Tucson, az tucson smashed an old record for july 9 rainfall as the monsoon season, with 1. The maps below are focused on capturing unique elements of the summer monsoon season across arizona including total precipitation, intensity, and frequency of precipitation events. The national weather service is calling for a slow start to the 2019 monsoon. Monsoon will likely roll into tucson later than usual this. The best times to visit tucson are from april to may and from september to october. Monsoon season occurs every year in tucson and southern. Park west in lower left corner white l shape from alaska air flight during monsoon season in 2001 westward look resort in tucson, az westward look resort in. Since 2008, the national weather service has decreed a monsoon season from june 15 to september 30, but it still keeps track of the monsoon start by a measure it used from 1949 until 2008 the. Lightning touches down with a rain cell northwest of town on july 31, 2017, west of tucson, ariz. Monsoon season the official monsoon season in tucson az is from june 15 to september 30.
If you plan to visit in may, try to avoid university of arizonas commencement. Like weather anywhere, there are no guarantees, but the typical weather during the monsoon season julyaugust will be humid for us anyway. These shoulder seasons offer pleasant weather and reasonable room. Arizonas monsoon is the northern extent of the north american monsoon, which begins in early june in central and southern mexico. Monsoon storm brings flood advisory, power outages to tucson jul, 2019 dark storm clouds burst saturday evening bringing the seasons first monsoon rain and causing power outages and a flood. A highly localized downpour in the foothills of santa catalinas just north of downtown as several small but intense cells dropped rain and high winds on the area during the first monsoon storm of. April and may will be cooler than normal, on average, with rainfall below normal in the east and above normal in the west. Strong storms bringing wind and rain pass through tucson, arizona. High heat could bring storms in tucson, dust in the phoenix area. Arizona attorney general warns of scammers after heavy storms. Arizona monsoon season 2019 started slow but it might finish strong. Training for weather spotters held before monsoon season arrives.
The monsoon is a season, during which the dry westerly winds that persist through fall, winter and spring shift to moist southerly winds, bringing thunderstorm activity into arizona. Monsoon storms are definitely on their way to southern arizona, though. The snowiest periods will be in mid to late december, midjanuary, and midfebruary. During this period prevailing winds switch from the west to the southeast. Maps are updated once a day from june 15 september 30th using gridded precipitation data nominally 4km by 4km provided by the national weather service advanced hydrologic prediction service. The hottest periods will occur in early to midjune and early and late july.
When will phoenix be hot enough for the rain to start. Arizonas monsoon season begins in june and continues through september. Photos of the 2018 monsoon season and other rain in the tucson area by staff photographers of the arizona daily star and by the stars readers. Monsoon came late this year but dang, it started strong. Arizonas monsoon is the northern extent of the north american monsoon, which begins in early. Mike christy arizona daily star since 2008, the national weather service has decreed a monsoon. Monsoon season in arizona used to be determined by dew points, but in 2008, the national weather service declared it runs from june 15 to september 30. With it comes higher humidity, which can lead to thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightning, hail, high winds, flash flooding, dust storms and extreme heat. Its getting hotter in the phoenix area, but is it monsoon hot yet. Here are some monsoon rainfall totals from throughout the state. The nearest precipitation gauge at houghton and the pantano wash showed only.
The move, at least in part, allows the weather service to consistently promote its monsoon safety messages. Although these months see a bit more rain than the spring, youll find most days are. The monsoon is a season, during which the dry westerly winds that persist through fall. In 2008 the national weather service decided to declare a monsoon season from june 15 to sept. South arizona in monsoon season tucson forum tripadvisor. Lightning strikes on tucsons westside during an evening monsoon.
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