With less than a month until the first official day of fall, that time of the year when the edge finally comes off the Arizona heat. But don’t get too excited — according to the National Weather Service, Phoenix should see hotter and drier conditions than usual this autumn.
“We are translating our warm and dry summer … into the fall too,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Frieders.
The NWS’s Climate Prediction Center projects above-average temperatures and below-average rainfall across the Valley for September, October and November. The northeastern corner of the state has even stronger chances of higher-than-normal temperatures…