How hot is it? July 2009 may be the hottest ever in Phoenix

With this month coming to an end, it appears that July of 2009 will be the hottest on record for Phoenix.

Through July 28, the average high temperature is 109.4 degrees making it the 3rd hottest on record behind July of 2005 and 1989.

The average low temperature is at 87.1 degrees, ranking it the warmest on record.

If we look at the average temperature, which is the average of the high and low, that number is 98.2, making it the hottest on record.

So why has it been so hot? High pressure during the month of July usually likes to sit over the Four Corners area.

Instead, this ridge of high pressure, on average, has been sitting over northern Mexico and southern New Mexico resulting in a more moist air mass at the mid-levels of the atmosphere.

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