the temperature exceeded 37.8 degrees celsius for 113 consecutive days, breaking the record for consecutive high temperature days in phoenix, usa
2024-09-24
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xinhua news agency, beijing, september 24 (xinhua) officials in arizona said that the maximum temperature in phoenix, the capital of the state, exceeded 100 degrees fahrenheit (about 37.8 degrees celsius) for 113 consecutive days this year, setting a local record for consecutive high temperature days.
on september 4, people were relaxing and cooling off at a beach in los angeles, the united states. xinhua news agency (photo by zeng hui)phoenix is located in maricopa county and has approximately 1.6 million residents, making it the largest city in the sonoran desert.
reuters reported on the 23rd, citing the u.s. national weather service, that as of last week, the city's maximum temperature had exceeded 37.8 degrees celsius for 113 consecutive days, breaking the previous record of 76 consecutive days set in 1993.
in terms of temperature, this summer in phoenix broke the record for the hottest summer on record set last year.
on june 22, people played in a fountain in orange county, california, usa to cool down. xinhua news agency"we don't see this very often, especially with two consecutive record-breaking summers like we just had," said matt salerno, a meteorologist with the national weather service in phoenix.
according to data from the arizona climate office, in the past five years, phoenix has had an average of 40 days with a maximum temperature of no less than 43.3 degrees celsius each year, and last year, there were at least 53 days with a maximum temperature of more than 43.3 degrees celsius. in contrast, at the beginning of the last century, the city had about five days of maximum temperature reaching this level each year.
according to official data, as of now, 256 deaths in maricopa county have been related to high temperatures, and another 393 deaths are suspected to be related to high temperatures. this means that the number of deaths related to heat in the county is expected to break the record set in 2023.
the head of the arizona climate office said that the extremely high temperature weather also caused the area burned by wildfires in arizona this year to be higher than last year. (qiao ying)
