Slightly cooler weather is on the way for parts of Arizona, but folks should still be mindful of conditions.
An extreme heat warning for the Phoenix area is set to expire at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Temperatures will generally remain above 100 degrees across much of the lowest elevations of the southwestern Arizona, National Weather Service meteorologist Mark O’Malley told The Center Square.
Recent temperatures have been five to seven degrees above normal. In Phoenix, for example, Tuesday’s high was 112. It was the same in Yuma. The high temperature in El Centro was 114,Heat-related conditions are blamed for at least 35 recent deaths in Maricopa County alone. Another 334 are under investigation.
The Arizona Department of Health Services offers information regarding cooling centers online at experience.arcgis.com. Visitors will see a map of the state and snowflake-like markers to pinpoint locations of various cooling centers.
