Tucson monsoon season is wettest on record through July 25 | Local news

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The Rillito River raged west of Swan Road. Recent storms have made this year’s monsoons the wettest ever by July 25th.

The Santa Cruz River, which flows south to north on Friday, is bank to bank with runoff from storms that filled ablutions that feed the normally dry river.

The monsoon season has slowly helped southern Arizona recover from persistent drought problems and improved drought conditions in Tucson by one category.

According to the National Weather Service, Tucson has gone from an exceptional D4 drought to an extreme D3 drought.

Washings and rivers flowed steadily on Friday morning after a monsoon storm swept Tucson the night before. More than two inches of rain have been reported in some parts of Tucson.

Jesse Tellez

With storms rising last weekend, the NWS said it expected drought conditions to improve over the next few weeks with the help of monsoon activity.

“We’re not out yet, but it definitely helps,” said the NWS.

So far, Tucson International Airport has seen a total of 5.88 inches of rain during this monsoon season, the NWS said. This month’s storms made this monsoon the wettest through July 25th.

The monoon season officially runs from June 15th to September 30th.

The amount of rainfall in July – 5.71 inches – makes this the fourth wettest July and the sixth wettest month on record. An average July during the Tucson monsoon season receives 1.79 inches of rain, the NWS said.

There has been 2 to 3 inches of rainfall in the Catalina Foothills area for the past week, the NWS said. There has been 6 to 7 inches of rain in the foothills for the past 30 days.

The Tucson metropolitan area saw just over 2 inches of rainfall this week, the NWS said. Areas to the northwest have seen 2 to 3 inches of rainfall while the south side has exceeded 2 inches.

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