Phoenix breaks 70-year-old heat record

Triple-digits predicted through Friday.

Screenshot from azfamily.com

Phoenix tops out at 106 degrees, breaking 70-year-old record.  (azfamily.com, 5/6/2018)

The previous record high for May 6 was 105 degrees (40.6 degrees Celsius) in 1947. 

At 106, it's 14 degrees above normal for the date. 

The Salvation Army has activated heat relief stations to provide water and cooling for people. 

Maricopa County Department of Public Health officials say there have been nearly 1,000 heat-associated deaths since Arizona's most populous county began its heat surveillance project in 2006.

And it's only early May.

Source: Bob Nachman

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