...HIGHLIGHTS...
...12TH WARMEST AND 37TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD...
...4TH WARMEST AND 42ND WETTEST MONSOON ON RECORD...
...28TH DRIEST WATER YEAR ON RECORD...

THE LAST MONTH OF THE 2007 MONSOON WAS RATHER DULL IF YOU ARE A
WEATHER ENTHUSIAST WHO LIKES THUNDERSTORMS. THE AREA DID RECEIVE
SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM HENRIETTE EARLY IN THE MONTH AND IVO
DURING THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE
METRO AREA GENERALLY RANGED FROM A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1.50" AND TWO INCHES WERE RECORDED
IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE METRO
AREA. OFFICIALLY THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED ONLY 0.45" OF
RAIN WHICH IS ONE INCH BELOW NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 82.9 DEGREES IS TWO DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AND 4.4 DEGREES WARMER THAN 2006 (78.5 DEGREES).TEMPERATURE
EXTREMES RANGED FROM A HIGH 104 DEGREES ON THE 1ST TO A LOW OF 60
DEGREES ON THE 25TH.

...SEPTEMBER 2007 STATS...     MONTH     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        95.3      94.0        + 1.3
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        70.6      67.7        + 2.9
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             82.9      80.9        + 2.0
HIGHS OF 100 DEGREES OR GREATER   8         5          + 3 
RAINFALL (AIRPORT)              0.45"     1.45"      - 1.00"

THE 2007 MONSOON...WHICH BEGAN ON JULY 8TH...WAS VERY ACTIVE DURING
THE SECOND HALF OF JULY AND EARLY AUGUST THEN WANED FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE SEASON.

PAST 10 MONSOON RAINFALL TOTALS...
2007 ...  6.57"     2002 ... 5.78"
2006 ... 10.20"     2001 ... 2.81"
2005 ...  5.30"     2000 ... 4.87"
2004 ...  2.42"     1999 ... 8.33"
2003 ...  6.70"     1998 ... 6.86"
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.

AREA MONSOON RAINFALL TOTALS...
TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ................... 6.57"
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS ................... 7.52"
CATALINA ....................................... 7"-9"
ORO VALLEY ..................................... 5"-8"
MARANA ......................................... 3"-5"
CATALINA MOUNTAINS ............................. 11"-20"
RINCON MOUNTAINS ............................... 13"-15"
SABINO CANYON/TANQUE VERDE AREAS ............... 5"-8"
CENTRAL/WEST TUCSON ............................ 4"-10"
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST TUCSON ......................... 4"-8"

...MONSOON 2007 STATS...       MONTH     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        98.9      98.0        + 0.9
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        74.2      71.3        + 2.9
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             86.5      84.7        + 1.8
RAINFALL (AIRPORT)              6.57"     6.06"      + 0.51"

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 RECORD 9.09" WHICH IS OVER THREE INCHES
BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 28TH DRIEST WATER YEAR PERIOD ON
RECORD. 

LAST 10 WATER YEAR RAINFALL TOTALS...
2006-2007 .....  9.09"          2001-2002 .....  7.80"
2005-2006 ..... 11.24"          2000-2001 ..... 12.82"
2004-2005 ..... 11.02"          1999-2000 .....  6.09"
2003-2004 .....  7.40"          1998-1999 ..... 11.04"
2002-2003 .....  9.85"          1997-1998 ..... 16.01"
1971-2000 NORMAL ... 12.17"
10 YEAR AVERAGE .... 10.24" OR A 19.34" RAINFALL DEFICIT.

...2007 STATS THRU SEPTEMBER...   YEAR     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE          86.8      85.5        + 1.3
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE          59.5      57.4        + 2.1
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE               73.2      71.5        + 1.7
HIGHS OF 100 DEGREES OR GREATER     65        55        +  10
RAINFALL (AIRPORT)                8.20"     9.26"      - 1.06"
WATER YEAR RAINFALL (AIRPORT)
 (OCT. 2006 THRU SEP. 2007)       9.09"    12.17"      - 3.08"

WITH THREE QUARTERS OF THE YEAR IN THE CLIMATE BOOKS...LOOKS LIKE
2007 WILL BE YET 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 (TIED WITH 2006 AND 1997).

...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 ENHANCED PROBABILITIES OF BELOW NORMAL 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 52 MINUTES
ON THE FIRST TO 10 HOURS 55 MINUTES ON THE 31ST...A LOSS OF 57
MINUTES.

GLUECK