Arizona sets new April daily heat record
STORY: Arizona breaks a daily heat record
Phoenix recorded temperatures on
April 11 of 99 degrees Fahrenheit
Higher than the last record set
on the same day in 1989
[Ayla Delgado, Phoenix resident]
"Oh, I'm just sitting right here because my, my boyfriend went walking up that mountain. Normally, I go with him, but it's too hot today, so I'm just going to sit right here and wait until he gets down there, and then I'll, we'll walk back home. It's too hot."
Scientists warn the world is becoming
warmer due to human-caused climate change
fueling extreme droughts, storms
and wildfires around the globe
[Erinanne M. Saffelle, Arizona's State Climatologist]
"We're in what's called a shoulder season, where we're going from winter into summer and we get these kind of ups and downs that get really hot temperatures. And then what we're expecting later this week is to kind of cool off a little bit more. And so that will transition us into summer."
