Weather

The National Weather Service forecasts highs in the 90s and chances of rain on Saturday and Sunday in metro Phoenix.

This has been Phoenix’s hottest summer on record, but future summers are likely to be even hotter. And some say the city, state and federal government need to do more to prepare.

Scores of schools across the U.S. are carpeted in asphalt with no shade. The situation has become acute enough that kids are losing classroom time to closures related to heat.

Phoenix continues to set heat records this summer, but other communities have also seen an increase in the impacts of extreme heat. Sara Meerow, an associate professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at ASU, says says there's been dramatic increase in the level of interest across all kinds of communities worldwide in taking this issue on.

As we get further into September, residents should still brace for the heat. Weather forecasts from the National Weather Service show temperatures remaining high.

When we lose trees to the monsoons, what should they be replaced with? And what trees can survive the storms best? For answers, The Show sat down with Richard Adkins, Tempe’s urban forester.

Phoenix had its hottest meteorological summer this year, breaking its previous record that was set just in 2023. First responders are encouraging hiker safety in the heat.

Nine hundred and ninety people died of heat-related causes last year in Arizona, according to the state Department of Health Services.

Temperatures in Phoenix have been in the triple digits every day since May 27. That’s the longest run of 100 degree days ever.

Reporter Miriam Wasser brings a unique perspective to her work as a climate journalist: she used to be a reporter here in Phoenix, where we know a thing or two about heat.