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Phoenix has a hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh), [1] [2] typical of the Sonoran Desert, and is the largest city in America in this climatic zone. [3] Phoenix has long, extremely hot summers and short, mild winters. The city is within one of the world's sunniest regions, with its sunshine duration comparable to the Sahara region.
Summer monsoon rain over eastern New Mexico. The North American monsoon, variously known as the Southwest monsoon, the Mexican monsoon, the New Mexican monsoon, or the Arizona monsoon [1] is a term for a pattern of pronounced increase in thunderstorms and rainfall over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
The North American monsoon is known to many as the Summer, Southwest, Mexican or Arizona monsoon. [47] [48] It is also sometimes called the Desert monsoon as a large part of the affected area are the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
The clock is ticking on the North American monsoon and the annual shift of winds that transport moisture into the western U.S. Vehicles in the Phoenix metro area navigate a flooded street that ...
After a summer of extreme heat, Arizona’s most populous city is in the record books again. This time Phoenix is notching a record for dry heat. The National Weather Service said Sunday that the ...
Forecasters expect that by Monday, people in metro Phoenix will begin to see high temperatures fall under 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) for the first time in a month.
There is a dry season which stretches from December to June, and a rainy season from July to November. [71] Saipan's average annual precipitation is 82.36 inches (2,092 mm), with 67 percent falling during the rainy season. [72] Typhoons frequent the island chain, which can lead to excessive rainfall. [73]
The extent of the monsoon and its thunderstorms varies from year to year and location to location. This season, AccuWeather's long-range team of meteorologists expected a decent amount of storms ...