PHOENIX — The city of Phoenix had a record high daily low temperature on Saturday on the backend of the latest extreme heat warning, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, which NWS uses for official measurement, was at 92 degrees at around 7:46 a.m. If that unofficial mark holds until midnight, it will set a daily record for Aug. 23, 90 degrees being the previous record in 1998.

The normal low for this date on the calendar is 83 degrees.

The unofficial high temperature was recorded at 109 degrees at 3:58 p.m., four ticks above normal but five below the daily record of 114 in 2011.

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