Southwest may have just endured hottest June on record

Parts of Arizona, Nevada and Texas just endured their hottest June on record, where sweltering conditions shattered several long-standing marks.

LAS VEGAS — Parts of Arizona, Nevada and Texas just endured their hottest June on record, where sweltering conditions shattered several long-standing marks.

The broken records herald yet another summer of extremes — both in the U.S. and around the world — and offer a worrisome outlook for the weeks and months ahead, as July and August are typically the hottest months of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

In Phoenix, an average temperature of 97 degrees Fahrenheit made it the hottest June in the city’s more than 100 years of temperature records, according to the National Weather Service.

Last month beat the previous record, set in June 2021, by almost 2 degrees. Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport recorded 14 days in June at or above 110 degrees, the weather service said.

The scorching conditions have already taken a toll. So far this year, there have been 13 heat-related deaths in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix and many of its suburbs. Another 162 deaths are under investigation, according to the county’s Public Health Department.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/heat-wave-southwest-hottest-june-2024-rcna160057

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