A lone duck enjoys the cool pond at Reid Park. Much hotter weather is headed to Tucson this week, the National Weather Service here says.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily StarTime to ditch the sweater in Tucson.
Tucsonans could be dealing with near triple-digit heat by the end of the week, forecasters say.
Monday’s high is expected to be about 75 degrees.
But the highs in Tucson escalate each day after that thanks to high pressure building over the state, the National Weather Service here says.
How hot?
The forecast calls for the high Thursday in Tucson to reach 97 degrees. It’ll be 98 degrees by Friday. And it will dip to 96 on Saturday, the weather service says.
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