As expected, the ridge has delivered in the Southwest producing some of the hottest conditions in history to some sites. The exceptional heat has aided in the trigger of multiple extra wildfires.

Yesterday’s Southwest maximums

Southern California

Countless daily record highs set as well as monthly, even all-time.

Excerpt from Andrew Freedman’s site Mashable

Here are some noteworthy heat records set Monday as tracked by the National Weather Service:

• Blythe Airport, California, hit 124 degrees Fahrenheit, which was the hottest temperature on record at that location.
• Palm Springs reached 122 degrees Fahrenheit, or 50 degrees Celsius, which tied the monthly temperature record.
• In Needles, California, the high temperature reached 125 degrees Fahrenheit, which was a monthly record for June, beating the old record of 123 degrees on June 29, 2013. It also tied the all-time hottest temperature recorded there in any month.
• The overnight low temperature in Las Vegas failed to fall below 86 degrees Fahrenheit, which was the warmest low temperature for the date. 
• A record daily high temperature was set in Phoenix, where the high temperature was 116 degrees, beating the old record of 115 degrees. 
• A record high temperature of 111 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded in Burbank, California, which tied the June monthly record first set in 1976. 

Palm Springs missed their all-time record by just 1 degree.

Sunday

The next day, Phoenix set another record high.

Blythe, CA set a new all-time record high of 124 degrees yesterday.

July Outlook will be released tomorrow.

See this evening’s video.

FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Steve Frank @stevefrank1

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