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You can check the latest weather conditions by visiting the FOX 10 Phoenix weather page, or download the Free FOX 10 Weather app, which is available on Apple iOS and Android. The most recent year when the Phoenix area saw above-average lightning strike counts was 2018, at 7,663. NWS data shows for the entire season that year, the Phoenix area saw 14,108 lightning strikes. Ortiz said on July 26, 2006, the Phoenix area saw about 3,700 lightning strikes that day alone. The lightning count so far for 2022 appears high, but there have been seasons with even higher counts. The lightning count for an average monsoon season is about 280,000.įor the Phoenix area, there's been 4,505 lightning strikes this monsoon season, compared to the average count of 3,122. FOX 10 Meteorologist Krysta Ortiz has more.Īccording to our meteorologist Krystal Ortiz, Arizona has had about 300,000 lightning strikes so far during the monsoon season, citing data provided by the National Weather Service. It's been an above average season in terms of monsoon weather, and the same goes for lightning strikes. Monsoon 2022: New numbers show above-average lightning strikes this season It feels like there's been a lot of lightning this monsoon season… "We’ve been persistently in that pattern throughout this monsoon season, so, just about on a daily basis, we’ve had that risk of thunderstorms."įrieders says it does not look like the storms will let up soon, and predicts the rest of August will see a good chance for rain. "So we get in this pattern where we have high pressure off to the northeast of the area, and that pumps in - it kind of does an easterly flow across Arizona," said Frieders. In the Phoenix area, the average rainfall at Sky Harbor Airport measures at 1.25 inches, which is right where it should be. So, we're looking real good," said Frieders.įrieders said so far, areas in the north and east of Arizona, along with Flagstaff, have been hit the hardest by storms, with some areas receiving as much as 400% more precipitation. This year, for the State of Arizona as a whole, there are many areas well above normal for the perception to date for the season. "Two years ago, it was a real dry season. 10, we spoke with Tom Frieders with the National Weather Service on 2022's monsoon season. Was there a forecast of how 2022's monsoon season was going to look like? These winds transport moisture northward into Mexico and the American Southwest," read a portion of the NWS' website. Moisture begins to be carried off of the Gulf of California and eastern Pacific Ocean (the two main sources for monsoonal moisture in northern Arizona). "Intense heating of the land over Mexico and the southwestern United States in the early summer months creates the wind shifts in the low levels. What causes the monsoon season?Īccording to officials with the National Weather Service's Flagstaff office, the term "monsoon" describes "large-scale wind shifts that transport moist tropical air to dry desert locations, such as the southwestern United States."
Prior to 2008, a different standard was used that was based on dew points being above a certain level for three days or more. According to the University of Arizona's Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) program website, officials with the National Weather Service decided in 2008 to consider a time period from June 15 to September 30 as the U.S.
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