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Days at or above 35 C (95 F) in Phoenix

Phoenix has had days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 85 years, most in 2020 with 172. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for Phoenix

  • Phoenix has had days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 85 years, 11,901 days in all.
  • The most in one year was 172 days in 2020.
  • In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 165 such days.
  • The earliest first date in a year was 10 March 1989.
  • The latest last date in a year was 5 November 2020.
  • The longest run inside a single year was 116 days in 2019.
  • 9 years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

85 years, 11,901 days
Days at or above 35 C (95 F) per year in Phoenix Days per year in Phoenix with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F). The line is the decade average. The most was 172 in 2020. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings. 0501001502001934: 1531938: 1371941: 1131942: 1401943: 1421944: 1191948: 1531949: 1301950: 1601951: 1321952: 1591953: 1201954: 1301955: 1161956: 1271957: 1151958: 1391959: 1181960: 1311961: 1311962: 1351963: 1401964: 1241965: 1281966: 1351967: 1151968: 1221969: 1351970: 1211971: 1091972: 1311973: 1501974: 1441975: 1361976: 1291977: 1401978: 1491979: 1411980: 1391981: 1361982: 1321983: 1301984: 1411985: 1371986: 1401987: 1541988: 1591989: 1661990: 1421991: 1521992: 1511993: 1401994: 1321995: 1201996: 1471997: 1441998: 1161999: 1402000: 1462001: 1612002: 1432003: 1572004: 1472005: 1452006: 1382007: 1522008: 1382009: 1492010: 1382011: 1512012: 1532013: 1372014: 1402015: 1472016: 1442017: 1532018: 1522019: 1342020: 1722021: 1382022: 1572023: 1592024: 1702025: 1482026: 165193419521962197219821992200220122022
Days per year in Phoenix with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F). The line is the decade average. The most was 172 in 2020. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.
Days at or above 35 C (95 F) per year in Phoenix
YearDaysDecade average
1934153145
1938137145
1941113132.8
1942140132.8
1943142132.8
1944119132.8
1948153132.8
1949130132.8
1950160131.6
1951132131.6
1952159131.6
1953120131.6
1954130131.6
1955116131.6
1956127131.6
1957115131.6
1958139131.6
1959118131.6
1960131129.6
1961131129.6
1962135129.6
1963140129.6
1964124129.6
1965128129.6
1966135129.6
1967115129.6
1968122129.6
1969135129.6
1970121135
1971109135
1972131135
1973150135
1974144135
1975136135
1976129135
1977140135
1978149135
1979141135
1980139143.4
1981136143.4
1982132143.4
1983130143.4
1984141143.4
1985137143.4
1986140143.4
1987154143.4
1988159143.4
1989166143.4
1990142138.4
1991152138.4
1992151138.4
1993140138.4
1994132138.4
1995120138.4
1996147138.4
1997144138.4
1998116138.4
1999140138.4
2000146147.6
2001161147.6
2002143147.6
2003157147.6
2004147147.6
2005145147.6
2006138147.6
2007152147.6
2008138147.6
2009149147.6
2010138144.9
2011151144.9
2012153144.9
2013137144.9
2014140144.9
2015147144.9
2016144144.9
2017153144.9
2018152144.9
2019134144.9
2020172158.4
2021138158.4
2022157158.4
2023159158.4
2024170158.4
2025148158.4
2026165158.4

Season Span

earliest 10 March, latest 5 November
First to last qualifying date each year in Phoenix For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Phoenix meeting 35 C (95 F). Long bars mean a long season. 1934: 30 March 1934 to 26 October 19341938: 18 April 1938 to 3 October 19381941: 6 May 1941 to 10 October 19411942: 6 May 1942 to 7 October 19421943: 2 April 1943 to 16 October 19431944: 12 May 1944 to 13 October 19441948: 15 April 1948 to 13 October 19481949: 22 April 1949 to 13 October 19491950: 2 April 1950 to 24 October 19501951: 23 April 1951 to 11 October 19511952: 2 May 1952 to 23 October 19521953: 26 April 1953 to 10 October 19531954: 18 April 1954 to 15 October 19541955: 5 May 1955 to 18 October 19551956: 3 May 1956 to 6 October 19561957: 4 May 1957 to 2 October 19571958: 21 April 1958 to 16 October 19581959: 24 April 1959 to 24 October 19591960: 7 May 1960 to 7 October 19601961: 3 April 1961 to 14 October 19611962: 12 April 1962 to 4 October 19621963: 13 April 1963 to 11 October 19631964: 15 April 1964 to 12 October 19641965: 30 April 1965 to 26 October 19651966: 1 April 1966 to 26 September 19661967: 8 May 1967 to 1 October 19671968: 1 May 1968 to 24 October 19681969: 21 April 1969 to 8 October 19691970: 4 May 1970 to 26 September 19701971: 29 March 1971 to 13 October 19711972: 10 March 1972 to 16 October 19721973: 27 April 1973 to 20 October 19731974: 30 April 1974 to 19 October 19741975: 10 May 1975 to 6 October 19751976: 30 April 1976 to 10 October 19761977: 7 April 1977 to 18 October 19771978: 9 May 1978 to 19 October 19781979: 22 April 1979 to 11 October 19791980: 17 April 1980 to 11 October 19801981: 25 April 1981 to 7 October 19811982: 28 April 1982 to 16 October 19821983: 8 May 1983 to 11 October 19831984: 13 April 1984 to 29 September 19841985: 7 April 1985 to 27 October 19851986: 27 March 1986 to 8 October 19861987: 14 April 1987 to 10 October 19871988: 26 March 1988 to 31 October 19881989: 10 March 1989 to 14 October 19891990: 11 April 1990 to 28 October 19901991: 6 April 1991 to 20 October 19911992: 12 April 1992 to 18 October 19921993: 21 April 1993 to 5 October 19931994: 16 April 1994 to 29 September 19941995: 19 May 1995 to 20 October 19951996: 23 April 1996 to 13 October 19961997: 21 April 1997 to 6 October 19971998: 22 April 1998 to 13 October 19981999: 19 April 1999 to 23 October 19992000: 25 April 2000 to 7 October 20002001: 17 April 2001 to 4 November 20012002: 11 April 2002 to 13 October 20022003: 12 May 2003 to 24 October 20032004: 20 March 2004 to 9 October 20042005: 7 April 2005 to 13 October 20052006: 13 April 2006 to 6 October 20062007: 16 March 2007 to 29 October 20072008: 14 April 2008 to 19 October 20082009: 19 April 2009 to 3 November 20092010: 18 April 2010 to 14 October 20102011: 1 April 2011 to 23 October 20112012: 18 April 2012 to 15 October 20122013: 14 March 2013 to 23 October 20132014: 9 April 2014 to 31 October 20142015: 27 March 2015 to 16 October 20152016: 6 April 2016 to 29 October 20162017: 18 March 2017 to 24 October 20172018: 9 April 2018 to 30 September 20182019: 8 April 2019 to 17 October 20192020: 23 April 2020 to 5 November 20202021: 1 April 2021 to 4 October 20212022: 25 March 2022 to 14 October 20222023: 10 April 2023 to 22 October 20232024: 12 April 2024 to 28 October 20242025: 24 March 2025 to 8 October 20252026: 17 March 2026 to 10 October 202619341953196419751986199720082019JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Phoenix meeting 35 C (95 F). Long bars mean a long season.
First to last qualifying date each year in Phoenix
YearFirst dateLast date
19341934-03-301934-10-26
19381938-04-181938-10-03
19411941-05-061941-10-10
19421942-05-061942-10-07
19431943-04-021943-10-16
19441944-05-121944-10-13
19481948-04-151948-10-13
19491949-04-221949-10-13
19501950-04-021950-10-24
19511951-04-231951-10-11
19521952-05-021952-10-23
19531953-04-261953-10-10
19541954-04-181954-10-15
19551955-05-051955-10-18
19561956-05-031956-10-06
19571957-05-041957-10-02
19581958-04-211958-10-16
19591959-04-241959-10-24
19601960-05-071960-10-07
19611961-04-031961-10-14
19621962-04-121962-10-04
19631963-04-131963-10-11
19641964-04-151964-10-12
19651965-04-301965-10-26
19661966-04-011966-09-26
19671967-05-081967-10-01
19681968-05-011968-10-24
19691969-04-211969-10-08
19701970-05-041970-09-26
19711971-03-291971-10-13
19721972-03-101972-10-16
19731973-04-271973-10-20
19741974-04-301974-10-19
19751975-05-101975-10-06
19761976-04-301976-10-10
19771977-04-071977-10-18
19781978-05-091978-10-19
19791979-04-221979-10-11
19801980-04-171980-10-11
19811981-04-251981-10-07
19821982-04-281982-10-16
19831983-05-081983-10-11
19841984-04-131984-09-29
19851985-04-071985-10-27
19861986-03-271986-10-08
19871987-04-141987-10-10
19881988-03-261988-10-31
19891989-03-101989-10-14
19901990-04-111990-10-28
19911991-04-061991-10-20
19921992-04-121992-10-18
19931993-04-211993-10-05
19941994-04-161994-09-29
19951995-05-191995-10-20
19961996-04-231996-10-13
19971997-04-211997-10-06
19981998-04-221998-10-13
19991999-04-191999-10-23
20002000-04-252000-10-07
20012001-04-172001-11-04
20022002-04-112002-10-13
20032003-05-122003-10-24
20042004-03-202004-10-09
20052005-04-072005-10-13
20062006-04-132006-10-06
20072007-03-162007-10-29
20082008-04-142008-10-19
20092009-04-192009-11-03
20102010-04-182010-10-14
20112011-04-012011-10-23
20122012-04-182012-10-15
20132013-03-142013-10-23
20142014-04-092014-10-31
20152015-03-272015-10-16
20162016-04-062016-10-29
20172017-03-182017-10-24
20182018-04-092018-09-30
20192019-04-082019-10-17
20202020-04-232020-11-05
20212021-04-012021-10-04
20222022-03-252022-10-14
20232023-04-102023-10-22
20242024-04-122024-10-28
20252025-03-242025-10-08
20262026-03-172026-10-10

Every Year

Days at or above 35 C (95 F) per year in Phoenix
YearDaysFirst dateLast dateLongest streak in yearCoverage
202616517 March 202610 October 202647 daysIncomplete, not ranked
202514824 March 20258 October 2025111 daysComplete
202417012 April 202428 October 2024114 daysComplete
202315910 April 202322 October 202369 daysComplete
202215725 March 202214 October 202267 daysComplete
20211381 April 20214 October 202159 daysComplete
202017223 April 20205 November 202091 daysComplete
20191348 April 201917 October 2019116 daysComplete
20181529 April 201830 September 201894 daysComplete
201715318 March 201724 October 201759 daysComplete
20161446 April 201629 October 2016102 daysComplete
201514727 March 201516 October 201596 daysComplete
20141409 April 201431 October 201486 daysComplete
201313714 March 201323 October 201354 daysComplete
201215318 April 201215 October 201248 daysComplete
20111511 April 201123 October 2011104 daysComplete
201013818 April 201014 October 201039 daysComplete
200914919 April 20093 November 200985 daysComplete
200813814 April 200819 October 200845 daysComplete
200715216 March 200729 October 200759 daysComplete
200613813 April 20066 October 200661 daysComplete
20051457 April 200513 October 200560 daysComplete
200414720 March 20049 October 200464 daysComplete
200315712 May 200324 October 200395 daysComplete
200214311 April 200213 October 200271 daysComplete
200116117 April 20014 November 200186 daysComplete
200014625 April 20007 October 200065 daysComplete
199914019 April 199923 October 199951 daysComplete
199811622 April 199813 October 199842 daysComplete
199714421 April 19976 October 199735 daysComplete
199614723 April 199613 October 199650 daysComplete
199512019 May 199520 October 199534 daysComplete
199413216 April 199429 September 199445 daysComplete
199314021 April 19935 October 199377 daysComplete
199215112 April 199218 October 199240 daysComplete
19911526 April 199120 October 199147 daysComplete
199014211 April 199028 October 199042 daysComplete
198916610 March 198914 October 198995 daysComplete
198815926 March 198831 October 198881 daysComplete
198715414 April 198710 October 198773 daysComplete
198614027 March 19868 October 198664 daysComplete
19851377 April 198527 October 198547 daysComplete
198414113 April 198429 September 198443 daysComplete
19831308 May 198311 October 198348 daysComplete
198213228 April 198216 October 198236 daysComplete
198113625 April 19817 October 1981115 daysComplete
198013917 April 198011 October 198081 daysComplete
197914122 April 197911 October 197933 daysComplete
19781499 May 197819 October 1978108 daysComplete
19771407 April 197718 October 1977105 daysComplete
197612930 April 197610 October 197684 daysComplete
197513610 May 19756 October 197577 daysComplete
197414430 April 197419 October 1974102 daysComplete
197315027 April 197320 October 197399 daysComplete
197213110 March 197216 October 197263 daysComplete
197110929 March 197113 October 197169 daysComplete
19701214 May 197026 September 197060 daysComplete
196913521 April 19698 October 196977 daysComplete
19681221 May 196824 October 196829 daysComplete
19671158 May 19671 October 196744 daysComplete
19661351 April 196626 September 196670 daysComplete
196512830 April 196526 October 196551 daysComplete
196412415 April 196412 October 196443 daysComplete
196314013 April 196311 October 196351 daysComplete
196213512 April 19624 October 196297 daysComplete
19611313 April 196114 October 196172 daysComplete
19601317 May 19607 October 196087 daysComplete
195911824 April 195924 October 195965 daysComplete
195813921 April 195816 October 195844 daysComplete
19571154 May 19572 October 195731 daysComplete
19561273 May 19566 October 195627 daysComplete
19551165 May 195518 October 195536 daysComplete
195413018 April 195415 October 195441 daysComplete
195312026 April 195310 October 195359 daysComplete
19521592 May 195223 October 195284 daysComplete
195113223 April 195111 October 195156 daysComplete
19501602 April 195024 October 195048 daysComplete
194913022 April 194913 October 194934 daysComplete
194815315 April 194813 October 194854 daysComplete
194411912 May 194413 October 194451 daysComplete
19431422 April 194316 October 194338 daysComplete
19421406 May 19427 October 194247 daysComplete
19411136 May 194110 October 194124 daysComplete
193813718 April 19383 October 193837 daysComplete
193415330 March 193426 October 193425 daysComplete
Decade averages for Days at or above 35 C (95 F) in Phoenix
DecadeAverage days per yearYears counted
1930s145.02
1940s132.86
1950s131.610
1960s129.610
1970s135.010
1980s143.410
1990s138.410
2000s147.610
2010s144.910
2020s157.36

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site from the threaded city record.

Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-17).