Phoenix kicks off August by breaking daily heat record

PHOENIX — A daily heat record that was set 14 years ago in Phoenix was broken on Saturday.

The thermometer at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service (NWS) uses for the city’s official records, reached 114 degrees.

The previous record for Aug. 2 was 113 degrees which was set in 2011 and then tied in 2018…

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