The Phoenix area has withered for a month under triple-digit temperatures that experts say will become more common with climate change
CLIMATEWIRE | PHOENIX — Several million heat-tolerant Arizonans spent the weekend in air-conditioned semi-darkness, drawing their curtains shut as temperatures soared to nearly 120 degrees in one of America's largest metro areas.
The unrelenting hot weather stems from a stubborn heat dome trapping more than 110 million Americans from Southern California across the bottom third of the country. Its epicenter is Phoenix, but extreme heat extends well into Texas and the Gulf states. NOAA reported more than 25 local record-breaking temperatures in Texas on Friday, with the heat continuing Saturday and Sunday.
On Tuesday, Phoenix could break a nearly half-century-old record for consecutive days at 110 degrees or higher. Heat has killed at least 12 people in Maricopa County since April. An additional 55 deaths — most occurring since mid-June — are suspected to be heat-related, according to county health records.
A greater policy challenge, she said, will be designing and building heat-resilient housing, buildings, transportation and energy systems that are more resilent to heat extremes. Such efforts address “the social dimension of compounding and cascading disasters” that make living in urban areas more difficult.
Eglezos predicted that as Phoenix becomes hotter, many of its most vulnerable residents will leave for cooler cities like Flagstaff, where a higher elevation can mean summer highs 10 degrees lower than in Phoenix or Tucson.
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