Tucson Market Statistics and Report – January 2009

Snowy Tucson

February 10, 2009 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under About Tucson

Last night, as the wind was howling by my window, I noticed the weather report called for early morning snow, down to 3000′ but this morning at my house in Central Tucson, I had none.

Newcomers often ask how cold it gets here, and that answer depends on where you live in the city. The outer edges will get colder than locations in town. We’ll get hard freezes though, occasionally. Our average low temperatures are in the low 40s during winter months, so if a cold front blows through, we’ll drop into the 30s or slightly lower overnight.

You can always tell when we’ve had a freeze, because all the bougainvillea looks like this:

Poor little guy. He’ll be back though, in the spring. Hardy little plant, the bougainvillea. I’ve been trying to kill that particular one for years because it gets too big and the thorns scratch people as they approach my front door. And if I can’t kill a plant, you know that’s a plant species with a ferocious will to live. But I do love the flowers, so bright and pink:

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