PHOENIX — In the hottest big city in America, summer temperatures routinely top 100 degrees, and on rare occasions can creep beyond 120.
This week, the USA's 12th largest metro area is expected to flirt for at least three days with that top number. Not high enough to fry an egg on a sidewalk, but you might be able to sneak in the extra 40 degrees or so of heat if you set a dark-colored skillet in the sun first.
July has this area's hottest average high temperature, 106.1 degrees compared to 103.9 in June. But three of the four hottest days on record in Phoenix, including the all-time high of 122 degrees on June 26, 1990, have occurred in June.
Monday's high is expected to be 118 degrees. On Tuesday, it will be 120, and Wednesday it will be 119 before Thursday's "cool wave" brings it down to 114. At around 6 a.m. each day, we'll hit a low of 88 or 89.
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