Dozens of Tucsonans have begun to submit their guesses for when Tucson International Airport would officially record its first 100-degree temperature of the year.
2020 climate summary and 2021 outlook
KGUN 9 First Warning Weather
We entered 2021 with about a 7.5â rain deficit.
and last updated 2021-01-12 07:35:36-05
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) â 2020 will go down in history for so many reasons and the year will also go into the weather history books. In Tucson, according to our friends at the National Weather Service, we just experienced our driest year and our 2
nd warmest year ever recorded.
KGUN 9 First Warning Weather
We just experienced our driest year and our 2nd warmest year ever recorded.
We entered 2020 in great shape as far as precipitation was concerned. We came into the year close to 2.5â above average for rainfall and had virtually wiped all drought from our Arizona map. We actually received some decent rainfall the first three months of the year and, then, April arrived. Things changed quickly and it was if someone turned off the water spigot. In Tucson, April brought less than 0.10â of rain and only slightly