Crazy Heat in Phoenix

The wheels have come off in Phoenix or maybe better put burned off.  They have now set or tied daily records on what appears to be 8 consecutive days, set an all-time record of 117 for September and set an all-time record of 113 for October.  The murderer's row of daily records is:

Sep 24: 108
Sep 25: 113
Sep 26: 110
Sep 27: 113
Sep 28: 117
Sep 29: 113
Sep 30: 108
Oct 1: 113

The eight-day mean average high temperature of 111.8F obliterates the previous eight-day mean average high temperature record after September 1 of 108.6, which was set in the seven day period ending on 11 Sep 1979.  

The graph below shows the 8-day average mean temperature for 24 Sep - 10 Oct each year since records began in the Phoenix area, and illustrates just how anomalous the 8-day period has been.  

Min temperatures during this period have also set a record for the 8-day period.

Forecast highs for the airport are in the high 100s to 110 for the next several days.  What a stretch of fall misery.