00:00A new weather record was set in Phoenix when temperatures reached 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
00:05Arizona broke the daily heat record on April 11.
00:09The 99 degree weather was higher than the record set on the same day in 1989, which was 98 degrees.
00:171989 was a really hot year. We broke a lot of records in 1989.
00:21The earliest we've ever hit 100 degrees in Phoenix was March 26.
00:27And so typically we're going to get 100 degrees around May 2nd or so.
00:33The record broken is yet more proof that the planet is becoming warmer due to human-caused climate change.
00:39Extreme droughts, storms, and wildfires are just some of the evidence of our impact.
00:45Reuters reports that if the world continues to move at this speed,
00:48the planet is on track to warm by 3.2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.
00:52Average temperatures are already 1.1 Celsius higher than 1850 to 1900 levels.
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