00:00 Our planet is getting warmer, and that's apparent perhaps more than ever in Arizona.
00:04 Recently, the state saw record-setting temperatures in many areas, and now Phoenix is experiencing
00:09 yet another heatwave only weeks later.
00:12 In July, the capital city saw 31 consecutive days of temperatures which exceeded 100 degrees
00:17 Fahrenheit.
00:18 Now, they're under another wave of excessive heat, with temperatures reaching 116 degrees
00:23 Fahrenheit.
00:24 This is Alex Young, National Weather Service lead meteorologist at their Phoenix office.
00:29 In terms of what we know with the period of record, this heat over the summer, especially
00:35 July and August, is unprecedented.
00:37 Young says this year is now rivaling the hottest on record, which was 2020.
00:41 However, he adds that 2023's heat has often been concentrated on consecutive days, meaning
00:47 no relief over hot periods of weeks at a time.
00:50 The Earth is warming, we know that to be true.
00:54 To what extent it has in terms of our day-to-day weather, maybe not so much, but the things
01:00 that we see in terms of the data is how things are trending over time, and things are trending
01:05 warmer with more extreme events, kind of like what we've seen this summer with the heatwave.
01:11 NASA data recently confirmed that July 2023 was our planet's hottest month ever recorded.
01:17 [MUSIC PLAYING]
