Climatologist on start of Arizona monsoons
June 17
This year, June 15 marks the beginning of monsoons in Arizona. This period of three months, until September 30, is characterized by afternoon dust storms, wild weather storms and damaging storms.
The 2024 Arizona monsoons saw the northern and southeastern parts of Arizona receive near-to or above-normal precipitation, although the Phoenix region fell well below normal levels. This, along with an abnormally dry winter, left much of the state at a level of extreme drought, according to the National Weather Service.
The prediction for 2025 is nearly all of Arizona will have a lean (33 to 50%) towards above-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures (40 to 60%) for July through September.
Randy Cerveny, Climatologist at ASU, joined “Arizona Horizon” to discuss the monsoons.
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