Meanwhile here in North Phoenix we received a measly trace at Pepper Ridge North Valley which means the current dry streak stands at 89 days without measurable rain the 8th longest on record!! June 30th - The Monsoon ends June on a whimper after a active day on June 29th which produced up to 0.50 inches of rain in the Northwest Valley at Sun City West and out towards Wickenburg with up to 1.00 inches and as much as over 2.00 inches of rain at Towers Mountain near Crown King and there were also Thunderstorms in Prescott and Prescott valley. Another isolated spot was at Eldorado Park in Scottsdale which received 0.59 inches of rain. Back in the Valley the normally dry Sky Harbor Airport recorded a record 0.18 inches of rain bringing their June total to 0.32 inches of rain since Thursday the 8th wettest June. The big winners were south of the valley with 1.30 inches of rain in Sacaton, 0.63 inches of rain near Casa Grande and 0.31 inches of rain in Gila Bend. Also the far west valley along the Loop 303 between an 0.10 and 0.47 inches of rain fell at White tank Fire Station. Falcon Field in Mesa measured 0.36 inches of rain. Other areas that saw thunderstorms and rain were in Apache Junction and East Mesa with about 0.33 inches to a high in southeast Gilbert near Hawes road and Sonoqui Wash with 0.67 inches. June 26th - The fickle nature of the Monsoon continues as it has been a disappointment in North Phoenix with another hopper thunderstorm as storms to the Northeast fizzled and sent out gust front that past over North Phoenix with little fanfare only to go on to form new Thunderstorms in south Phoenix south of downtown in the Laveen area where 0.50 to 1.00 inches of rain fell at the base of South Mountain. Here at Pepperridge North Valley we have only measured a Trace o f rain on the 23rd and the dry streak without measurable rain currently stands at 87 DAYS the EIGHTH longest on record. ![]() Widespead Thunderstorm activity has yet to develop in the Phoenix Metro area. Outflows from this storm produced and formed small pulse storms futher west/Northwest one of these formed over the Sky Harbor Airport where 0.13 inches of rain fell and another one in Glendale where up 0.39 inches fell a small area south of State Farm Stadium. Overnight into the morning of June 25th, a pulse thunderstorm develop over the Sun Lakes/Chandler area producing up to 0.50 inches of rain in isolated areas as this storm slowy moved east/ Northeast in it's weakend state it produced lighter thundershowers in Gilbert and Mesa. The closest activity to Phoenix has remaind primarly in Pinal county clipping the far east valley. This is not a ideal setup for storms in central deserts and most the storm activity has remained in the Mountains and in far Southeastern Arizona. Monsoon pattern with mainly mid and high level moisture streaming into Arizona as we have recently experiencing unusual Monsoon setup as the Monsoon ridge has remained futher east over Texas and low pressure in the westerlies has persistant off the California coast this has led to a South to Southwestly flow to remain in place. That the season began on June 22nd!! This is one earliest starts by old traditional dewpoint method!! Although this is still considered a low grade ![]() June 24th - The 2022 Monsoon have offically began as of June 24th as we marked the third day in a row of a average Dewpoint at 55☏ or above this means The Monsoon has officially started at Phoenix Sky Harbor,on June ![]() Pepper Ridge Dewpoint averages over the last 6 days.
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