Arizona’s in for another very hot summer. But ‘super El Niño’ could bring heavy monsoon storms

While the weather here in the Valley of the Sun has given us a bit of a break for the last few days — don’t be fooled!

We’re looking at temperatures in the 100s this weekend. And that won’t even be the first time we break 100 degrees this year. We broke yet another heat record this year on March 18, when temperatures at Sky Harbor International Airport hit 102 degrees. It was the earliest we’ve ever hit 100 here — and the hottest temperature ever recorded in March.

It came after we had the hottest winter ever in Phoenix and a record hot spring. So, are we in for another record scorching summer? There just might be hope on the horizon in the form of a so-called “super El Niño” heading our way…

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