Camelback Mountain Sees 44 Rescues in 2025 as Temperatures Soar to 117 Degrees

A Heat Dome Is About to Test Temperature Records in US Southwest

Extreme heat will sear down across Phoenix and the US Southwest this week, testing temperature records and putting about 7.5 million people under a sweltering high-pressure dome.

Camelback Mountain sees 44 rescues in 2025 as temperatures soar to 117 degrees

Phoenix authorities conducted 108 mountain rescues this year, 44 on Camelback, as temperatures hit 117 degrees.

How hot was it in Phoenix? Heat wave sends temperatures soaring (and it's not over yet)

Phoenix broke a new temperature record with a high of 116 degrees. And it's not over yet.

Phoenix bakes under its hottest August temperature as heat wave grips Desert Southwest

PHOENIX -- Heat and summer go hand-in-hand in the Desert Southwest, but the current stretch of hot weather is taking it to the extreme.Phoenix just reached 118 degrees on Thursday, recording their hottest August temperature on record. It broke a 4-way tie of 117 degrees, with all of those readings coming since 2011, including two summers ago.High temperature records in Phoenix go back to 1895.It's the second day in a row that temperatures reache…