...JUNE HIGHLIGHTS...
...3RD WARMEST ON RECORD WITH NO RAINFALL...
...17 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF DAILY HIGHS 105 DEGREES OR BETTER...
...LONGEST STREAK OF NO RAINFALL SET...
...2002 IS CURRENTLY THE 4TH DRIEST AND 9TH WARMEST ON RECORD...
...2001-2002 WATER YEAR 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD TO DATE...

HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE ACROSS THE
METRO AREA WHICH RESULTED IN HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 105 DEGREES OR 
BETTER FOR TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS AND THE CONTINUED DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
				
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 88.0 DEGREES WAS 3.9 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 3RD WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD. TEMPERATURE 
EXTREMES FOR THE MONTH RANGED FROM A HIGH OF 109 DEGREES ON THE 25TH 
AND 26TH TO A LOW OF 60 DEGREES ON THE 4TH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR
EACH DAY FROM THE 14TH TO THE 30TH HIT OR EXCEEDED 105 DEGREES...A
STRETCH OF 17 DAYS...WHICH SET A NEW JUNE RECORD BREAKING THE OLD
RECORD OF 14 DAYS SET IN 1990. THERE WERE 24 DAYS IN WHICH THE AIRPORT
RECORDED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES OR BETTER...THE MOST IN 
JUNE SINCE 1994 WHEN 27 DAYS WERE RECORDED.

NO RAIN FELL ACROSS THE METRO AREA IN JUNE WHICH CONTINUED THE LONGEST
SPELL OF NO RAIN BEING RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT. BY THE END OF THE 
MONTH THE STREAK REACHED 93 CONSECUTIVE DAYS...WHICH IS A NEW ALL-TIME
RECORD FOR TUCSON...EASILY EXCEEDING THE OLD RECORD OF 90 DAYS SET IN
1909. IN ADDITION...THE STREAK OF DAYS WITH NO MEASURABLE RAIN HIT 104
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WHICH IS THE FIFTH LONGEST ON RECORD. THE RECORD IS
114 DAYS SET IN 1950. NORMAL JUNE RAINFALL IS 0.24 INCHES AND THIS
MARKS THE 12TH STRAIGHT MONTH OF BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL IN TUCSON. IN
FACT...RAINFALL TOTALS FOR MONTHLY PERIODS ENDING IN JUNE 2002 ARE ALL
IN THE TOP 5. THE RANKINGS AND RECORD TOTAL ARE LISTED BELOW.
		
RAINFALL RANKINGS FOR MONTHLY PERIODS...
JUNE 2002............0.00" 13TH JUNE WITH NO RAINFALL
MAY-JUNE 2002........0.00" 4TH TIME WITH NO RAINFALL
APRIL-JUNE 2002......0.00" DRIEST (OLD RECORD TRACE IN 1996 AND 1897)
MARCH-JUNE 2002......0.07" 2ND DRIEST (RECORD 0.01" 1959)
FEBRUARY-JUNE 2002...0.34" 3RD DRIEST (RECORD 0.29" 1959)
JANUARY-JUNE 2002....0.68" 4TH DRIEST (RECORD 0.32" 1959)
DEC 2001-JUNE 2002...1.28" 5TH DRIEST (RECORD 0.32" 1958-59)
NOV 2001-JUNE 2002...1.33" 2ND DRIEST (RECORD 1.24" 1901-02)
OCT 2001-JUNE 2002...2.20" 3RD DRIEST (RECORD 1.87" 1903-04)
SEP 2001-JUNE 2002...2.28" 2ND DRIEST (RECORD 1.96" 1973-74)
AUG 2001-JUNE 2002...3.13" 3RD DRIEST (RECORD 2.50" 1973-74)
JUL 2001-JUNE 2002...4.22" DRIEST (OLD RECORD 4.24" 1973-74)
		
* - THE 12 MONTH TOTAL OF 4.22" RANKS AS THE 4TH DRIEST ON RECORD.
		
12 MONTH LOW RAINFALL TOTAL RANKINGS...
 1) 3.63" MAY 1924 - APR 1925
    3.63" JUN 1924 - MAY 1925
 3) 3.68" APR 1924 - MAR 1925
 4) 4.22" JUL 2001 - JUN 2002*
 5) 4.24" JUL 1973 - JUN 1974
 6) 4.37" AUG 1924 - JUL 1925
 7) 4.43" SEP 1901 - AUG 1902
 8) 4.73" OCT 1901 - SEP 1902
    4.73" JUL 1924 - JUN 1925
    4.73" JUN 1973 - MAY 1974
10) 4.82" MAY 1973 - APR 1974

...JUNE 2002 STATS...          MONTH     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE       103.8     100.2        + 3.6
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        72.1      68.0        + 4.1
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             88.0      84.1        + 3.9
RAINFALL                        0.00"     0.24"      - 0.24"
NUMBER OF 100+ DEGREE HIGHS      24        19         +  5
		
THE 2001-2002 WATER YEAR (OCTOBER THROUGH JUNE) CONTINUES TO BE ONE
OF THE DRIEST ON RECORD (3RD DRIEST) WITH A TOTAL OF JUST OVER TWO 
INCHES /2.02"/ BEING RECORDED AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS IS 
IN STARK CONTRAST FROM LAST WATER YEAR WHEN 10.55 INCHES OF RAIN WAS 
RECORDED WHICH RANKED AS THE 7TH WETTEST ON RECORD.
		
WATER YEAR (OCT-JUNE) RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 1990 (NORMAL IS 6.35")...
2001-2002 .....  2.02"     1995-1996 .....  2.58"
2000-2001 ..... 10.55"     1994-1995 ..... 10.00"
1999-2000 .....  2.78"     1993-1994 .....  4.94"
1998-1999 .....  2.87"     1992-1993 ..... 10.91"
1997-1998 .....  9.15"     1991-1992 .....  9.47"
1996-1997 .....  4.48"     1990-1991 .....  6.01"

...2002 STATS THRU JUNE...      YEAR     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        82.7      79.7        + 3.0
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        51.7      50.4        + 1.3
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             67.2      65.1        + 2.2
RAINFALL                        0.68"     3.44"      - 2.76"
WATER YEAR RAINFALL (OCT-JUN)   2.02"     6.35"      - 4.33"
NUMBER OF 100+ DEGREE HIGHS      28        19         +  9

THE AVERAGE YEARLY TEMPERATURE THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 67.2 DEGREES RANKS
AS THE 7TH WARMEST START TO A CALENDAR YEAR. RAINFALL AT THE AIRPORT
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SCARCE WITH JUST OVER TWO-THIRDS OF AN INCH /0.68"/ 
BEING RECORDED. THIS RANKS AS THE 4TH DRIEST START TO A CALENDAR YEAR.

...LOOKING AHEAD INTO JULY...
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FORECASTS THAT THE MONTH OF JULY WILL
HAVE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL.
		
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ......... 99.6 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE........... 73.4 DEGREES
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ...... 86.5 DEGREES
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE .......... 114 DEGREES ON JULY 25 1995 AND
                                               ON JULY 4 1989
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE ...........  49 DEGREES ON JULY 3 1911
WARMEST JULY (AVG) ............... 90.4 DEGREES IN 1994 
COLDEST JULY (AVG) ............... 81.4 DEGREES IN 1912
NORMAL RAINFALL .................. 2.07 INCHES
WETTEST JULY DAY ................. 3.93 INCHES ON JULY 29 1958
WETTEST JULY ..................... 6.24 INCHES IN 1921
DRIEST JULY ...................... 0.04 INCHES IN 1995

THE NUMBER OF DAYLIGHT HOURS WILL DECREASE FROM 14 HOURS 13 MINUTES
ON THE FIRST TO 13 HOURS 44 MINUTES ON THE 31ST...FOR A LOSS OF
29 MINUTES.

GLUECK