PHOENIX — After hitting the 90s on Thursday and Friday, we're tracking a major cool-down this weekend!
As our next storm system moves in, temperatures will drop, winds will pick up and chances for rain and snow will be back in the forecast.
Here in the Valley, we're not expecting a lot of rain but we could see a few spotty showers and thunderstorms late Saturday, Sunday or even early Monday.
Forecast models are showing less than a tenth of an inch of rain possible in parts of the Valley (mainly overnight Saturday into early Sunday).
Up north, the snow level could drop to 6,500 feet by Sunday afternoon, but it's likely only our highest elevations like the San Francisco Peaks, Chuska Mountains and Kaibab Plateau will see accumulating snow.
Flagstaff will get rain Saturday night and early Sunday with perhaps snowflakes mixed in with any showers lingering throughout the day on Sunday.
Winds will pick up, too.
Much of northern Arizona is under Wind Advisories on Saturday and Sunday. Expect winds out of the southwest at 25 to 35 mph with peak wind gusts near 55 mph along the I-40 corridor.
Here in the Valley, peak gusts will top out near 30 mph.
We're also tracking a major cool-down!
Phoenix will top out around 88 degrees on Saturday before falling to 77 on Sunday. That will put us nearly 10 degrees below normal for this time of year.
Morning lows will get much cooler, too. Valley temperatures will drop into the 50s each morning next week with hard freezes expected in northern Arizona as lows drop into the 20s in places like Flagstaff and Williams.
As we dry out in the Valley, temperatures will gradually rebound. Daytime highs will be back near 80 degrees by Wednesday.
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2022 Rainfall totals:
Sky Harbor Official Rainfall: 3.73" (-2.01" from average)
Valley Average (Phoenix Rainfall Index): 5.28"
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Daily rainfall reports from all across the Valley can be found here.
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PHOENIX IS GETTING DRIER - LOWER RAINFALL AVERAGES NOW
Average Monsoon Rainfall in Phoenix (1981-2010): 2.71" of rain
NEW Average Monsoon Rainfall in Phoenix (1991-2020): 2.43" of rain
Average Yearly Rainfall in Phoenix (1981-2010): 8:03" of rain
NEW Average Yearly Rainfall in Phoenix (1991-2020): 7.22" of rain
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