Yes, Phoenix is often nice and dry! Nice.
But, over the last year, Phoenix has had
quite a bit of rain, right killian?
Using
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=psr
I see that it rained 12 days in February 2005 --
The 5th wettest February on record!
See:
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CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT (MISC, INC MONTHLY REPORTS)
CXUS55 KPSR 021845 CCC
CLMPHX
MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1145 AM MST TUE MAR 2 2005
PHOENIX WEATHER STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY 2005
...FEBRUARY 2005 HAD 3.01 INCHES OF RAIN MAKING IT THE 5TH WETTEST
FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WAS IN 1905 WHEN
4.64 INCHES FELL. OTHER HIGHER AMOUNTS IN FEBRUARY WERE 3.71 INCHES
IN 1931...3.18 INCHES IN 1935 AND 3.15 INCHES IN 2003...
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 67.0 NORMAL 71.4
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 51.4 NORMAL 48.4
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 59.2 NORMAL 59.9
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL MINUS 0.7 DEGREES
HIGHEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 66.0 IN 1991
LOWEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 48.6 IN 1939
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH 72 ON THE 9TH...16TH AND 17TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH 46 ON THE 8TH
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MONTH 92 ON THE 27TH IN 1986
AND THE 25TH IN 1921
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR MONTH 24 ON THE 8TH IN 1933
AND THE 7TH IN 1899
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 50 OR LOWER 11
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 55 OR HIGHER 5
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 60 OR LOWER 2
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 70 OR HIGHER 5
COOLING DEGREE DAYS BASE 65 0 NORMAL 15 SEASONAL TOTAL 4
HEATING DEGREE DAYS BASE 65 156 NORMAL 169 SEASONAL TOTAL 798
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION 3.01 INCHES
NORMAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION 0.77 INCHES
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL PLUS 2.24 INCHES
GREATEST PRECIPITATION IN 24 HOURS 1.05 INCHES ON THE 18-19
PRECIPITATION YEAR TO DATE 4.86 INCHES
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL YEAR TO DATE PLUS 3.26 INCHES
GREATEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION 4.64 INCHES IN 1905
LEAST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION 0.00 INCHES IN 2002 AND 3 PREVIOUS
YEARS
NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORM DAYS 1 NORMAL 1
NUMBER OF MEASURABLE RAIN DAYS 11 NORMAL 4
PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 56 NORMAL 80
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 MPH NORMAL 5.9 MPH
HIGHEST PEAK GUST 33 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 23RD
AND FROM THE EAST ON THE 2ND
HIGHEST BAROMETRIC SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 30.20 INCHES ON THE 2ND
LOWEST BAROMETRIC SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 29.74 INCHES ON THE 5TH
RECORDS BROKEN OR EQUALLED DURING THE MONTH
DATE TYPE NEW RECORD OLD RECORD YEAR/YEARS
11 PRECIP 0.77 INCHES 0.54 INCHES 1915
19 PRECIP 0.93 INCHES 0.64 INCHES 1915
WFO PHOENIX AZ
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