Tucson Monsoons

June 25, 2009 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under About Tucson 

rain in tucsonIt’s raining!

Or it was, for a few minutes.

Those of you that aren’t familiar with Tucson might not understand the glee with which we greet an overcast cloudy day, pressing our noses to the window to see if it is sprinkling outside or not.

Technically, Tucson should be in the midst of Monsoons – our summer rainy season that officially starts on June 15th and ends September 30th.  However, the rains don’t typically start until closer to 4th of July, in my experience.

When the real rains do start, they are these incredibly powerful, violent storms that move from the Southeast part of town, and rip across towards the Northwest, usually in the late afternoon.  Our monsoon storms are quite impressive to watch – lots of wind and lightning, lots of fast flooding.

Sprinkles, however – like today – are for fun.  Tiny little previews of what is to come.

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