Record high set today but time is running out to hit 120
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The sun might be setting on our chances of reaching 120 degrees Tuesday.
After a rapid jump in temperatures early in the afternoon, the high seems to have peaked at 119. Temperatures don’t usually rise much after about 4:30 p.m.
So it looks like Tuesday will go down as the fourth-hottest day on record for Phoenix. The 119-degree high ties with June 29, 2013 at No. 4 on the list.
The temperature at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport jumped three degrees in the span of 70 minutes Tuesday afternoon, reaching 119 degrees shortly after 2 p.m.
The scorching temperatures first broke a record at 1:27 p.m. Tuesday, when the temperature at Sky Harbor reached 117 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. That broke the record for June 20 set last year.
By 2 p.m. the temperature had climbed to 118.
This is the second consecutive day the city has at least tied its daily heat record. Monday’s high of 118 tied a record set in 2016.