Metro Phoenix residents will need to find more ways to cool off as triple-digit temperatures plague people over the next few days.

On Sunday, the National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings for 11 counties in the state. Temperatures hit 115 degrees at Sky Harbor airport on Sunday afternoonthe hottest day of the year so far.

The agency announced on Twitter on Sunday that heat warnings for the lower desert regions of Arizona and California will continue through July 4. The National Weather Service in Phoenix is ​​forecasting temperatures of 116 degrees Celsius on Monday, just two degrees off the day’s record high set in 1907, with temperatures dropping several degrees over the next three days. I expect.

“The normal high for this time of year is 107 degrees Celsius, so in general, it’s probably five to eight degrees warmer than normal,” said Matthew Hirsch, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Phoenix. .

Effects that a person may experience from prolonged exposure to high temperatures include heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Counties with excessive heat warnings:

Mojave County: July 1-3
La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Yuma County: July 1-4
Coconino County: July 1-5
Yavapai County: July 2-3
Graham, Greenlee, Santa Cruz Counties: July 2-4

The Associated Press contributed to this report.