...HIGHLIGHTS...
...7TH WARMEST AND 37TH DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD...
...9TH STRAIGHT YEAR OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...
...7TH STRAIGHT YEAR OF BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL...
...ANNUAL MONSOON BEGAN ON JULY 8TH...
...37 STRAIGHT DAYS WITH HIGHS 100 DEGREES OR BETTER...

THE RESIDENTS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREA EXPERIENCED YET ANOTHER WARM
AND DRY YEAR. LA NINA CONDITIONS DEVELOPED THIS PAST SUMMER AND WAS
IN MODERATE STATUS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

TEMPERATURE...

THE AVERAGE YEARLY TEMPERATURE FOR 2007 OF 70.5 DEGREES WAS 1.8
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 7TH WARMEST YEAR (TIED WITH
1988) ON RECORD. THIS MARKS THE 9TH STRAIGHT YEAR THAT THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN ABOVE NORMAL. IN FACT...DATING BACK TO 1984
ONLY ONE YEAR (1998 68.1 DEGREES) HAS BEEN BELOW NORMAL.

LAST 10 YEARLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES / ALL-TIME RANKING...
YEAR .....  TEMP     RANKING       YEAR .....  TEMP     RANKING
2007 ..... 70.5 F   7TH WARMEST    2002 ..... 70.0 F  14TH WARMEST 
2006 ..... 70.2 F  11TH WARMEST    2001 ..... 69.7 F  18TH WARMEST
2005 ..... 70.8 F   3RD WARMEST    2000 ..... 70.0 F  14TH WARMEST
2004 ..... 69.3 F  25TH WARMEST    1999 ..... 69.6 F  20TH WARMEST
2003 ..... 70.7 F   4TH WARMEST    1998 ..... 68.1 F  47TH WARMEST
1971-2000 NORMAL ..... 68.7 F
TEN YEAR AVERAGE ..... 69.9 F

THE AVERAGE YEARLY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR 2007 OF 84.1 DEGREES WAS
1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

LAST 10 YEARLY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES / ALL-TIME RANKING...
YEAR .....  TEMP     RANKING       YEAR .....  TEMP     RANKING
2007 ..... 84.1 F  17TH WARMEST    2002 ..... 84.2 F  16TH WARMEST 
2006 ..... 83.9 F  21ST WARMEST    2001 ..... 83.5 F  31ST WARMEST
2005 ..... 84.0 F  19TH WARMEST    2000 ..... 84.0 F  19TH WARMEST
2004 ..... 82.3 F  42ND COLDEST    1999 ..... 84.4 F  12TH WARMEST
2003 ..... 84.4 F  12TH WARMEST    1998 ..... 82.0 F  32ND COLDEST
1971-2000 NORMAL ..... 82.5 F
TEN YEAR AVERAGE ..... 83.7 F

THE ALL-TIME CONSECUTIVE DAY STREAK WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES 100
DEGREES OR BETTER WAS THREATENED DURING JUNE AND JULY. EVENTUALLY
THE STREAK FELL 2 DAYS SHY OF THE ALL-TIME RECORD.

TOP 3 LONGEST CONSECUTIVE DAY STREAKS WITH HIGHS 100+ DEGREES...
1) 39 DAYS IN 2005 (JUNE 14 TO JULY 22)
   39 DAYS IN 1987 (JUNE 7 TO JULY 15)
3) 37 DAYS IN 2007 (JUNE 12 TO JULY 19)

THE AVERAGE YEARLY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR 2007 OF 56.9 DEGREES WAS 2.1
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 3RD WARMEST ON RECORD.

LAST 10 YEARLY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES / ALL-TIME RANKING...
YEAR .....  TEMP     RANKING       YEAR .....  TEMP     RANKING
2007 ..... 56.9 F   3RD WARMEST    2002 ..... 55.9 F  16TH WARMEST 
2006 ..... 56.6 F   5TH WARMEST    2001 ..... 56.0 F  13TH WARMEST
2005 ..... 57.5 F    WARMEST       2000 ..... 56.0 F  13TH WARMEST
2004 ..... 56.2 F  10TH WARMEST    1999 ..... 54.9 F  29TH WARMEST
2003 ..... 57.0 F   2ND WARMEST    1998 ..... 54.3 F  44TH WARMEST
1971-2000 NORMAL ..... 54.8 F
TEN YEAR AVERAGE ..... 56.1 F

TEMPERATURE EXTREMES FOR 2007 RANGED FROM A HIGH OF 110 DEGREES ON
JULY 4TH TO A LOW OF 20 DEGREES ON JANUARY 15TH. THE MERCURY REACHED
OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES 65 TIMES...THE MOST SINCE 75 WAS RECORDED IN
2003. THE 1971-2000 NORMAL IS 55 DAYS. THE MERCURY HIT OR DIPPED
BELOW FREEZING 23 TIMES...THE MOST SINCE 27 WAS RECORDED IN 1990. THE
1971-2000 NORMAL IS 11 DAYS. THE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE
20S 14 TIMES WHICH IS THE MOST SINCE 20 WAS RECORDED IN 1971. THE
DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 80 DEGREES OR WARMER 10 TIMES. THE
HISTORICAL YEARLY AVERAGE (1895-2006) IS 3 DAYS. THE 1971-2000 NORMAL
IS 4 DAYS. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THE AIRPORT HAS RECORDED 36 DAYS
FOR AN AVERAGE OF 12 PER YEAR.

MOST YEARLY OCCURRENCES OF LOW TEMPERATURES 80 DEGREES OR WARMER:
1) 16 DAYS IN 2006
   16 DAYS IN 1994
3) 12 DAYS IN 1915
4) 10 DAYS IN 2007
   10 DAYS IN 2005

18 DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN 2007
(7 HIGHS...1 LOW...1 LOW MAXIMUM AND 14 HIGH MINIMUMS).

TYPE      DATE          NEW RECORD    OLD RECORD
LOW       JANUARY 15        20         23 / 1964
HIGH MIN  FEBRUARY 18       54 (TIED)  54 / 1959
HIGH      MARCH 14          87 (TIED)  87 / 1934
HIGH      MARCH 16          95         90 / 1994
HIGH      MARCH 17          94         88 / 1994|1989|1939|1914|1908
HIGH MIN  MARCH 21          63         59 / 2004|2002|1978|1910
HIGH MIN  APRIL 8           65         64 / 1950
HIGH MIN  JULY 5            87         83 / 1953
HIGH MIN  JULY 6            87 (TIED)  87 / 1925
LOW MAX   AUGUST 6          80         86 / 1918
HIGH MIN  AUGUST 22         80 (TIED)  80 / 2005
HIGH MIN  AUGUST 23         81         78 / 1997
HIGH MIN  AUGUST 30         80 (TIED)  80 / 1929
HIGH MIN  SEPTEMBER 11      78 (TIED)  78 / 2001|1968|1951
HIGH MIN  OCTOBER 24        66         64 / 1992
HIGH      OCTOBER 28        94 (TIED)  94 / 1934|1902
HIGH      NOVEMBER 5        91 (TIED)  91 / 1934
HIGH      NOVEMBER 7        90         89 / 1999
HIGH      NOVEMBER 19       88         87 / 1897
HIGH MIN  NOVEMBER 22       57         54 / 1993|1966|1919
HIGH MIN  NOVEMBER 29       56         54 / 1963|1901
HIGH MIN  NOVEMBER 30       57         53 / 2002|1949|1947
HIGH MIN  DECEMBER 7        58         57 / 1965

RAINFALL...

RAINFALL ACROSS THE METRO AREA FOR 2007 VARIED WIDELY AND RANGED
FROM 9 TO 16 INCHES ON THE VALLEY FLOOR WITH 25 TO 35 INCHES IN THE
CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS. FOR THE 7TH STRAIGHT YEAR...THE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL WITH ONLY 9.78"
BEING RECORDED. ONLY ONE DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET DURING 2007
(0.14" ON MAY 16TH).

LAST 10 YEARLY RAINFALL TOTALS / ALL-TIME RANKING...
YEAR ..... RAINFALL RANKING        YEAR ..... RAINFALL RANKING
2007 .....   9.78"  37TH DRIEST    2002 .....   7.83"  14TH DRIEST
2006 .....  11.81"  44TH WETTEST   2001 .....   7.81"  13TH DRIEST
2005 .....   9.57"  32ND DRIEST    2000 .....  12.44"  36TH WETTEST
2004 .....   7.60"  11TH DRIEST    1999 .....   9.68"  34TH DRIEST
2003 .....  10.05"  44TH DRIEST    1998 .....  13.62"  25TH WETTEST
1971-2000 NORMAL ..... 12.17"
TEN YEAR AVERAGE ..... 10.02" OR A TEN YEAR DEFICIT OF 21.51"

MONSOON 2007 WAS A BIT TARDY WITH A START DATE OF JULY 8TH. ONCE THE
SEASON STARTED IT WAS VERY ACTIVE DURING JULY AND EARLY AUGUST THEN
WAS LACK LUSTER THROUGH SEPTEMBER. OVERALL...FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT
SEASON...ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT.

PAST 10 MONSOON RAINFALL TOTALS / ALL-TIME RANKING...
YEAR ... RAINFALL  RANKING         YEAR ... RAINFALL  RANKING
2007 ...   6.57"   42ND WETTEST    2002 ...   5.78"
2006 ...  10.20"    6TH WETTEST    2001 ...   2.81"   10TH DRIEST
2005 ...   5.30"   47TH DRIEST     2000 ...   4.87"   41ST DRIEST
2004 ...   2.42"    4TH DRIEST     1999 ...   8.33"   13TH WETTEST
2003 ...   6.70"   41ST WETTEST    1998 ...   6.86"   38TH WETTEST
1971-2000 NORMAL ... 6.06"
TEN YEAR AVERAGE ... 5.98"

AS USUAL...MONSOON RAINFALL TOTALS VARIED WIDELY ACROSS THE METRO
AREA. TOTALS RANGED FROM THREE TO ELEVEN INCHES AT/NEAR THE VALLEY
FLOOR WITH 11 TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN BEING RECORDED IN THE CATALINA
AND RINCON MOUNTAINS.

THE 2006-2007 WATER YEAR (OCTOBER 1ST THRU SEPTEMBER 30TH) CONTINUED
THE TREND OF BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL THAT STARTED BACK IN 2001. THE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ONLY RECORDED 9.09" WHICH IS OVER THREE INCHES
BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 28TH DRIEST WATER YEAR ON RECORD.

LAST 10 WATER YEAR RAINFALL TOTALS / ALL-TIME RANKING...
 SEASON      RAINFALL RANKING       SEASON      RAINFALL RANKING
2006-2007 ...  9.09"  28TH DRIEST  2001-2002 ...  7.80"  17TH DRIEST
2005-2006 ... 11.24"               2000-2001 ... 12.82"  35TH WETTEST
2004-2005 ... 11.02"               1999-2000 ...  6.09"   5TH DRIEST
2003-2004 ...  7.40"  13TH DRIEST  1998-1999 ... 11.04"
2002-2003 ...  9.85"  40TH DRIEST  1997-1998 ... 16.01"  13TH WETTEST
1971-2000 NORMAL ... 12.17"
10 YEAR AVERAGE .... 10.24" OR A 19.34" RAINFALL DEFICIT.

DROUGHT CONDITIONS...
2007 BEGAN WITH THE AREA UNDER MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WHICH
CONTINUED UNTIL APRIL WHEN CONDITIONS DETERIORATED TO SEVERE. SEVERE
DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUED UNTIL THE MONSOON WHEN THE 6TH WETTEST
JULY ON RECORD ALLOWED DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE TO MODERATE
STATUS. OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS OF 2007...DROUGHT CONDITIONS
IMPROVED TO ABOVE NORMALLY DRY IN SEPTEMBER...WITH FURTHER
IMPROVEMENT TO NO SHORT TERM DROUGHT IN DECEMBER. HOWEVER...LONG
TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN WITH THE AREA ALMOST 2 FEET
BELOW NORMAL IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.

DETAILED INDIVIDUAL MONTHLY REPORTS FOR 2007 ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR
WEBSITE AT: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/climate/reports.php

...MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR 2007...
           AVG HIGH  DEP  AVG LOW  DEP  AVG TEMP  DEP  PRECIP  DEP
JANUARY      60.7   -3.8    36.5  -2.4    48.6   -3.1   0.71" -0.28"
FEBRUARY     69.8   +1.4    41.0  -0.6    55.4   +0.4   0.04" -0.84"
MARCH        78.3   +5.0    47.8  +2.7    63.1   +3.9   0.59" -0.22"
APRIL        83.3   +1.8    53.8  +3.3    68.6   +2.6   0.15" -0.13"
MAY          93.3   +2.9    62.8  +4.2    78.1   +3.6   0.14" -0.10"
JUNE        101.5   +1.3    70.5  +2.5    86.0   +1.9   TRACE -0.24"
JULY         99.8   +0.2    76.0  +2.6    87.9   +1.4   5.22" +3.15"
AUGUST       98.0   +0.6    75.7  +3.3    86.9   +2.0   0.90" -1.40"
SEPTEMBER    95.3   +1.3    70.6  +2.9    83.0   +2.1   0.45" -1.00"
OCTOBER      87.3   +3.3    58.4  +1.4    72.9   +2.4   0.02" -1.19"
NOVEMBER     79.9   +7.6    51.5  +6.4    65.7   +7.0   0.80" +0.13"
DECEMBER     61.4   -3.2    37.0  -2.2    49.2   -2.7   0.76" -0.27"
--------     ----   ----    ----  ----    ----   ----   ----- ------
2007         84.1   +1.6    56.9  +2.1    70.5   +1.8   9.78" -2.39"

...SEASON BY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS OF 2007...
WINTER 2006-2007...46TH COLDEST AND 31ST DRIEST ON RECORD.
SPRING 2007.....6TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL.
SUMMER 2007.....5TH WARMEST AND 25TH WETTEST ON RECORD.
FALL 2007.......2ND WARMEST AND 23RD DRIEST ON RECORD.
MONSOON 2007....ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL WITH A TARDY START.
WATER YEAR (OCT. 2006 - SEP. 2007)...28TH DRIEST ON RECORD.

OUTLOOK FOR 2008...
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FORECAST FOR 2008 IS FOR YET ANOTHER
YEAR OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. MODERATE LA NINA CONDITIONS IS
EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO SPRING WHICH WILL RESULT IN INCREASED
PROBABILITIES OF BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL INTO MAY. NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL
IS THEN EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE YEAR.

AVERAGE YEARLY HIGH TEMPERATURE .... 82.5 DEGREES
AVERAGE YEARLY LOW TEMPERATURE...... 54.8 DEGREES
AVERAGE YEARLY TEMPERATURE ......... 68.7 DEGREES
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ............  117 DEGREES ON JUNE 26 1990
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE .............    6 DEGREES ON JANUARY 7 1913
WARMEST YEAR (AVG) ................. 71.4 DEGREES IN 1989
COLDEST YEAR (AVG) ................. 65.0 DEGREES IN 1912
NORMAL RAINFALL .................... 12.17 INCHES
WETTEST DAY ........................  3.93 INCHES ON JULY 29 1958
WETTEST YEAR ....................... 24.17 INCHES IN 1905
DRIEST YEAR ........................  5.07 INCHES IN 1924

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