{"id":5147,"date":"2025-07-01T04:46:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/?p=5147"},"modified":"2025-07-01T04:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T08:46:18","slug":"weather-arizona-extreme-heat-hits-before-monsoon-storms-arrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/07\/01\/weather-arizona-extreme-heat-hits-before-monsoon-storms-arrive\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Arizona: Extreme heat hits before monsoon storms arrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5159\" src=\"http:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Arizona_0107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Arizona_0107.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Arizona_0107-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Arizona_0107-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Arizona_0107-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Arizona_0107-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Arizona_0107-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Arizona_0107-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Arizona_0107-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Arizona_0107-219x146.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2121px) 100vw, 2121px\" \/>A rovente Monday across Phoenix and much of southern Arizona<\/strong> is marking the beginning of a volatile weather week, as <strong>dangerously high temperatures<\/strong> give way to the first real signs of <strong>monsoon activity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Alert Weather Days<\/strong> remain active for <strong>today, Monday, July 1<\/strong>, and <strong>tomorrow, Tuesday, July 2<\/strong>, with <strong>extreme heat warnings<\/strong> in place. <strong>Phoenix<\/strong> is forecast to hit <strong>113\u00b0F (45\u00b0C)<\/strong>, with <strong>heat risk levels reaching their peak<\/strong> before a <strong>cooling trend<\/strong> begins by midweek.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By late Tuesday<\/strong>, while <strong>intense sun and oppressive heat<\/strong> continue, there\u2019s a <strong>slight chance of blowing dust<\/strong> and <strong>isolated thunderstorm development<\/strong>, especially <strong>around the Valley<\/strong>. Though <strong>rain chances remain low<\/strong>, <strong>outflow winds from distant thunderstorms<\/strong> could kick up <strong>dust storms<\/strong>, creating <strong>hazardous visibility conditions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday night<\/strong> looks to be <strong>the most promising window<\/strong> for <strong>storm activity in the Phoenix metro area<\/strong>, though <strong>probabilities stay below 30%<\/strong> in the most reliable forecast models. If storms do form, they are expected to <strong>arrive at sunset or later<\/strong>, bringing <strong>gusty winds<\/strong>, <strong>brief rainfall<\/strong>, and <strong>lightning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we move into <strong>Thursday and the Fourth of July weekend<\/strong>, <strong>the atmosphere begins to dry out<\/strong> rapidly. Expect <strong>temperatures to dip below seasonal averages<\/strong>, with <strong>mostly clear skies<\/strong> and <strong>reduced humidity<\/strong> prevailing through the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>southeastern Arizona and mountainous areas<\/strong> should see <strong>more active monsoon patterns<\/strong>, with <strong>scattered thunderstorms<\/strong> more likely in those regions <strong>through midweek<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rovente Monday across Phoenix and much of southern Arizona is marking the beginning of a volatile weather week, as dangerously high temperatures give way to the first real signs of monsoon activity. &nbsp; First Alert Weather Days remain active for today, Monday, July 1, and tomorrow, Tuesday, July 2, with extreme heat warnings in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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