them otherwise. Like safety 101.

[@OD99C]

Because leading communists have to tell other communists what to believe, they can't think for themselves.

[@pipermccool]

Guess we shouldn’t bother having hurricane warnings, either.

[@Kuriketto]

Video mentions most patients being treated for heat issues are 18-50 year old males. Pretty much tells you why signs are both needed and yet pointless.

[@Takeoff10_]

I just got back home. I frame houses in Phoenix. Not for the weak. Lol

[@dooderscoot2900]

May you all find water and shade on this day.

[@stinsoncameron7819]

SHATTERS!!! It’s been SHATTERED PEOPLE!!!

[@jeet-Seattle]

No one should be running and cycling in that temperatures...

[@pipermccool]

There’s a loud whooshing sound here in the comment section as the point flies over many heads.

[@crystalsaiz5248]

Exactly 😂😂

[@tracy2762]

point is its normal heat for a desert..

[@pipermccool]

@@tracy2762 ​​⁠ I’ve lived in AZ for decades; this sustained heatwave is very, very far from “normal.” ERs are treating people for contact burns from touching car doors. Emergency alerts are being issued constantly. People are dying.

[@tracy2762]

@@pipermccool yep i am retired age and was hot then..theres lots of newbies and young who are unaware of the dangers of heat..how many people moved to arizona recently..you could fry and egg back than and you still can..opening the car handle especially one that absorbs heat is a fun lesson..black leather seating..its not new..i was there for the hottest day broken twice..we are in a solar maximum currently also..

[@crystalsaiz5248]

@@pipermccool Like superman, it's still flying over heads. 😂

[@Xyleryx]

* It's the only cactus dying of a disease * Journalists: SEE! Cactus is dying of heat stress!

[@therealandrewcano]

😆

[@user-df2uu3qp3y]

*110 is nothing new. been like this for decades.*

[@PedalsNPetals]

Well more development less vegetation.. what do you expect!. No hand watering anymore no moisture for the air... plenty of factors

[@jjmcg9184]

What genius thought it was a bright idea of making a city in the middle of a desert?

[@dudeman3857]

Michigan has yet to see 100 degrees this year. Very unusual.

[@rolsguitars]

Where was all the news when we just had 2 unusually cool summers in a row ? I had to cancel lessons because of rainy days in July ....during the day......in the phx metro area last year or the year before , that was unheard of and I've lived here all my life ....

[@lepidoptera9337]

It was all on tv, you just didn't pay any attention to it. :-)

[@RIfMlLVrdhpPYbHCcTqjnEFGgNyKku]

Theres more rain and it's cooler for this time of year in Michigan

[@commie-bunnytheoneeveryone4696]

110 is warm Probably the new residents don’t know what hot it really is

[@Amazonkiller65]

Fricken lib californians!

[@itzjustkris7964]

You either are crazy and love heat or don’t actually know how hot that is

[@nerdaterp]

I'm in the Phoenix area. I take my dog for exercise after the sun goes down. He gets water every half hour.

[@zl1David]

I'm probably the true weirdo here as I typically thrive in the cold near the Canadian border. that heat would bring me to my knees begging for mercy.

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

fuggin' hot. But that area is used to it. Pretty normal summer pattern of 100 days of 100 degree temps. A/C sales booming

[@pipermccool]

I’ve lived here for decades; it’s never been like this. It’s been 110 *plus* - 118 today, 120 in some places, lows of 91-92 at night.

[@DefineHatespeech]

yes it has, these temps are not new or shattering. Lying propagandists

[@user-df2uu3qp3y]

*when the temp rises to 140 then ill start considering moving elseware.*

[@tracy2762]

its a desert..they break records all the time. this is more normal there.

[@adamfrost3139]

The humidity has been a factor over here though, its not necessarily a "dry" heat as usual

[@tracy2762]

@@adamfrost3139 yep monsoon season..lived there for 15 years during the last record breaking heat...west side of the valley where it was the last to rain ..the area was nice and than the developers got ahold of it..sad.

[@adamfrost3139]

@@tracy2762 yeah, monsoon is a little late this year, we have some moisture for sure but still have a high pressure dome keeping storms from firing off and still might be awhile for steady rains cool us off, so its just muggy on top of 110 degree plus temps.

[@tracy2762]

@@adamfrost3139 all the rain has been east in colorado..record rains..

[@tracy2762]

@@adamfrost3139 i moved in 2002 for the other hot spot florida...lots of newbies in arizona who are learning a lesson just like florida..ooo itts hottt.

[@brianloveless2717]

My cousin lives in Arizona and it is always hot. Always.

[@robertsudano4304]

Who would have ever thought that being in the middle of the desert would be hot? 😱🙀🏜️🤦

[@crystalsaiz5248]

When you miss the point 😂😂

[@Beignetboy]

Did you even watch the video bro?

[@robertsudano4304]

@@crystalsaiz5248 the point is it's the desert. It's supposed to be hot.

[@crystalsaiz5248]

@@robertsudano4304 Yaaaa, that's not the point .

[@robertsudano4304]

@@crystalsaiz5248 it's not Antarctica. Is it supposed to be snowing or something in Phoenix? Or is it supposed to be 100+ in the desert during the summer?? It's the desert. Its supposed to be hot

[@luicipur7265]

Living in deserts be like man. It's so hot why is it so hot

[@bionicman1921]

By the year 2060 the earth will be uninhabitable

[@SnowFoxParty]

This is nothing. My car was 130 the other day

[@egg-scp-secret-lab]

This is my tempurture daily wdym it’s hot

[@tvdinner325]

I am so glad I moved away.

[@eugenefirebird8938]

You should move back. You can now buy a $200k house for $500k there.

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

your old neighbors are glad too

[@tvdinner325]

@@dannyzuehlsdorf3697 We lived on 35 acres in Scottsdale. We didn't have any neighbors. The land was in our family since 1894. None of us ever have to work again. If you were trying to insult me, don't bother son. I am literally laughing all the way to the bank.

[@tvdinner325]

@@eugenefirebird8938 Thanks, but no thanks. We bought property with a river. No water concerns for us.

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

@@tvdinner325 hopefully that would be silicon valley bank

[@Joy-zh9fq]

Why would anyone want to live there??

[@laylawalker8897]

because housing and cost of living was very affordable plus it wasn't overcrowded like it is now. So, putting up with the heat was a simple decision. Now, not anymore.

[@Joy-zh9fq]

@@laylawalker8897 it seems like that would be more expensive with the heat maintenance costs on a house

[@redwhite_040]

@@Joy-zh9fq a few years and they will be running out of water and your house is useless

[@elliottjames671]

Its been hotter lots of times what about last year being mild? And what abou the first 110 days being way later? They use to be early as beginning of May this year i believe it was june 25th. You know why there wasnt 110 19 consecutive days before because we use to have a monsoon season which doesnt really happen anymore. They dont mention the record seeting rain last year either and all the flowers that bloomed but 19 days of 110 all over the news like Phoenix doesn't get up to 116 117 every year

[@xScooterAZx]

Right. I think we only got real rain for just several days,or a week I think this year so far.

[@stoicstudent6116]

Phoenix has always been like that, quit trying to scare everyone. 20 years ago it was 100 degrees at midnight

[@unlucky-777]

You know when a cactus having a hard time with heat, things are getting serious

[@SalsaSippin_]

Tempature records are made out of glass?!?!😂😂😂

[@therealandrewcano]

@ 2:04 uh, probably will be hot till October or November genius

[@aaronaaron6569]

Hot in a desert 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@PySnek]

a desert filled with parking lots of course it gets warmer each year

[@silverbackhayabusa]

Hey NBC, when Las Vegas went 300 days with no temps hitting 100, where was your non-stop attention on the climate?

[@JetTech1992]

“ Never in “history”?

[@slifer0081]

Correct.

[@JetTech1992]

@@slifer0081 Your saying in 4.6 BILLION years of the Earth life

[@jameson3500]

Breaking news! Phoenix Arizona is hot! Oh my god, no way!

[@slifer0081]

What is so funny to you?

[@joeycrooker1282]

Reminds me of 1978

[@sue-annbray6250]

BFD, I have relatives who live up in Yosemite and it hits 113 for weeks! Stop with your fear mongering

[@Blackout219852]

😢 we are all going to suffer if we don’t change the systems put in place by corporations, and the rich. They don’t care cause they have AC.

[@markfoster1520]

".....Let them drink bottled water." Off with her drink cozy!

[@inc2000glw]

Erin is a cute cacti.

[@D_Roadtrip_Productions]

time for everyone to relocate to Midwest and northeastern states

[@dudeman3857]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@moveforward4932]

Please use sun block.

[@crystalsaiz5248]

Its even better when your ac isn't working properly and its 90° inside and your paying for it to run all day.

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

poor baby

[@DefineHatespeech]

hey i thought you climate cultists demanded others stop using any carbon footprint. gonna need you to turn that off, you know for the safety and well-being of others.

[@crystalsaiz5248]

@@dannyzuehlsdorf3697 awww thanks 😂😂 Go bother someone else buddy.

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

@@crystalsaiz5248 I'm sorry. I was just surprised you get so hot living in your mom's basement

[@okyggtty]

​@@crystalsaiz5248u single?

[@sakhatinsiy2059]

Republic of Sakha 34 c degrees.

[@leviticus7457]

My wife there I better check in her

[@wsurferdude_ct]

Eeek, she said cactuses!!!😮

[@markrussel-dy7jc]

We didn't listen!!!!👂

[@billstetler6769]

It’s summer folks. Enjoy

[@tracy2762]

the cactus love it..what a joke

[@Regenold-xy7ul]

🌋 TOR Scale ⚖️ is . Add Hi temperature daily and what is the total. Actual Reel Feel. 🥵 🥵 🥵. Phx is proud of their Miami Heat . 🔥 🚒. Shop at 3am

[@crystalsaiz5248]

Nothing's open at 3am. Thanks COVID 😂

[@jimbo5437]

It's a desert... this is completely normal in the summer.....

[@Nse_ah]

Still don’t believe in climate change ?

[@mattphillips5529]

Is everyone delusional? 110 degrees in Phoenix during the summer would be mild. Last time I was there 118⁰ was the norm and it never dipped under 100⁰ the entire month. The rest of the country used say it was a dry heat so it wasn't really that hot 🥵😂

[@crystalsaiz5248]

I don't know when that was, but considering the weather is breaking 50 year old records I highly doubt it's true. It's never this hot for this long.

[@oldmanbiscuit7518]

​@@crystalsaiz5248lmfao it is not. Stop with the alarmisim.

[@adamfrost3139]

The difference is that its been more humid

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

I disagree, dry or not, it's flippin' hot homie

[@mattphillips5529]

@@crystalsaiz5248 not in your lifetime anyway 🤣

[@benouzgane1929]

Near 3 weeks of 110+ degrees Fahrenheit, that's ridiculous. I'm Certainly hoping uncomfortably hot summers isn't the new normal for summer and spring.

[@lepidoptera9337]

It probably is. We will simply adapt to it.

[@YannickIgten]

​@lepidoptera9337 adapting takes time , if it's to hot to fast we have a problem.

[@lepidoptera9337]

@@YannickIgten We don't have AC systems and solar panels? On what planet is that? Venus? ;-) Seriously, there is no problem here as far as human habitability is concerned. What will happen, of course, is that the arid and semi-arid areas will be moving North very quickly. We will lose large parts of the European and North American forests. We will have to change our agricultural methods in addition to use less water, which will mean more production under foil and in greenhouses. Solar architecture offers perfectly viable solutions that can grow more produce on smaller land areas with less water while producing endless amounts of energy. It could be done today, if necessary.

[@YannickIgten]

@lepidoptera9337 I hope you right

[@lepidoptera9337]

@@YannickIgten It would be better if none of this became necessary, of course. I am not saying that technology is a panacea. We will have to change our ways, but that's normal. It's a far smaller change than during the 19th century when we replaced human labor on fields with machines, anyway. And cities... well, some will innovate to provide shade and cooling and others will become unpleasant hellholes. Ask your city to start planting some really tall trees from the African Savanah... you children will be thankful.

[@MikeInOregon]

Wow. 110 degrees. That’s only 20 degrees cooler than the 130 degree days we flew into in the first two months of Desert Shield.

[@robertandrade4548]

Keep building... MAybe we can break records next summer for 120 degrees in a row for 2 months...

[@brainwashingdetergent4322]

That’s awful, it’s been considerably cooler than usual up where I live. CaCtUs In A cOaL mInE 🥴

[@kyrosdartanian3041]

No sympathy from the comment section 😂

[@dudeman3857]

For what? They live in a desert. LOL

[@awakentruth47]

Lol it’s Arizona it’s always hot stop scaring us with his climate crisis BS.

[@slifer0081]

Something tells me you have not even watched the video...

[@Myers70]

Oh my, it's summer time and its hot, oh my

[@pumpkinproblem]

funny how only part of the US is suffering from a "climate crisis"

[@oceanblueheart1472]

You won't be saying that in the next decade decades. You'll "vast parts"

[@DDD-us6uu]

It is a desert isn't it?

[@teresaellis895]

Why build cities in desert?

[@WeWazKangz]

muuuh global warming

[@ZephyrsWhimsy]

They didn't mention that these temperatures are only downtown by the airport and typical for July. The suburbs are lower, but what can you expect from reporters who don't even know that the plural of cactus is cacti? SMH.

[@jeffhodge7272]

​@@DCam-us7xfAnd another week to come. She's already brain damaged so. It won't bother her any.

[@ArizonaGunsDave]

Are you delusional? These temperatures are only by the airport? Uh, I live 20 miles west of Phoenix and I can assure you it's 115 and above and has been for weeks.

[@jeffhodge7272]

@@ArizonaGunsDave Exactly. IF that fool lives in Az.It's already too late for her.She's got silly putty for a brain. If not.She should SHUT IT!

[@ZephyrsWhimsy]

@@ArizonaGunsDave LOL. Triggered much?

[@ArizonaGunsDave]

@@ZephyrsWhimsy No, your comment was stupid and nonsensical especially for someone that lives in Arizona

[@alfred8796]

Rip plante earth

[@patrickwalsh4615]

🔥👹🔥: works for me!

[@therealandrewcano]

50 year record? And that's evidence of "climate change"? How bout 75 years back? Or 100 years? 50 years is such a short time frame to try and put on a graph and say, "oh, oh, SEE! Climate crisis!" Over dramatic. Ridiculous.

[@slifer0081]

Someone has not done their research...

[@sabinolibros8052]

This is just a lie, dear republicans; please go live there, is beautiful

[@michiganman5341]

Run for your lives!!!! It’s HOT in the desert during the summer!!!! 😂 🥵🙄

[@adamfrost3139]

You'd dehydrate faster if you run

[@oldmanbiscuit7518]

Its hot in the desert, someone sound the alarm.

[@dqdq4083]

Everything feels normal to me

[@jeffhodge7272]

Then the damage is already done. Nothing "normal" about this.Stop denying.

[@dennybranham3242]

Father, I ask that you wrap your arms around our Brother’s and Sister’s here in America and around the world tonight.. Please talk to them and bring guidance into their lives with your Word.. Father, I ask that you please provide the relief needed to remove the extreme heat hear in America and around the world.. In Jesus name, I pray.. Amen!!!

[@Themnotme23]

The Lord God gave warning that ge would scorch men with great heat for forgetting the Lord God and not giving him glory and Honor. Man has brought this onto himself for being of the world.

[@missesbissness7430]

😅😊😅😂my father passed in 75!!!!

[@orlandosagemaster]

Don’t be praying rather bring the action back to the ones responsible in influencing such hatred and ignorance towards you normals talking about the secret societies running and owning this whole world with their palms

[@InsiderBoy]

The earth is finally starting to fight back. I love it!

[@eugenefirebird8938]

Nah Phoenix is always hotter than a hoochie koochie.

[@HardRocker-zc8rr]

Wars and warmongers causing it

[@ralphmartinez8616]

Wait …. Arizona is hot during the summer? No way

[@InsiderBoy]

@@ralphmartinez8616 Lol. Yup! Who cares. I love it. Let it burn! My favorite part is how people are also drowning in these totally normal floods too. Lol.

[@therealandrewcano]

-Reeeeeee!

[@rondunn4111]

It's been called death valley forever it's a fkn desert

[@crystalsaiz5248]

Death Valley is in California 😂

[@rondunn4111]

@@crystalsaiz5248 lol u know what I'm saying and don't call me out on my bs I'm offended 😤

[@scasey1960]

Uh - this is what climate scientists predicted decades ago. What, me worry?

[@mystiquesquared]

Yeah. Its hot there. Always has been. I was there a kid in the early 90s. It was 117.

[@bUklMusic]

Please people, start making changes. Electric cars are getting more affordable. Solar panels. Turn down thermostats and turn off lights. Use less internet. And most importantly vote for progressive change. We still have time.

[@ItsWAWGaming]

Nah, this sh happens in Arizona regularly. They just only report it when there's a narrative to push.

[@coinco4651]

uh oh.. here come the democrats about to call for a stay at home order

[@NotCthulhu]

weather is a liberal conspiracy

[@bobbyward2440]

Ok, so we get 6-8 110 degree days in a row all the time..or above 105 for 30 but 10 consecutive 110 is somehow news..its hot, we know this and the fact that it was consecutive for a random amount of days isnt making this summer any different than any other

[@slifer0081]

20 now. New record for ph

[@derekrequiem4359]

How about *31 consecutive days over 110F* ? Or if you don't care about consecutive dates, how about *54 total days over 110F this year* ? I bet you like that, don't you bobby? 😋

[@bobbyward2440]

@@derekrequiem4359 ask me if i can tell the difference between 107 degrees and 111

[@slifer0081]

@bobbyward2440 Just like you cannot tell the difference between 105 and 107, 103 and 105, 101 and 103, 99 and 101, 97, and 99, 95 and 97 so on so forth. Your point being?

[@Themnotme23]

The Lord God Almighty gave warning that he would scorch men with great heat for getting the Lord God our creator.

[@marcelchagnon4960]

Commercial fuuu

[@whiteymcprivileged3144]

Oh no a little heat 😭