...HIGHLIGHTS...
...25TH COOLEST AND 36TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD...
...6TH WETTEST MONSOON ON RECORD...

MONSOONAL FLOW CONTINUED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH BEFORE
DIMINISHING AND THEN FINALLY ENDING DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE
MONTH. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MAJORITY OF
SEPTEMBER.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE METRO AREA DURING THE FIRST HALF
OF THE MONTH RESULTED IN RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES
WITH A FEW LOCAL SPOTS RECORDING LESS THAN AN INCH. UP TO FOUR INCHES
OF RAIN WAS RECORDED IN THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN
FELL ON THE MORNING OF THE 7TH WHICH RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE METRO AREA. THE SECOND HALF SAW LITTLE IF ANY MEASURABLE
RAINFALL WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL UNTIL THE LAST WEEK
WHEN THE MERCURY ROSE INTO THE UPPER 90S.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 78.5 DEGREES IS 2.4 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL AND FIVE DEGREES COOLER THAN 2005 (83.6 DEGREES). THE AVERAGE
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90.6 DEGREES RANKS AS THE 10TH COLDEST ON RECORD.

TEN COLDEST AVERAGE SEPTEMBER HIGH TEMPERATURE...
1) 87.4 ... 1964        89.3 ... 1961
2) 88.2 ... 1970     7) 89.5 ... 1919
3) 89.2 ... 1976     8) 89.7 ... 1966
   89.2 ... 1974     9) 89.9 ... 1965
5) 89.3 ... 1996    10) 90.6 ... 2006 **

TEMPERATURE EXTREMES RANGED FROM A HIGH 100 DEGREES ON THE 1ST TO A
LOW OF 59 DEGREES ON THE 16TH. THERE WAS ONLY ONE DAY IN WHICH THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 100 DEGREES OR BETTER AND THIS IS THE LEAST IN
SEPTEMBER SINCE 1996 WHEN NONE WAS RECORDED. ADDITIONALLY...THERE
WERE ONLY THREE DAYS DURING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER THAT RECORDED A HIGH
OF 100 DEGREES OR BETTER WHICH IS THE LEAST AMOUNT SINCE 1978 WHEN
THREE DAYS HIT 100 OR BETTER. THE 1971-2000 AVERAGE IS 16 DAYS.

...SEPTEMBER 2006 STATS...     MONTH     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        90.6      94.0        - 3.4
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        66.4      67.7        - 1.3
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             78.5      80.9        - 2.4
HIGHS OF 100 DEGREES OR GREATER   1         5          - 4 
RAINFALL (AIRPORT)              1.60"     1.45"      + 0.15"

THE 2006 MONSOON SEASON...WHICH BEGAN ON JUNE 28TH...WAS VERY ACTIVE
BETWEEN LATE JULY AND EARLY SEPTEMBER AND WILL GO INTO THE RECORD
BOOKS AS THE 6TH WETTEST ON RECORD WITH THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT RECORDING 10.20 INCHES OF RAIN.

TEN WETTEST MONSOON SEASONS ON RECORD...
1) 13.84" ... 1964     6) 10.20" ... 2006 **
2) 13.08" ... 1955     7)  9.94" ... 1984
3) 11.04" ... 1921     8)  9.85" ... 1990
4) 10.50" ... 1983     9)  9.43" ... 1966
5) 10.21" ... 1919    10)  8.54" ... 1954

PAST 15 MONSOON RAINFALL TOTALS...
2006 ... 10.20"     2001 ... 2.81"     1996 ... 7.43"
2005 ...  5.31"     2000 ... 4.87"     1995 ... 6.04"
2004 ...  2.43"     1999 ... 8.33"     1994 ... 2.58"
2003 ...  6.70"     1998 ... 6.86"     1993 ... 5.67"
2002 ...  5.79"     1997 ... 4.26"     1992 ... 6.43"

AS USUAL...MONSOON RAINFALL TOTALS VARIED WIDELY ACROSS THE METRO
AREA. TOTALS RANGED FROM SIX TO THIRTEEN INCHES AT/NEAR THE VALLEY
FLOOR WITH ONE TO TWO FEET!! OF RAIN (12-24 INCHES) BEING RECORDED
IN THE CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS.

AREA MONSOON RAINFALL TOTALS...
TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ................... 10.20"
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS ................... 10.05"
CATALINA ....................................... 9-10"
ORO VALLEY ..................................... 9-12"
MARANA ......................................... 8-11"
CATALINA MOUNTAINS ............................. 16-25"
RINCON MOUNTAINS ............................... 13-19"
SABINO CANYON/TANQUE VERDE AREAS ............... 10-13"
CENTRAL/WEST TUCSON ............................ 7-11"
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST TUCSON ......................... 6-11"

...MONSOON 2006 STATS...       MONTH     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        95.9      98.0        - 2.1
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        72.7      71.3        + 1.4
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             84.3      84.7        - 0.4
RAINFALL (AIRPORT)             10.20"     6.06"      + 4.14"

THE 2005-2006 WATER YEAR (OCTOBER 1ST THRU SEPTEMBER 30TH) STARTED
OFF AS THE DRIEST ON RECORD WITH ONLY 0.73 INCHES BEING RECORDED
THROUGH MAY 31ST. THEN FROM JUNE 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH...OVER
TEN AND A HALF INCHES (10.51") WAS RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT WHICH IS
THE FOURTH WETTEST JUNE-SEPTEMBER PERIOD ON RECORD. THUS THE 11.24"
RECORDED AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ENDED UP JUST UNDER AN INCH
BELOW NORMAL AND MARKS THE SEVENTH WATER YEAR IN THE PAST NINE THAT
BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECORDED.

LAST 10 WATER YEAR RAINFALL TOTALS (NORMAL 12.17")...
2005-2006 ..... 11.24"          2000-2001 ..... 12.82"
2004-2005 ..... 11.03"          1999-2000 .....  6.09"
2003-2004 .....  7.42"          1998-1999 ..... 11.04"
2002-2003 .....  9.85"          1997-1998 ..... 16.01"
2001-2002 .....  7.81"          1996-1997 .....  8.74"

...2006 STATS THRU SEPTEMBER...   YEAR     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE          86.7      85.5        + 1.2
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE          59.8      57.4        + 2.4
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE               73.2      71.5        + 1.7
HIGHS OF 100 DEGREES OR GREATER     50        55        -   5
RAINFALL (AIRPORT)               10.92"     9.26"      + 1.66"
WATER YEAR RAINFALL (AIRPORT)
 (OCT. 2005 THRU SEP. 2006)      11.24"    12.17"      - 0.93"

WITH THREE QUARTERS OF THE YEAR IN THE CLIMATE BOOKS...LOOKS LIKE
2006 WILL BE ANOTHER WARM YEAR FOR THE AREA. THE YEARLY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF 73.2 DEGREES CURRENTLY
RANKS AS THE TENTH WARMEST TO DATE.

...LOOKING AHEAD INTO OCTOBER...
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FORECASTS THAT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
WILL HAVE EQUAL PROBABILITIES FOR EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL.

AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ......... 84.0 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE........... 57.0 DEGREES
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ...... 70.5 DEGREES
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ..........  102 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 3 1993
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE ...........   26 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 30 1971
WARMEST OCTOBER (AVG) ............ 76.8 DEGREES IN 1950
COLDEST OCTOBER (AVG) ............ 63.8 DEGREES IN 1908
NORMAL RAINFALL .................. 1.21 INCHES
WETTEST OCTOBER DAY .............. 2.96 INCHES ON OCTOBER 1 1983
WETTEST OCTOBER .................. 4.98 INCHES IN 2000 AND 1983
DRIEST OCTOBER ................... 0.00 INCHES IN 1982
                                        (LAST OF 10 OCCURRENCES)

THE NUMBER OF DAYLIGHT HOURS WILL DECREASE FROM 11 HOURS 50 MINUTES
ON THE FIRST TO 10 HOURS 54 MINUTES ON THE 31ST...A LOSS OF 56
MINUTES.

GLUECK