 If you're planning on heading to the Phoenix area this week, just remember the valley is flirting with 120 degree temperatures. Connie Weber has the story. And if the mercury climbs that high, it would be only the fourth time in the city's history, says Matt Salerno, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Phoenix. In 1990, we actually hit it twice. We hit 120 and then 122, which is our record high for Phoenix.