text: We would have very hot summers here if it weren't for our afternoon thunderstorms we (usually) get. Even though it might hit the high 90's by 2 pm, by 6 it's nice and cool after the storms, and we have pleasant evenings. Now and then we don't get them, and it reminds you how hot it can get around here. We'll be back in the 70's in a few days though and get a break from it. Phoenix will not. I happened to be there on business when they set that record 122 temp in 1990, I tell ya it was sickening heat all week. Nobody on the streets until midnight when it cooled down to like, 115. I don't know how people live there, but many like it apparently. I'll take our nice summers any day over just about anyplace I've ever been.