Think it's hot here? Try blowtorch Arizona

ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHOENIX — Arizonans usually just shrug when the mercury climbs beyond 37 C and the breeze feels like a giant hair dryer pointed at your face. But lately, even the most seasoned desert dwellers are complaining about the blowtorch heat.

Temperatures have been above average every day since June 29 in Phoenix, where the normal high in the middle of July is a sizzling 41 C.

"This has gone on a little too long," said Joe Della Rocca, 41, an Arizona native. "All I know is Vancouver sounds fabulous right now."

The city hit 46 C yesterday, one degree Celsius above the old record for the date, set in 1936. Phoenix was almost mild compared with the Colorado River Valley, where Bullhead City reached 51 C yesterday and Needles, Calif., was just a smidge below 52.

Even nighttime readings were no comfort over the weekend. This morning's low in Phoenix was close to 33 C.

"At the heat of the day, at 2 p.m., almost the whole town is dead," said Yvonne Morales, owner of the Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors in Bullhead City, across the Colorado River from the air-conditioned casinos of Laughlin, Nev. "The streets are pretty bare because you're insane to come out in this."

Last week, at the urging of a radio station in Chicago, Morales put a scoop of ice cream on a sidewalk to see how long it would take to melt. It took just eight seconds for the scoop to turn to goo.

The disc jockeys in Chicago "were laughing at us," she said.

Police in Phoenix got reports of seven possible heat-related deaths during the weekend, said Sgt. Randy Force. Six of the victims were homeless, and the seventh was an 81-year-old woman. Phoenix usually has five to 10 such weather-related deaths in a whole year, he said.

The city should see "a little cooling" tomorrow, when the high is forecast at 45 C, the weather service said.

Phoenix will never be a great city because it's simply too hot here. Waiting for the bus can actually be dangerous four or five months a year. Street life becomes an impossibility. Sidewalk cafes retreat deep into misted corners.

Even worse, it's getting hotter. For all you development boosters, consider the irony: the very thing you crave compromises its eventuality.

yeah I have family there and consider it a possible destination in the future.....the only thing stopping me....the blowtorch temps! :eek:

Imagine parking your car at the mall for 2 hours....when you come back to the car and reach for your seatbelt you receive 2nd degree burns from touching the metal! ;) I know it may not be that bad but still......

Well, its better to have 2 months of hot weather than 5 months of rain and cold weather. I prefer to live in Tucson - despite that we have almost the same temperatures as in Phoenix (110 degrees) - than in Wisconsin, Michigan or Washington state, because here all months except June, July and August are just awesome. The weather in the North is depressing: Rain, gray sky=depressed people. Although it is hot right now during the day, we have wonderful thunderstorms in the evenings - I have never seen such beautiful lightnings - and the climate in Fall, Winter and Spring is just awesome! Moreover the summer sunsets are wonderful here, so many colors. I love the Sonoran desert. It is nice to hike at 5 AM, watch the sunrise and listen to the desert birds - just a 20 min drive from Tucson.

its not 5 months of rain it's 8 months ;)....I wouldn't consider the northwest a cold climate either...it rarely dips below 30 degrees during winter months. Whens the last time you've seen grass and natural waterways buddy.....feel free to stay in your dirt bowl....I'll hang out in the garden of eden while you cough from the dust and run from the snakes! :D

Think it's hot here? Try blowtorch Arizona

ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHOENIX — Arizonans usually just shrug when the mercury climbs beyond 37 C and the breeze feels like a giant hair dryer pointed at your face. But lately, even the most seasoned desert dwellers are complaining about the blowtorch heat.

Temperatures have been above average every day since June 29 in Phoenix, where the normal high in the middle of July is a sizzling 41 C.

"This has gone on a little too long," said Joe Della Rocca, 41, an Arizona native. "All I know is Vancouver sounds fabulous right now."

The city hit 46 C yesterday, one degree Celsius above the old record for the date, set in 1936. Phoenix was almost mild compared with the Colorado River Valley, where Bullhead City reached 51 C yesterday and Needles, Calif., was just a smidge below 52.

Even nighttime readings were no comfort over the weekend. This morning's low in Phoenix was close to 33 C.

"At the heat of the day, at 2 p.m., almost the whole town is dead," said Yvonne Morales, owner of the Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors in Bullhead City, across the Colorado River from the air-conditioned casinos of Laughlin, Nev. "The streets are pretty bare because you're insane to come out in this."

Last week, at the urging of a radio station in Chicago, Morales put a scoop of ice cream on a sidewalk to see how long it would take to melt. It took just eight seconds for the scoop to turn to goo.

The disc jockeys in Chicago "were laughing at us," she said.

Police in Phoenix got reports of seven possible heat-related deaths during the weekend, said Sgt. Randy Force. Six of the victims were homeless, and the seventh was an 81-year-old woman. Phoenix usually has five to 10 such weather-related deaths in a whole year, he said.

The city should see "a little cooling" tomorrow, when the high is forecast at 45 C, the weather service said.

I wonder why this article is in metric. :drool:

Rainier Meadows: Tucson and the Sonoran desert are actually very green and we have water flowing almost all year long near Mt Lemmon - e.g. Sabino Canyon. Now it rains almost every evening for 1-2 hours, because we have entered the Monsoon period. Concluding from your sarcastic comments you guys must be really depressed up there. I am sorry - may be you want to come down to Tucson, be happy and enjoy one of the most beautiful sceneries in the world?

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I wonder why this article is in metric. :drool:

It's written by AP Canada. Hence why Vancouver was given a honourable mention :D

BTW, Metric's the wave of the future... Time for Uncle Sam to hop on the bandwagon with the rest of his buddies ;)

its not 5 months of rain it's 8 months ;)....I wouldn't consider the northwest a cold climate either...it rarely dips below 30 degrees during winter months. Whens the last time you've seen grass and natural waterways buddy.....feel free to stay in your dirt bowl....I'll hang out in the garden of eden while you cough from the dust and run from the snakes! :D
Yeah! Couldn't have said it better myself! :)

I'm Canadian and even I won't acknowledge that metric shit.

And I thought Phoenix was hot, until I saw the forecast for Baghdad......

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/intl/Pages/IZXX0008.htm

Ya forgot Death Valley, CA One of the hottest spot in the United States, it's about as hot as Bagdad. :D It's 123 in Death Valley and it's about 6 ish pm Pacific standard time. Forecast shows above 120+ and that's the normal temp for Death Valley. The average temp for July is 115/86, hot huh?

Ya forgot Death Valley, CA One of the hottest spot in the United States, it's about as hot as Bagdad. :D It's 123 in Death Valley and it's about 6 ish pm Pacific standard time. Forecast shows above 120+ and that's the normal temp for Death Valley. The average temp for July is 115/86, hot huh?

Yeah...ugh... it much worse than Phoenix do.

Phoenix will never be a great city because it's simply too hot here. Waiting for the bus can actually be dangerous four or five months a year. Street life becomes an impossibility. Sidewalk cafes retreat deep into misted corners.

Even worse, it's getting hotter. For all you development boosters, consider the irony: the very thing you crave compromises its eventuality.

Please explain about your great life in Phoenix instead of negative?

Rainier Meadows: Tucson and the Sonoran desert are actually very green and we have water flowing almost all year long near Mt Lemmon - e.g. Sabino Canyon. Now it rains almost every evening for 1-2 hours, because we have entered the Monsoon period. Concluding from your sarcastic comments you guys must be really depressed up there. I am sorry - may be you want to come down to Tucson, be happy and enjoy one of the most beautiful sceneries in the world?

I agree

Rainier Meadows: Tucson and the Sonoran desert are actually very green and we have water flowing almost all year long near Mt Lemmon - e.g. Sabino Canyon. Now it rains almost every evening for 1-2 hours, because we have entered the Monsoon period. Concluding from your sarcastic comments you guys must be really depressed up there. I am sorry - may be you want to come down to Tucson, be happy and enjoy one of the most beautiful sceneries in the world?

Yes we are very depressed up here! :lol:

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But this depresses me! ;)

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naw Tucson has it's own unique beauty....I think Phoenix is nicer though! :D

I like Seattle, very nice pictures by the way. Anyway, your approach to insult Tucson shows that you people up there are in a deep crisis. May be the following pictures will make you happier :).

This is just a 15 min drive from downtown Tucson:
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/tus_snow.2.jpg

http://www.digitalapoptosis.com/archives/AZ/santa_catalina.jpg

Thats how the sky above Tucson looks like almost every evening:
http://www.ag.arizona.edu/research/larkinslab/Pictures/U%20of%20A%20views/sunset%20tucson%20mountains.jpg

Also Tucson is one of the oldest cities in the West, founded in 1776 with a lively rich Mexican and Native American heritage. The city is almost bilingual
http://www.gografx.com/TucsonPags/TucsnImgs%20/ctycomp.jpg

But we have even churches dating from 1700:
http://www.citycliks.com/graphics/02_09.jpg

And Tucson is home to the unique Adobe architecture:
http://img79.echo.cx/img79/6649/tucsonhouses25620050072ie.jpg

as well as the U of A campus with a lot of green grass:
http://www.physics.arizona.edu/hep-th/Mall.GIF

http://img79.echo.cx/img79/5082/tucsonhouses25620050339oq.jpg

http://img79.echo.cx/img79/6254/tucsonhouses25620050296je.jpg

20 min drive from downtown Tucson - Sabino Canyon, a good place to go jogging:
http://www.virtualtucsonmagazine.com/main/oasis/stillimages/hutches1.jpg

http://satchmo.as.arizona.edu/~jrigby/Pix/Sabino/sabino0009-8x6.jpeg

And the spring in the desert is awesome:
http://www.doublekranch.com/pics/gallery/tucson-bb-inn-10.jpg

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/exploring_ecosystems/images/saguaro_flowers.jpg

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/exploring_ecosystems/images/lizard.jpg
Finally we just drive 60 min to the Southernmost skiing area in the US on Mount Lemmon. What a wonderful life :).

Please explain about your great life in Phoenix instead of negative?
I believe you're asking why do I live in a place I do not love? Well, life is like that. We go to jobs we don't like, settle for marriages which don't satisfy, vote for candidates we don't respect, and watch television which devours our creativity. The hidden secret inside every cynic, however, is romantic disappointment. It's a feeling that we could potentially redeem our lives if only we were more patient. The gap in our lives - between the life we live and the one we dream about - is crucial to every romantic's sense of integrity. We are better than the city we live in! At least, we tell ourselves that. In the meantime, we wait, patiently, biding our time. Will the city ever come to delight us again? Perhaps if we're patient....

I believe you're asking why do I live in a place I do not love? Well, life is like that. We go to jobs we don't like, settle for marriages which don't satisfy, vote for candidates we don't respect, and watch television which devours our creativity. The hidden secret inside every cynic, however, is romantic disappointment. It's a feeling that we could potentially redeem our lives if only we were more patient. The gap in our lives - between the life we live and the one we dream about - is crucial to every romantic's sense of integrity. We are better than the city we live in! At least, we tell ourselves that. In the meantime, we wait, patiently, biding our time. Will the city ever come to delight us again? Perhaps if we're patient....

If u want own nice house for less price so avoid to live somewhere on West Coast but Interior West is relatively cheaper to own nice house.

Phoenix is great place to live cuz of cheaper real estate for own nice house. :)

I believe you're asking why do I live in a place I do not love? Well, life is like that. We go to jobs we don't like, settle for marriages which don't satisfy, vote for candidates we don't respect, and watch television which devours our creativity. The hidden secret inside every cynic, however, is romantic disappointment. It's a feeling that we could potentially redeem our lives if only we were more patient. The gap in our lives - between the life we live and the one we dream about - is crucial to every romantic's sense of integrity. We are better than the city we live in! At least, we tell ourselves that. In the meantime, we wait, patiently, biding our time. Will the city ever come to delight us again? Perhaps if we're patient....
This is a wrong approach to life in general. Life is a gift given to us and however it works out it still is a gift that we can be infinitely happy for. Thats why I enjoy the new waterfront development in Scottsdale, the exciting outlook for the Tempe town lake or the new ASU campus in downtown Phoenix. Also I enjoy the sunsets in Phoenix, watch the airplanes landing on Sky-Harbor, enjoy Korean food or enjoy observing the behavior of Mexican families going shopping at Walmart. This list is infinitely long, thus there is no chance to become even cynical or unhappy. These are little joys in life you should cherish. If you follow that approach you will see Phoenix in a completely different way. Congratulations, you are living in a great city! Good night from your neighbor in the South and :cheers:

If u want own nice house for less price so avoid to live somewhere on West Coast but Interior West is relatively cheaper to own nice house.

Phoenix is great place to live cuz of cheaper real estate for own nice house. :)
But that don't mean shit once you actually bought the house. Where are you gonna work? Are your kids gonna have nice schools to go to? Where can I go to get groceries? What cable companies are around here? Thatd be retarded to move into a place without considering things like that.

But that don't mean shit once you actually bought the house. Where are you gonna work? Are your kids gonna have nice schools to go to? Where can I go to get groceries? What <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=31&k=cable%20companies" onmouseover="window.status='cable companies'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">cable companies</a> are around here? Thatd be retarded to move into a place without considering things like that.

Kick CarsonCaliBrotha out now.

How can Scottsdale have a waterfront?? Do man made waterfronts really count? San Diego has giant container ships, fishing boats, and aircraft carriers moving about in its bay and out into the open ocean. Scottsdale has a glorified golf course water hazard as its waterfront. Oh well, I guess you have to make do.

Denver had 41C yesterday while Las Vegas hit 47C the day before, both equalling their all-time record temperatures. I've heard that parts of the Great Plains/Rockies have actually seen records broken!

Im happy to be in San Francisco, mid to upper 60's all week :)

Personally, I'd pay more for the coast, I could not stand the heat, SF gets too hot sometimes for me. I have to admit though, the desert is beautiful in it's own way. I prefer the wet weather, Seattle, SF, etc.

I'd love to see Arizona, perhaps spend a night in the desert camping. That would be a blast.

I ain't moving from San Diego that's for sure.

Not too hot.

Not too cold.

Just perfect.

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Lows in the 90s?! Oh hell no...stay away, far away.

Lows in the 90s?! Oh hell no...stay away, far away.

I have said 90's with high humidity is alot worse than Phoenix.

Try Death Valley, it's much hotter than Phoenix. :P

Try Death Valley, it's much hotter than Phoenix. :P

Yeah. I had been at few time so that's fuckin hot. :no:

Try Death Valley, it's much hotter than Phoenix. :P
Because actual heat that corresponds with the temperature is a lot cooler than low 90s bumped by a humid-index:|.