PHOENIX — As high pressure builds in to our southwest, temperatures will slowly climb over the next several days.
Look for daytime highs in the Valley in the mid to upper 60s with early morning lows in the upper 30s to low 40s throughout the week. That puts us right near average for this time of year.
By Christmas, temperatures will top out near 70 degrees in Phoenix and we'll stay in the low 70s early next week too.
We'll see similar warming trends across Arizona throughout the Christmas holiday as much of the state stays dry.
A weak disturbance will move across northern Arizona on Friday, though. We may see a few snow flurries in areas north of I-40 and across the Navajo Nation that day.
The other thing we are tracking is our air quality.
Pollution is getting worse day by day and we are now under High Pollution Watches on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in the Valley.
Avoid fireplace use and other wood burning over the next few days or we may exceed the federal health standard for particle pollution. That will make it difficult for many of us to breathe outside on Christmas.
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2022 Rainfall totals:
Sky Harbor Official Rainfall: 5.10" (-1.88" from average)
Valley Average (Phoenix Rainfall Index): 6.46"
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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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