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In a first, Phoenix hits 100 straight days of 100-degree heat

The relentless and record heat is testing the will of Phoenix residents.

Wishon has lived in the Valley of the Sun — as the metropolitan area is called — for 45 years, but has never experienced heat like this summer’s. “He likes to lay there because he gets a blast of A/C every time they open that door,” Durant said, motioning toward the main entrance of the cooling center. The streak remains active after Phoenix experienced its hottest climatological summer (June through August) on record, with an average temperature of 98.9 degrees.

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