![]() The record for number of 110-degree days in a year was 33, set in 2011. It might feel like every day in the summer is over 110 degrees in Phoenix, but that’s not actually the case. “The storm chasers were saying it was similar to the big one in 2011.” The most 110-degree days “From what I’ve heard, it’s probably in the top two,” National Weather Service meteorologist Bianca Hernandez told The Republic at the time. The average dust storm usually dies out after 25 to 50 miles. The haboob at times towered about a mile high and traveled nearly 200 miles, carving a path into southeastern California before fizzling out near Imperial. The dust storm that blew through Phoenix on July 9, 2018, drew attention for its longevity. The storm that followed the dust knocked out power in the area. Some planes were diverted to other airports. The dust storm grounded flights at Sky Harbor Airport for about an hour. It was moving at close to 50 mph.ĭrivers coming into the area from the south said it felt as if the haboob was chasing them. The National Weather Service estimated that the dust wall was about a mile high and close to 100 miles wide. Storms in eastern and southern Arizona began to die out and outflow winds from those decaying storms collided and pushed up massive walls of dust in the desert south of Phoenix. ![]() On July 5, there had been strong thunderstorms with winds and lightning but very little rain. Phoenix was in the grips of a dry spell in early July 2011. We can see temperatures are going up.” Epic dust storms “The regional signal we see, and the much larger signal we see, is the changing climate. “Urbanization, the urban heat island, is going to be a big driver,” Weather Service meteorologist Paul Iñiguez said in a November 2017 interview. According to National Weather Service statistics for average temperature (taking the high and low temperatures and dividing by 2), seven of the top 10 warmest years have occurred since 2010. It comes as no surprise that the past 10 years have been among the hottest on record for Phoenix. More: Phoenix's biggest weather events of 2019 7 of the warmest years ever Here are some of the top weather events from 2010-2019. There were chilly days (even a little snow in north Scottsdale), continuing drought and evidence that the Phoenix area’s increasing sprawl, not to mention the changing climate, are influencing the way we live. Phoenix had its rainiest day ever in 2014 and experienced some of its hottest days on record a few years later. In July 2011, an enormous towering dust storm swallowed up the Valley and forced planes to be diverted from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport for a while. ![]() (We're not saying "past decade" because the new decade doesn't start until 2021.) Phoenix, the state of Arizona and even the entire Southwest have seen more than their share of significant weather events in the past 10 years. Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article gave an incorrect date for Phoenix's record-high temperature. ![]()
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