Starting Friday, July 14, APS customers recorded the seven highest peak days ever. “Thursday’s energy use surpassed the all-time peak set just five days earlier on Saturday, July 15. One megawatt powers roughly 160 homes,” the company said in a Monday news release.
Customer energy use reached 8,193 megawatts (MW) Thursday, July 20. “With more than 1.3 million homes and businesses using electricity to keep cool during Arizona’s record heat wave, APS customers have again made history, setting a new peak for the most energy used. The Arizona Public Service utility set a record for energy demand during the severe heat wave. The temperature is expected to remain above 110 degrees through the rest of the week and excessive heat warnings are in effect until Thursday evening. Phoenix hit 117 degrees earlier Monday – the 25th consecutive day with a high temperature above 110 degrees. El Paso citizens will remain under a heat advisory until Thursday evening – and that will likely be extended. High temperatures are expected to remain above 100 degrees through the rest of the week. Heat indices are expected to reach over 100 through at least Wednesday, so the advisories are expected to continue.Įl Paso saw a temperature of 104 degrees on Monday, bringing the city to 39 consecutive days with a high temperature above 100 degrees and smashing the previous record of 23. An excessive heat warning remains until this evening, with the heat advisory lasting through Tuesday. On Monday, the city reached a heat index of 110 degrees. Miami continues to see consecutive days of a heat index – which takes into account air temperature and humidity and is colloquially known as the “feels like” temperature – exceeding 100, according to the weather service. Over two dozen records were either set or tied Saturday across cities in Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Puerto Rico and Texas. The heat will slowly spread to the east, meaning it’s likely the number of heat alerts will increase. Over 55 million people were under heat advisories and excessive heat warnings Sunday across much of the desert Southwest, Intermountain West, South Texas and South Florida, according to the National Weather Service.
The extreme heat across the southern United States has continued to set records through Monday. Record-breaking heat across the southern US
Maricopa County, where Phoenix is located, is the nation’s fourth largest county in terms of population size, according to the county’s website. The dangerously hot temperatures are also taxing hospitals in the county as people suffering from heat-related illnesses seek treatment, CNN previously reported. There have been at least 18 confirmed heat-related deaths recorded in Maricopa County so far this year as of the second week of July, with another 69 cases under investigation, according to data from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. The fires come amid Arizona’s weeks-long battle with extreme heat, with excessive heat warnings in place across much of central and southern parts of the state Sunday. 39-day heat wave could last into August after smashing 2,300-plus recordsĪ special weather statement was in effect for parts of Yavapai County for wind gusts up to 50 mph Sunday, and the National Weather Service had warned residents to “Expect wind shifts for the Grapevine and Race Track fires.”
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