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The region's trademark dry and sunny weather is interrupted by sporadic Pacific storms in the winter and the arrival of the North American monsoon in the summer. [16] Historically, the monsoon officially started when the average dew point was 55 °F (13 °C) for three days in a row—typically occurring in early July. To increase monsoon ...
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.
Within the United States, it affects Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, West Texas, and California. The North American monsoon is known to many as the Summer, Southwest, Mexican or Arizona monsoon. [27] [28] It is also sometimes called the Desert Monsoon as a large part of the affected area is desert.
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 ...
The last rounds of showers and thunderstorms associated with the North American monsoon are on deck as a big change in the weather pattern will soon end the tropical influx of moisture over the ...
"It's likely going to be one of the bigger events this season," said Rob Howlett, who works at the National Weather Service in Tuscon. Heavy Rain, Monsoon Winds Wreak Havoc on Southwest States ...
As the year began, a tropical low was over Australia, [4] and Cyclone Ula was moving toward Tonga. [5] Ula was followed by another 16 tropical cyclones, [6] [7] including Cyclone Winston, which was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere on record, with 10 minute sustained winds of 280 km/h (175 mph), and a minimum pressure of 884 mbar (26.1 inHg).
Hours earlier, heavy rains hit the area as part of the North American Monsoon, which hits the Southwestern U.S. every year between June and mid-September. At around 3 p.m. ( MST ), many of the people, including children, were swimming in the waters of the canyon when all of a sudden they hear a loud prolonged sound.