Yes, and a predicted maximum temp. here today of 46 Celsius.

That's about 115 degrees Fahrenheit I think you can fry an egg in the sun @Triphid

Yes...I know Arizona gets very very hot. I drove to Phoenix in the summer and when I got out of the air conditioned car the hot air hit me like when you open an oven door to remove cooked food. @MissKathleen

@MissKathleen We get temps around that high here from time to time. I have some friends who live and work in the 'Red Centre' of Australia where the summer temps can reach 50+ Celsius in summer.

50 degrees celsius is 122 degrees Fahrenheit @Triphid

@nicknotes Yep, that's correct and those temps can continue up there for days and weeks at a time too.

@MissKathleen IF Global Warming isn't rectified soon then many many places will be the NEW 'Red Centres' around the planet.

@MissKathleen If everyone does their bit to reduce the GHGs we produce, we MAY just save ourselves and our only home from disaster.

@MissKathleen Yep, I use public transport, I haven't driven a car since 2005, my best friend traded his car ( petrol) for a more economic, fuel efficient diesel and I make a point of planting trees for every dead one I collect as firewood on another friends grazing property, so far I have planted over 2,000 native trees on his 93,000 acre property, he's rapt in the idea since it gives his stock more shelter and shade, reduces soil erosion and increases the native fauna population exponentially as well.

IMO there is no doubt that global warming is real and has to be addressed immediately. @Triphid

@MissKathleen Yeah, I collect seeds from native trees, and other non-natives as well from time to time, both in and around my area plus from trees growing in the bush when I'm out there.
Native trees are better to grow in this region because they've evolved and grown acclimatized to the regions weather conditions, etc.
For example, the common Red Gum found around my region can grow and survive for well over 100+ years, it can send its tap root down well over 30 metres through soil and rock so it can reach the water table when times are very dry, it can grow to over 20 metres in height and twice that in spread of branches, it can drop branches during drought times, re-generate after bushfires have burned off its leaves, etc, and native birds and some native animals like possums will make their homes in the stumps where the branches have been shed, especially cockatoos and galahs because they wil actually use their beaks to hollow out the stumps, deepen them and then build their nests inside those hollows for as long as the tree still stands, which may mean that generations after generations will use the same nest over and over.
I would NOT recommend growing native Red Gums in any suburban yard, especially closer to a house or structure, than at least 7 - 10 metres from that structure since the sub-surface roots can grow outwards to a least twice the spread of the tree, they expand as they grow and can easily lift up concrete paving, cause severe cracking to walls and foundations, tear apart water and sewage pipes, etc.
In my front yard I have 3 Cypress Pines, aka Pencil Pines, that were recently dendro-dated to approx. the year 1900, this house was built in 1898 btw, and I regularly collect the seeds from them as well in an effort to preserve their 'heritage."