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\u201cSummer has always been hot in Phoenix.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a common refrain from climate change deniers, and in the most basic sense, they are not wrong. Summer has <\/em>always been hot in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

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But it\u2019s never been this <\/em>hot.<\/p>\n

Hundred-degree temperatures have already become routine this year in the Valley, meaning summer is here in full force. Spring and winter have both broken records, raising the question of whether this summer\u2019s heat will surpass 2025\u2019s. Forecasters were right when they predicted that the summer of 2025 wouldn\u2019t be as hot as the past two, each of which was the hottest ever at the time. But last year was hot as hell.<\/p>\n

Statewide, Arizona experienced its third-hottest summer ever last year. In Phoenix, 2025 ranked as the fourth-hottest summer on record.<\/p>\n

The scorching seasons are a recent phenomenon. According to data from the National Weather Service that goes back 100 years, nine of Phoenix\u2019s 10 hottest summers have all come this century.<\/p>\n

In 1924, the average temperature across June, July and August was 89.1 degrees Fahrenheit. Last year, the average temperature over the same span was nearly 99 degrees. For that, we can thank climate change and the urban heat island effect, which have combined to make Phoenix the hottest city in America.<\/p>\n

Here, in ascending order, are the 10 hottest summers in Phoenix history.<\/p>\n

Hottest summers in Phoenix<\/h2>\n

10. 1981: 94.82 degrees<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Ah, the Eighties! A time of weird music and weirder clothes. Unfortunately, the temperature didn\u2019t stay in the 80s this particular year, a true outlier for the decade. The next-hottest \u201980s summer came in 1989, with an average of 94.4 degrees.<\/p>\n

9. 2002: 94.85 degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fun fact: The summer of 2002 doesn\u2019t rank in the top 10 for any individual month. But it was so consistently hot that year, it lands here as the seventh-hottest of all time.<\/p>\n

8. 2019: 94.91 degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n

This summer was another late bloomer \u2014 late swelterer? \u2014 starting off cool and ramping up to an average of 96.8 degrees in August, the sixth-hottest August in the last 100 years.<\/p>\n

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7. 2007: 94.92 degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another year with a blistering August, which averaged 96.2 degrees, the eighth-highest for that month. But 2007 leaps ahead of 2019 thanks to a slightly hotter (but still relatively mild) June that averaged 92.7 degrees.<\/p>\n

6. 2013: 95.07 degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some years lull you into a false sense of security. Others, like 2013, kick you in the mouth immediately. Averaging 94.8 degrees, June 2013 was the fourth-hottest June on record.<\/p>\n

5. 2015: 95.11 degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n

This particular summer had a hot June, a hot August and a run-of-the-mill July, which averaged only 94.7, ranking 35th for that month.<\/p>\n

4. 2025: 96.26\u00a0degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n

If it feels like 2025 was a milder summer, that might be because the previous two years were so hot. This past summer was hot across the board, albeit not in ways that stood out historically. The 11th-hottest June in history was followed by the ninth-hottest July and the fifth-hottest August. Put it all together and it means there was little relief from the heat.<\/p>\n

3. 2020: 96.72 degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, if we were going to be locked inside for one summer, it might as well have been 2020. That July was the third-hottest on record, with an average of 98.9 degrees. August was the hottest August ever at 99.1 degrees.<\/p>\n

And then the world got better, right? Right?<\/em><\/p>\n

2. 2023: 97.08 degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrong! Now the second-hottest summer on record, 2023 really messed with our brains. June actually averaged lower than 90 degrees! But then July averaged 102.7 degrees \u2014 the first summer month to ever reach triple digits \u2014 and August was only slightly cooler at 98.8 degrees, still the second-hottest August we\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

1. 2024: 98.95 degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming for the No. 1 spot is last summer, which didn\u2019t quite match 2023 in July and August but blew its predecessor out of the water in June, which averaged 97 degrees. That made it the hottest June in history by nearly two degrees.<\/p>\n

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