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It's The First Day Of Fall, But Heat Could Still Stick Around In Phoenix

Thursday is the first day of fall, but with temperatures in the 90s it may not exactly feel like fall weather.

Paul Iniguez is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. He said while temperatures are expected to remain below the 100-degree mark for the next two weeks, the heat can still make a comeback.

"It definitely happens in October. The most 100-degrees day we’ve had was 15 in 1991, and last year we had two of them. So, we’re still in that window, like I said, where we can get 100-degree days," said Iniguez.

Besides cooler weather, rain is also possible Thursday afternoon and evening.

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KJZZ senior field correspondent Kathy Ritchie has 20 years of experience reporting and writing stories for national and local media outlets — nearly a decade of it has been spent in public media.