That is significantly hotter than another record-setting heat wave, when the city surpassed 110 degrees on 18 consecutive days in 1974. Temperatures have averaged above 101 degrees in Phoenix over the past 17 days. It’s not just its duration - the heat wave’s intensity is surpassing previous hot streaks.Only traces of rain have been observed at Sky Harbor over the past 118 days, one of the 10 longest such streaks there, according to the National Weather Service. Phoenix is enduring one of its longest stretches ever observed without measurable precipitation, and that lack of rain and clouds is helping the heat persist.Monday morning, temperatures bottomed out at 95 degrees, the highest daily minimum temperature for the date and second-warmest recorded on any day. Nights are providing little relief from the heat - Tuesday morning was a record ninth in a row at Sky Harbor during which temperatures failed to drop below 90 degrees.(The city’s hottest temperature ever observed was 122 degrees on June 26, 1990.) Temperatures have tied or broken daily records during five of the past six days at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, including a high of 118 degrees Saturday.
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