Temperatures in Phoenix could break 129-year record

Sweltering heat is gripping parts of the country, putting 29 million people under alerts from California to Texas. Temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona, could hit 113 degrees, breaking a 129-year record. TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer tracks the latest forecast.

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[PaulStevens-selc]

the California transplants are going to be packing up and heading back home.

[frankpeletz]

Make sure that thermometer is located between a solar farm and a large black top parking lot to take full advantage of the heat.

[SEAHORSE]

Lived there for 18 years.. I saw temps back in the 80's of 120 degrees at Sky Harbor Airport.. What's so new about this in Arizona? LOL

[tjomo]

This is totally normal for Phoenix every year.

[funzflo]

So global warming is not a thing if we are barely breaking a record from 129 years ago.

[UVJ_Scott]

It’s what happens when you create sprawling cities of concrete and asphalt. They become heat sinks. Tell us what the temperatures are in the country.

[DeffoZappo]

113° is normal for Phoenix. They act like this never happened before and then proceeded to say it happened 129 years ago

[TuckFinn]

It's hot in the desert you say? WEIRD.

[erictheisen]

I can feel the heat for those states California, Arizona and others.

[brucewayne-ejcx]

Sweet guess I'll hop in the pool then .

[jeffreygunn]

This just in: It gets hot in the desert in the summer.

[almitrahopkins]

The heat isn’t that bad. You can cut some of it by spraying down your driveway to evaporate the water and cause cloud formation. If 100, 000 people in Phoenix do it, the temperature will drop as clouds form over the city. If it’s just you, the heat being absorbed by your driveway will be burned off by evaporating water, making your property just a touch cooler.

[intimidate]

I was in Pheonix 15 years ago on vacation and it was 107, 3 days in a row. Every day now weather records are broken. Their made to break. I don't want a weather record to stand for 5, 000 years.

[JustAZ]

News flash: We live in the desert. It's hot. Very, very hot.

[susannyysti]

113 yesterday, 112 today in Phoenix...we arent usually this hot this soon

[NerooScott]

Texas gets to 110 degrees lol phoenix is a desert state should’nt be shocking

[InternetSearchBibleErrors]

It’s early June this usually happens in July August

[martindavis]

Rats love heat. The rats at the Phoenix VA are bigger than cats.

[SuperVideowatcher]

Didn't Phoenix hit 121 back in 1990? It's ben on average like 115 there for years now

[theconqueringram]

"This town should not exist, Bobby! It is a monument to man's arrogance!"
-Peggy Hill