Photos: Weathering Tucson's summer heat
Arizona Daily Star photographers capture summer heat across Southern Arizona.
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 26, 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.
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