Phoenix residents are buckling up for a streak of sweltering days ahead as the forcast predicts temperatures to soar past the century mark throughout the week. According to the National Weather Service, today's high will reach 105 degrees under clear skies, with gentle winds shifting from east to west southwest in the afternoon.
This evening, the mercury is set to dip to a moderate 77 degrees amidst partly cloudy skies while winds settle into a calm lull, a subtle reprieve from the day's heat, on the other hand, Wednesday and Thursday promise unabated sunshine with highs hovering around 104 and 105 degrees, respectively; the evenings bring steady forecasts with temperatures settling in the mid-70s, which might offer a welcome, though modest, drop in the nighttime. West winds will gently sweep across the valley, providing scant relief during the evening hours.
Looking towards the weekend, the relentless Phoenix sun will continue to dominate the sky, with Friday's forecast mirroring the previous days—a sunny high near 104 and calming to a mostly clear night around 76. The National Weather Service expects a slight decrease in temperature as Saturday approaches, predicting a high near 102 and a nighttime low around 75, the skies remaining largely clear, and the winds subdued.
The downward trend continues minutely into Sunday and Columbus Day with anticipated highs of 100 and 99 degrees, respectively, each day beginning with an east wind that will swing to the west in the afternoon; nights are projected to be mostly clear and the lows gradually lessening from 74 to a modestly cooler 74 Columbus Day is set to continue the trend of sun-drenched weather, promising an almost identical weather pattern for the holiday.
