June 2008 climate report for Tucson

...JUNE HIGHLIGHTS...
...6TH WARMEST ON RECORD...
...47TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD...

THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH SAW TYPICAL JUNE TYPE WEATHER WITH
DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER 90S TO 102 DEGREES AND
NO RAIN. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILT OVER THE AREA BETWEEN THE 13TH
AND 24TH RESULTING IN THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR FOR 2008. EACH
DAY HAD A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 106 DEGREES OR BETTER...WITH THE
HOTTEST DAY OCCURRING ON THE 21ST WITH THE AIRPORT RECORDING A NEAR
RECORD HIGH OF 111 DEGREES. THIS STREAK OF ELEVEN STRAIGHT DAYS WITH
A HIGH TEMPERATURE BEING 106 DEGREES OF BETTER TIED THE JUNE RECORD
PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1990 (JUNE 18-28). THIS IS ALSO THE ALL-TIME FOURTH
LONGEST STREAK ON RECORD WITH THE RECORD BEING 17 STRAIGHT DAYS WHICH
OCCURRED IN 1995 (JULY 24 TO AUGUST 9). 

THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE SAW THE RAMP UP STAGE OF THE ANNUAL MONSOON
WITH ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY GUSTY
WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. 

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 87.0 DEGREES RANKS AS THE SIXTH
WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD. TEMPERATURE EXTREMES FOR THE MONTH RANGED
FROM A HIGH OF 111 DEGREES ON THE 21ST TO A LOW OF 61 DEGREES ON THE
6TH. ONE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS TIED DURING THE MONTH. THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE ON THE 17TH OF 109 DEGREES ALSO OCCURRED IN 1989...1985
AND 1917.

TOP SIX WARMEST AVERAGE JUNE TEMPERATURES ON RECORD...
1) 89.2 IN 1994
2) 88.6 IN 1990
3) 88.4 IN 2006
4) 88.0 IN 2002
5) 87.4 IN 1996
6) 87.0 IN 2008

PAST 10 AVERAGE JUNE TEMPERATURES...
2008 ..... 87.0          2003 ..... 85.7
2007 ..... 86.0          2002 ..... 88.0
2006 ..... 88.4          2001 ..... 85.5
2005 ..... 85.6          2000 ..... 84.6
2004 ..... 84.8          1999 ..... 83.8
TEN YEAR AVERAGE ... 85.9"
1971-2000 NORMAL ... 84.1"

THE RAMP UP STAGE OF THE ANNUAL MONSOON BROUGHT LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS
TO THE AREA TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. THE MOST ACTIVE DAY WAS ON
THE 26TH WHERE A FEW LOCATIONS NEAR THE TUCSON MOUNTAINS RECORDED
OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN. FOR THE MONTH...AREAL RAINFALL VARIED
WIDELY WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF AN INCH...WITH SPOTS
RECORDING UP TWO INCHES. THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OFFICIALLY
RECORDED SIXTEEN HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...WHICH IS EIGHT-HUNDREDTHS OF
AN INCH BELOW NORMAL...AND RANKS AS THE 47TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD.

PAST 10 JUNE RAINFALL TOTALS...
2008 ..... 0.16"         2003 ..... TRACE
2007 ..... TRACE         2002 ..... 0.00"
2006 ..... 0.50"         2001 ..... 0.54"
2005 ..... 0.01"         2000 ..... 1.56"
2004 ..... TRACE         1999 ..... 0.16"
TEN YEAR AVERAGE ... 0.29"
1971-2000 NORMAL ... 0.24"

...JUNE 2008 STATS...          MONTH     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE       102.5     100.2        + 2.3
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        71.5      68.0        + 3.5
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             87.0      84.1        + 2.9
RAINFALL                        0.16"     0.24"      - 0.08"
NUMBER OF 100+ DEGREE HIGHS      20        18         +  2
		
THE 2007-2008 WATER YEAR (OCTOBER THROUGH JUNE) CONTINUES TO BE DRY
WITH ONLY 3.57 INCHES BEING RECORDED AT THE TUCSON AIRPORT. THIS
CURRENTLY RANKS AS THE 29TH DRIEST WATER YEAR TO DATE.
		
PAST 10 WATER YEAR (OCT-JUNE) RAINFALL TOTALS...
2007-2008 .....  3.57"     2002-2003 .....  3.15"
2006-2007 .....  2.52"     2001-2002 .....  2.02"
2005-2006 .....  1.23"     2000-2001 ..... 10.55"
2004-2005 .....  5.73"     1999-2000 .....  2.78"
2003-2004 .....  4.98"     1998-1999 .....  2.87"
TEN YEAR AVERAGE ... 3.94" OR A 24.10" 10-YEAR DEFICIT
1971-2000 NORMAL ... 6.35"

...2008 STATS THRU JUNE...      YEAR     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        80.7      79.7        + 1.0
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        51.5      50.4        + 1.1
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             66.1      65.1        + 1.0
RAINFALL                        1.99"     3.44"      - 1.45"
WATER YEAR RAINFALL (OCT-JUN)   3.57"     6.35"      - 2.78"
NUMBER OF 100+ DEGREE HIGHS      24        21         +  3

2008 CURRENTLY RANKS AS THE 22ND WARMEST AND 35TH DRIEST YEAR ON
RECORD.

PAST 10 AVERAGE YEARLY TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL TOTALS THRU JUNE 30:
  TEMPERATURE                       RAINFALL
2008 ..... 66.1                 2008 ..... 1.99"
2007 ..... 66.7                 2007 ..... 1.63"
2006 ..... 67.9                 2006 ..... 0.91"
2005 ..... 66.8                 2005 ..... 3.96"
2004 ..... 66.6                 2004 ..... 3.42"
2003 ..... 67.1                 2003 ..... 1.79"
2002 ..... 67.2                 2002 ..... 0.68"
2001 ..... 65.8                 2001 ..... 4.20"
2000 ..... 67.7                 2000 ..... 2.78"
1999 ..... 65.5                 1999 ..... 1.51"
TEN YEAR AVERAGE ... 66.7       TEN YEAR AVERAGE ... 2.29"
1971-2000 NORMAL ... 65.1       1971-2000 NORMAL ... 3.44"

...LOOKING AHEAD INTO JULY...
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FORECASTS THAT THE MONTH OF JULY WILL
HAVE ENHANCED PROBABILITIES FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL
CHANCES FOR EITHER ABOVE NORMAL...NORMAL...AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL.
		
JULY NORMALS AND RECORDS...
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

MONSOON RAINFALL NORMALS AND RECORDS...
NORMAL RAINFALL .................  6.06 INCHES
WETTEST MONSOON ................. 13.85 INCHES IN 1964
DRIEST MONSOON ..................  1.59 INCHES IN 1924

THE NUMBER OF DAYLIGHT HOURS WILL DECREASE FROM 14 HOURS 13 MINUTES
ON THE FIRST TO 13 HOURS 43 MINUTES ON THE 31ST...FOR A LOSS OF 30
MINUTES.

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