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Old 08-31-2014, 05:35 PM
 
Location: My favorite state Arizona
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For the first time since the very rainy November in 2013, Phoenix, Arizona had at least the amount of rainfall it averages in a month in August this year. The average rainfall for August is 1 inch. This year, August had 1.17 inches. Clearly the monsoon season was much more active in August this year, because in July, it was almost inactive. Almost no rain fell in Phoenix last month. The drought may still linger, but monsoon season is not over yet. If we have a couple more thunderstorms, it would continue to ease the drought and have a good setup for winter this year.
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Old 08-31-2014, 09:10 PM
 
Location: Metro Phoenix, AZ USA
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A few monsoon thunderstorms do very little or nothing to "ease the drought". Instead, hope for a snowy winter up north, (well, a series of snowy winters) which would be a real boost to the water supply and do more for it than any monsoon storms.
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Old 08-31-2014, 11:18 PM
 
Location: My favorite state Arizona
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A few monsoon thunderstorms do very little or nothing to "ease the drought". Instead, hope for a snowy winter up north, (well, a series of snowy winters) which would be a real boost to the water supply and do more for it than any monsoon storms.
Right, I was hoping we would have a much bigger snowpack this year so we could also have a lower risk of wildfires as well. Sadly the El Nino this year is not expected to be strong like we initially thought. Hopefully it is enough for a wetter than normal winter though because this past winter was extremely dry, and we can't afford a dry winter for a second straight year. We will just have to see what happens in the future.
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Old 09-01-2014, 12:17 AM
 
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For the first time since the very rainy November in 2013, Phoenix, Arizona had at least the amount of rainfall it averages in a month in August this year. The average rainfall for August is 1 inch. This year, August had 1.17 inches. Clearly the monsoon season was much more active in August this year, because in July, it was almost inactive. Almost no rain fell in Phoenix last month. The drought may still linger, but monsoon season is not over yet. If we have a couple more thunderstorms, it would continue to ease the drought and have a good setup for winter this year.
Just curious, do you get your avgs from a particular site?
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Old 09-01-2014, 07:45 PM
 
Location: My favorite state Arizona
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Just curious, do you get your avgs from a particular site?
Yes. I get averages mainly from The Weather Channel but also WRCC as well.
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Old 09-02-2014, 09:05 AM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Things are looking good up North already. Places in WY and AK are already receiving snow. I know it wont really affect the Colorado River, but if thats the trend, we might see early and heavy snow in CO, which would be nice.
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Old 09-02-2014, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Things are looking good up North already. Places in WY and AK are already receiving snow. I know it wont really affect the Colorado River, but if thats the trend, we might see early and heavy snow in CO, which would be nice.
Yeah, we have seen two early season troughs develop over the western states already. That is what brought us the unmoonsoon-like storms in August. Another is unfolding now and may do the same. If this pattern persists into fall and winter, we could have a wet one.
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Old 09-02-2014, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Yeah, we have seen two early season troughs develop over the western states already. That is what brought us the unmoonsoon-like storms in August. Another is unfolding now and may do the same. If this pattern persists into fall and winter, we could have a wet one.
That would be nice. I just wish the Valley utilized the rain more than they do.
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Old 09-02-2014, 06:25 PM
 
Location: My favorite state Arizona
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Yeah, we have seen two early season troughs develop over the western states already. That is what brought us the unmoonsoon-like storms in August. Another is unfolding now and may do the same. If this pattern persists into fall and winter, we could have a wet one.
California and Arizona could really use a wetter than normal winter this year, but so far it looks like only Arizona will get the wetter than normal winter.
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Old 09-02-2014, 06:40 PM
 
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The rain has been very scattered on August. Chances are if you love west or north, it is easy to think that we had a very active monsoon in August. For those of us who live in Central, southern and eastern portions of the Valley, it has not been as active. We are still well below normal compared to annual averages and we may be coming up on several months of no rain at all.
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