More extreme heat is expected in Phoenix this week, approaching a record for heat warnings

The National Weather Service has issued another extreme heat warning for the Phoenix area. This one is in effect Tuesday through Thursday.

If you feel like there have been a lot of extreme heat warnings this year, you’re right.

2026 is on track to be the hottest year on the books in Phoenix. By the end of this week’s extreme heat event, Phoenix will have had 47 heat warning days this year. That’s just one day shy of the record set in 2020, when there were 48 days of warnings, National Weather Service records show…

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