donsutherland1 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 A period of extreme heat will affect Phoenix and Tucson this week, peaking on Wednesday and Thursday. Daily record highs will fall and the August monthly records will be challenged. The long-term August trend for Phoenix is hotter and drier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 On 7/31/2025 at 6:27 PM, Chinook said: Sorry, guys, the models were horrible for this week. Glad I was on the East Coast. We finished July with 0.30" rain total at my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 On 8/3/2025 at 8:02 PM, Mercurial said: Crazy how this forest fire season hasn't been worse. We've been so dry here in the Hebgen Basin/Yellowstone area. I had a feeling this post would put a voodoo curse on us. The view from here this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Some smoke finally came in to the Front Range. Over here in Ohio, I've had high-level haziness for several days, and decreased air quality on Monday/Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I'm ready to not wake up to temps in the 70s. Save that crap for the east coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 3 hours ago, smokeybandit said: I'm ready to not wake up to temps in the 70s. Save that crap for the east coast. We've been able to open windows and turn a big fan on most nights, but last night the temp went down to 68 at 11 PM but rose after that, 73 at 6 AM. Stuffy. One of many reasons I don't live in AZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 On 8/5/2025 at 1:53 AM, donsutherland1 said: A period of extreme heat will affect Phoenix and Tucson this week, peaking on Wednesday and Thursday. Daily record highs will fall and the August monthly records will be challenged. The long-term August trend for Phoenix is hotter and drier. I hope Phoenix got some monsoon rains at some point this summer, because 116/28 is very hot and dry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted Sunday at 09:43 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:43 PM This was almost over the airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted Sunday at 10:29 PM Share Posted Sunday at 10:29 PM another very large hailstorm is somewhat close to the airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted Sunday at 11:20 PM Share Posted Sunday at 11:20 PM Another day of severe storms, another day of none of them coming my way. 0.01" today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted Monday at 02:41 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 02:41 PM 15 hours ago, smokeybandit said: Another day of severe storms, another day of none of them coming my way. 0.01" today. COCORAHS agrees with most of the Denver Metro receiving a trace or less over the last 3 days. We got a trace. Incredible how the forecasts have busted low so much, and so consistently, the last several weeks within the 470 circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted Monday at 03:54 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:54 PM Meso models seem to have really struggled this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted yesterday at 12:32 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:32 AM Denver reached 90° for the 40th time this year. Its warming climate has seen an explosion of years with a high number of 90° or above highs. The new regime of far more frequent 90° or above highs commenced in 2000. 2025 is on track for 50 or more such days. An Ed Hawkins-style warming stripes visualization of annual 90° days is below. Note: Both charts are for 1872-2024, as the 2025 total is not final. The outcome is consistent with Colorado's warming summers (0.2°F per decade over the historic climate period and 0.3°F/decade since 2000). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted 18 hours ago Author Share Posted 18 hours ago Great and simple analysis. I'm guessing the moisture trends are messier but summers certainly seem to have dried since we moved here in 2010. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago 53 minutes ago, mayjawintastawm said: Great and simple analysis. I'm guessing the moisture trends are messier but summers certainly seem to have dried since we moved here in 2010. There's really no statewide trend in summer precipitation. Here are the precipitation-related charts for Denver and Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago I just updated our contest stats and noted PHX at +6.3 for August so far. August 7 at 118, 94 was the warmest day (+11). No day so far this month has been cooler than +3. Up here the heat wave ended yesterday and today we have light rain and just 68 F at last look. A few days ago it was close to 100 F here. Not a lot of fires in the region this summer thankfully, the focus is further south and northeast into central Canada, but BC has done fairly well except for a couple of recent outbreaks on Vancouver Island. Heavy rain there now will be putting an end to that problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 1 hour ago, Roger Smith said: I just updated our contest stats and noted PHX at +6.3 for August so far. August 7 at 118, 94 was the warmest day (+11). No day so far this month has been cooler than +3. Up here the heat wave ended yesterday and today we have light rain and just 68 F at last look. A few days ago it was close to 100 F here. Not a lot of fires in the region this summer thankfully, the focus is further south and northeast into central Canada, but BC has done fairly well except for a couple of recent outbreaks on Vancouver Island. Heavy rain there now will be putting an end to that problem. Today, the low temperature at Phoenix was only 76, its coolest since June 4 due to some monsoonal moisture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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