Event narrative (NOAA)
This was the third warmest July on record in Phoenix. The average monthly temperature was 97.3 degrees, just 4 tenths of a degree shy of the record warmest July which was set in 2003. The average maximum temperature for the month was 109.5 compared to a normal of 106.6 degrees. Several daily high temperature records were tied or broken, including 115 degrees on July 12, 114 degrees on July 13, and 116 degrees on July 17, the hottest day of the month.The average minimum temperature for July was 85.0 degrees, compared to a normal of 82.9. The daily low temperature records that were tied or broken included July 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21st. The low temperature on July 17 was 93, just 3 degrees shy of the hottest minimum ever in Phoenix. The onset of the wet season, usually around the 7th, was dela
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.