PHOENIX (AP) — For the 143rd time this year, Phoenix has posted a daily high temperature of at least 100 degrees.
That ties the record set in 1989 for the most days at or above 100 degrees in a calendar year.
National Weather Service meteorologists said Phoenix hit triple-digits about 3 p.m. Tuesday and there's a good chance the city breaks the record on Wednesday or later this week.
Phoenix has already set several weather records this year with 50 days of 110-degree heat and the hottest August ever since tracking began in 1896.
