Hot Phoenix

I remember the summer of 1988, a particularly hot summer in the West, but even more so for me, since I was in Tempe, AZ, and spending a lot of time outside.

This summer in the Valley of the Sun (Phoenix area) looks kinda bad too:

Sometime late this afternoon, the temperature is expected to hit 110, and we will have set a record for misery: 29 days of at least 110 degrees in a year.

On Tuesday, we tied the record of 28 days, and the National Weather Service is predicting that we will get to 111 degrees today.

There will not be a parade.