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Clouds and rainbow over Tucson during 2021 monsoon.

Arizona sees wet, windy weather with rain, snow

Holiday travel impacted by rain and snow
The Colorado River Basin continues to be sapped dry by increasing temperatures and diminished precipitation.

Drought to continue, say weather experts

The 2021 monsoon did little to help.
Lake Mead outside Las Vegas, Nevada, serves as the Colorado River's largest reservoir and a key water source for Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico.

Forecasters expect drier, warmer winter in Southwest

Drought conditions are expected to continue or worsen across Arizona over the coming months.
Canada del Oro wash looking east from the bridge on La Cholla during Monsoon 2021.

How the monsoon season impacted life in Southern Arizona, from wildfires to bugs

The National Weather Service said the monsoon season was the third-wettest that Tucson has seen since 1895, and it followed an exceptionally dry year.
Mated pair of Great Plains toads (Anaxyrus cognatus) in the floodplain of the Santa Cruz River.

The Desert Blooms in a Bountiful Monsoon.

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Rain clouds near Tubac, July 2019.

Flood watches blanket Arizona because of tropical moisture

Flood watches issued for all of Arizona effective from late Tuesday morning until late Wednesday evening.
Soldier Canyon in the Catalina Mountains.

Measuring the Monsoon.

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Canada del Oro wash looking east from the bridge on La Cholla during Monsoon 2021.

July was wettest on record for Tucson

Drought persists but recent rain has impact across Arizona
This five day precipitation forecast map released by the National Weather Service on July 21, 2021 shows that much of the state's midsection is expected to get at least one inch of rainfall, with some areas receiving up to three inches, by Saturday night. Nearly all of the state is under a flash flood watch through 11:00 p.m. Saturday.

Flash flood watch through Saturday

NWS predicts 2006-style rainstorms into the weekend.
Monsoon weather over southern Arizona.

Frequent rain sets 2021 monsoon off to a fast start

Southern Arizona can expect more precipitation through mid-July.
Predicting monsoon rainfall is not an exact science, yet.

Game challenges forecasters to predict monsoon

UA researchers created an online competition similar to fantasy football.
The bright sun sets behind some trees near Soleng Tom Elementary School on Tucson's east side.

Beat the heat at a cooling center

City, private groups offer cooling locations.
A solar array used by Tucson Electric Power to add renewable energy to the grid, August 2019

Electric grid holding up as temperatures soar

Utility urges customers to time appliance use carefully.
Rain clouds near Tubac, July 2019.

Monsoon or nonsoon? Hard to say

Forecasters say chances are even for good or bad monsoon this year.
2018's Hurricane Florence as seen from the International Space Station.

Hurricane predictors forecast busy 2021 season

UA group has been on target about storm predictions since 2014.
The sun shines harshly behind a saguaro cactus.

Low saguaro reproduction numbers at national park in Tucson

Drought cycle that dates to the mid-1990s thought to be responsible

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