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August 2021 Climate Report

By John Simpson Last month I reported that July 2021 was the wettest month I have recorded since I have been taking records the past 11 years. I also reported that July 2021 was the wettest month the Tucson Airport (official location) has ever recorded and that location has well over 100 years of data. August 2021 is now my second wettest month as...

The June 2021 Climate Report

By John Simpson June 2021 was the hottest June and calendar month on record at the Tucson Airport. That’s right, June 2021 was the hottest month since records began. The average high temperature was 104.6 degrees and the 30-year average is 101.2 degrees. The average low temperature for June was 75.0 degrees and was 3.9 degrees above average. The...

The May 2021 Climate report

By John Simpson May is typically the driest month of the year and 2021 was no exception. The entire Vail and Tucson area received 0 to just a trace of rain for the month, with just a couple of exceptions receiving a few hundredths (see rainlog.org). My 11-year May average rainfall in Central Del Lago is only 0.05” and the Tucson airports 30-year...

April 2021 Climate Report

By John Simpson The April 2021 Climate report by John Simpson. April is typically a dry month and only one day, April 27th, yielded rain for the area in April 2021. From that one day, I recorded 0.27” of rain in Central Del Lago, which is exactly at my 10-year average. The airport recorded just a trace of rain and their 30-year average is 0.31...

Climate Review: December 2020 and Year End Climate Report

By John Simpson December was warmer and drier than average to top off 2020; 2020 ended up being the driest year and second warmest in Tucson history. The Tucson airport only received 0.25” of rain, well below its December 30-year average of 0.93.” At my home in Central Del Lago, I only received 0.46” of rain and my 10-year December is average is 1...