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SEDONA, Ariz. – Spring in the desert is usually the sweet spot for hikers, but Sedona is seeing numbers not typically seen until summer. While Sedona is a go-to refuge from the heat in summer, these above-average spring temperatures are being felt north of the Valley too.<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Record-breaking temperatures have hit Sedona.<\/p>\n
“The difference in temperature\u2014it\u2019s supposed to be 10 degrees less than in Scottsdale,” one visitor noted. When asked if it felt that way yet, the response was, “Not yet!”<\/p>\n
The National Weather Service<\/a> logs a previous high for March 18 at 86 degrees in Sedona, with an average in the mid-60s for this time of year. But today, it hit 91 degrees.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “It feels hot. It\u2019s hot, yeah. It\u2019s toasty,” said one person in the area. Another added, “Extremely hot. But I\u2019m enjoying it though.”<\/p>\n Above-average temperatures across the state are a bit unexpected for some tourists hitting the trails.<\/p>\n “We expected it to be a little cooler, I think,” one hiker said. Another mentioned, “We were gonna do the Fools Loop, but it was too hot, so we decided to do a different loop.”<\/p>\n The other side:<\/p>\n Still, the heat is a welcome surprise for those visiting from colder states.<\/p>\n “I\u2019ve been traveling a little bit, so I heard there\u2019s a big snowstorm in Wisconsin, big blizzard. And it\u2019s beautiful and hot and sunny down here,” a traveler said.<\/p>\n Another visitor shared a similar sentiment: “In Ohio, it\u2019s snowing right now, and it was definitely pretty cold when we left, so this is a good change of pace. Got a sunburn. I wouldn\u2019t be getting that in Ohio.”<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Even a spring with record-high temperatures here in Arizona isn\u2019t stopping hikers from enjoying the views.<\/p>\n “I wasn\u2019t expecting the heat wave, but I\u2019m excited to face the trail,” one hiker said.<\/p>\n The Source: The National Weather Service\u00a0<\/p>\n Severe Weather<\/a>Sedona<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEDONA, Ariz. – Spring in the desert is usually the sweet spot for hikers, but Sedona is seeing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2946,4,450,8608,451,3,239167,25049,452,453,25,2986],"class_list":["post-532167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-az","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-coconino-county","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sedona","tag-severe-weather","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}