Phoenix Official Weather
Official Readings at Sky Harbor Airport
Official
temperatures for the City of Phoenix that are mentioned on local news
and radio weather reports are obtained from the National Weather
Service in Phoenix, AZ. The ASOS (Automated Surface Observation
System), pictured below, is the system used to determine the official
readings for the temperature in Phoenix. The National Weather Service
operates and
maintains three ASOS locations in the greater Phoenix area.
They are at Deer Valley Airport, Scottsdale Airport, and Phoenix
Sky Harbor Airport. The observations from these sites are
automatically input into the weather
data stream for the National Weather Service. Other systems in the
area collect weather data that is manually input into the system. These
are the AWOS (Automated Weather Observation System) and LAWRS
(Limited Aviation Weather Reporting System) locations in greater
Phoenix: Chandler, Falcon Field in Mesa, Williams
Field in Mesa, Gila Bend, Goodyear. Both AWOS and LAWRS are FAA
maintained sites. The
weather equipment located at Luke AFB in Litchfield Park is operated
and maintained by the USAF.
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The Automated Surface Observation System at Sky Harbor International Airport is where official Phoenix temperatures are read. National Weather Service Forecast Office - Phoenix, AZ File Photo |
Greater Phoenix covers a large area. Official readings in Phoenix may be as much as five or ten degrees different than other parts of the Valley of the Sun (maybe hotter, maybe cooler) at any point in time.
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