PHOENIX — Our first winter storm of the season has arrived!
Rain and snow have been falling throughout the day and chances for more continue tonight, mainly across southeastern Arizona.
Winds have been a big issue too with gusts topping 40 mph across the Valley today.
Those high winds have picked up a lot dust, leading the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to issue a High Pollution Advisory today.
The Maricopa County Air Quality Department has also issued a "No Burn Day". That means burning wood in fireplaces, stoves, and outdoor fire pits is prohibited through tonight.
If you have any respiratory conditions, like asthma, bronchitis, or COPD, you may want to limit your time outside or you may experience difficulty breathing or other health impacts from this pollution.
Winds will back off gradually tonight, but still stay breezy at times across south-central and southeastern Arizona.
Tomorrow, as winds shift out of the north, it will get windy across northern Arizona again. Gusts could hit 40 to 55 mph along the I-40 corridor and across northwestern Arizona near the Colorado River Valley.
Temperatures are plummeting, too!
Freeze Warnings are in effect overnight through Thursday morning, and again Thursday night into Friday morning for much of south-central and southeastern Arizona. This includes areas just south and east of Phoenix like Maricopa, Casa Grande, Coolidge, Florence, and San Tan Valley.
If you live in these areas, remember to cover exposed pipes and protect sensitive plants this evening before you go to bed. Bring your pets inside, too.
In the Valley, overnight temperatures will drop into the mid 30s to low 40s with daytime highs Thursday and Friday in the mid 60s.
This feels like a massive cool-down for us, but it's really only resetting temperatures to seasonal levels after a record warm start to winter.
2025 Sky Harbor Official Rainfall to date: 0.00" (-0.24" from average)
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2024 Sky Harbor Official Rainfall to date: 4.54" (-2.68" from average)
Monsoon 2024 Sky Harbor Official Rainfall: 0.74" (-1.69" from average)
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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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