PHOENIX IS GETTING DRIER - LOWER RAINFALL AVERAGES NOWĪverage Monsoon Rainfall in Phoenix (1981-2010): 2.71" of rain Valley Average (Phoenix Rainfall Index): 7.02"ĭaily rainfall reports from all across the Valley can be found here. Sky Harbor Official Rainfall: 5.78" (-1.44" from average) Valley Average (Phoenix Rainfall Index): 3.36" Sky Harbor Official Rainfall: 2.88" (-0.04" from average) Do not attempt to cross any flooded roadways. This warning remains in effect through June 6. We also continue to track a Flood Warning that remains in effect for parts of the Gila River in southwestern Arizona as the flow increases due to water releases from the Painted Rock Dam.
Our Valley forecast will stay dry, but there is a slight chance for more spotty showers and thunderstorms in northern Arizona Tuesday afternoon. Gusts could peak near 30 mph across the Phoenix metro area again on Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures will drop into the upper 90s across the Valley on Tuesday and stay in the mid to upper 90s for the rest of the week.Īs that cooler air moves in, winds are picking up. The good news is that we have another dose of cooler air moving in. Phoenix hit 107 degrees Monday afternoon, marking the hottest day of the year so far. All rights reserved.PHOENIX - It's a hot start to the week in the Valley! Upstream, Lake Powell saw a huge dip in water levels, bringing rockslides, corpses, and more to the surface than had ever been seen before.Ĭopyright 2022 KTVK/KPHO. This past summer, Grand Canyon National Park saw a lessened water flow of the Colorado River since the snow was “melting about a month earlier than it did a century ago, and there’s evaporation as well,” Mark Nebel, the park’s geosciences program manager, told CNN. The drought is heavily impacting our National Parks. China reported its driest summer in 60 years, Europe was forced to enact water restrictions, and the Northeast began reporting more dryness than its ever seen before. RELATED COVERAGE: Phoenix got below-average rainfall for the monsoon but that’s not the whole storyĪccording to NWS, while these numbers might not yet be cause for significant concern if the dryness continues through October, “the more noteworthy this becomes.” It’s no surprise that most of the world continues to be in a drought, a phenomenon experts say is because of climate change. That year saw a grand total of 19.73 inches of rain! The driest year was 2002, which saw 2.82 inches of total rainfall. According to the National Weather Service, the wettest year for Phoenix was 1905. In fact, 2022 is the fourth year in the past decade with below-average summer rain. 30, the monsoon “season.” Arizona’s Family First Alert Weather team says they’re anticipating a below-average rainfall total for 2022. Here in Phoenix, our precipitation is calculated at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, which marked 2.23″ of rain from June 15 until Sept.
However, most of the inches come from rainfall rather than snowfall. On average, the city sees 39.34 inches of precipitation yearly. Seattle-Tacoma Airport has been calculating the city’s precipitation totals since 1945, according to the Seattle Weather blog. Seattle, sometimes called “Rain City,” is no stranger to various kinds of precipitation, including snow. #wawx /iCLn22fpl3- NWS Seattle October 10, 2022 For a little more perspective, here's how we stack up since July 1st in the precipitation department against some other cities in the U.S.
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