Boogying our way to doomsday in a climate denier administration: Phoenix Arizona is experiencing its hottest winter ever

 

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Headline and graph:  KJZZ, 2/26/2026

Katherine Davis-Young reports:

Meteorologists define the winter season as December through February. Typically, since the 1990s, Phoenix’s average winter temperature has been just below 58 degrees, according to National Weather Service data. This December through February, Phoenix’s average temperature has been nearly 64 degrees. A chart shows the average December through February temperature in Phoenix from 1950 to 2026 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The average December through February temperature in Phoenix from 1950 to 2026. 

December 2025 was Phoenix’s hottest December on record, January 2026 was the fourth-hottest January on record, and February has been the hottest February on record.  [emphasis added]

But it wasn’t just Phoenix that missed out on chilly weather for the past few months. 

“Everybody basically from the Rockies to the West Coast is dealing with one of the — if not the absolute hottest — winter of record,” said meteorologist Shel Winkley with the climate research organization Climate Central.

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