Photos: Weathering Tucson's summer heat
Arizona Daily Star photographers capture summer heat across Southern Arizona.
Pedestrians use an umbrella as protection from the sun, North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 11, 2026.
A rider gets in some practice time, strumming a guitar while waiting for a streetcar in the last rays of daylight falling on the tram stop at the 6th Avenue and Broadway Boulevard downtown, Tucson, Ariz., August 5, 2026.
Logan Walsh, left, and Micah Saroni wet their lines, fishing at Silverbell Lake on a sweltering afternoon, Tucson, Ariz., July 31, 2026. The two were getting in a some last minute recreation before heading back to classes at Canyon del Oro High School next week.
Alyssa Gutierrez sprays her sister Isabella with water while playing at the Brandi Fenton Memorial Park splash pad, 3482 East River Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 30 ,2026.
A pedestrian uses a break in rush hour traffic to dash across Congress Street at Pennington Street in the last light of a hot summer evening, Tucson, Ariz., July 30, 2026.
Isabella Gutierrez runs through a tunnel of water inside the Brandi Fenton Memorial Park splash pad, 3482 East River Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 30 ,2026.
A pedestrian waits for the city bus with an umbrella to block the scorching sun as temperatures rise across Southern Arizona, South Sixth Avenue, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2026.
A pedestrian keeps direct sunlight away with an umbrella as temperatures rise in Southern Arizona, East Congress Street, Tucson, Ariz., July 20, 2026.
A pedestrian sports a hat and water bottle for an afternoon walk on University Boulevard, Tucson, Ariz., June 23, 2026.
Tamara Camacho eyes the ball as she takes a backswing on the practice range at the Silverbell Golf Course, 3600 N. Silverbell Road in Tucson, Ariz. on June 29, 2026. Camacho plays on the Flowing Wells High School golf team and is trying out a set of clubs donated to the team from the Ironwood Ridge High School golf coach.
Nevaeh Villegas puts herself in the line of the water spout as she plays Tuesday at a splash pad at Joaquin Murrieta Northwest Park, 1400 N. Silverbell Rd.
Lou Flowers reads her book in the shade of the Old Pima County Courthouse Wednesday during her lunch break from jury duty.
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