Officially at the airport, 1.64 inches in 2021 after getting only 1.62 in 2020.
“Well, I think it’s looking pretty good,” said Christopher Castro, a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona. “We usually get about half or so of our annual precipitation during the monsoon.”
It could still stall and dry out but the models say it will remain rainy for at least the next week or so and the La Nina-like conditions in the Pacific bode well for a good, wet season.
“At least for the next week or so, the forecast, as much as I can see, are predicting wet conditions in Arizona,” Castro said.
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