Monsoon 2021 finishes as Tucson’s third-wettest on record

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TUCSON, Arizona (KOLD News 13) – After the “nonsoon” last year, Tucson appeared to be especially stormy this summer, and it turned out it was.

The 2021 monsoon was Tucson’s third wettest monsoon on record.(KOLD-News 13)

The 2021 monsoon was the third wettest monsoon in the Old Pueblo on record.

Between June 15 and September 30, a total of 12.79 inches of rain fell at Tucson International Airport, the National Weather Service’s official data collection point for Tucson.

Most of the rain ever recorded during a monsoon fell in 1964 when Tucson reached 13.84 inches.

Weather watchers waited to see if one final storm would top this year’s total of 13.08 inches, but the airport saw no significant rain during the last storm.

July was the wettest month of this year’s monsoon, hitting a whopping 8.06 inches. The average for July is 2.21 inches.

One of the benefits of having so many rainy days was that there were fewer 100 degree days. Since 1991, Tucson has seen an average of 68 days with a high of 100 degrees or more. That year, Tucson only posted 63.

Tucson hit at least 100 degrees high 63 times in the 2021 monsoon.(KOLD-News 13)

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