PHOENIX.- The stifling heat seems to be heading to Arizona and Nevada this week.
The National Weather Service said Sunday that an extreme heat watch is in effect from Tuesday through Thursday in the Phoenix metropolitan area, as well as other parts of south-central and northwestern Arizona.
Temperatures could reach 111 degrees Fahrenheit (43.8 Celsius) or higher during that period.
“As we go through these first two weeks of June, many places are starting to see those temperatures rise,” said Todd Shoemake of the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. “Southern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Arizona, they are starting to reach triple digits (Fahrenheit).”
Last Thursday, Phoenix hit 110 F (43.3 C) for the first time this year and set the record for the highest temperature at 113 F (45 C).
Meanwhile, dangerously hot conditions are forecast for downtown Las Vegas with highs of 108 F (47.7 C) on Tuesday and 111 F (43.8 C) on Wednesday.
Las Vegas hit 111 F (43.8 C) last Thursday and 110 F (43.3 C) the next day, both temperatures breaking records for those dates by one degree Fahrenheit.
In New Mexico, where Albuquerque’s normal high temperature this time of year is 89 F (31.7 C), it tied the 1981 record on Friday with 100 F (37.7 C).
But at the moment the concern is greater because of the rains than the heat. Monday’s storms could cause flash flooding in the portion burned by the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire in 2022 that changed the landscape of San Miguel, Mora and Taos counties in northern New Mexico.
Source: With information from AP
