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It can get pretty hot out there
It has been a long hot summer in Tucson. It is starting out to be a hot Fall as well. Yesterday the forecast was for 104. At the airport it said it said we set a record at 102. At one part of Tucson we saw 106.
We didn’t have much of a Monsoon season this year as well. Average rainfall during Monsoon is about 6 inches. We get about 12 inches a year; yeap that means we get about half our annual rain during Monsoon season. This year all we got was 2.8 inches of rain for the season. Barely enough to float a boat.
The good news, the city and county saves about $50,000 because they didn’t have to go out and rescue people stranded in washes because they tried to drive through an area that said “DO NOT ENTER WHEN FLOODED”. I guess the consider reading a sign possible “Texting” so they keep their eyes on the road (at least what they could see of the road) and “Went For IT”.
Nothing to go for this year. No puddles to drive through, no alternate routes to plan. Nada.
Today will be the 75th day this year with temps over 100 degrees. Then it is expected to cool off a bit. Buy the end of this week the Freezing of the Santa Cruz river is expected.
What? this is desert humor, maybe it has something to do with 75 days of over 100 degree temps. Anyway, the local description is when the night temp gets to 59 degrees that is the day the Santa Cruz freezes over. In the desert 40 degree swings in temperature are not difficult. It can be 100 by noon and 60 before the sun comes up. The low humidity makes it possible.
This week we should see our last 100 degree day and the freezing of the Santa Cruz river is expected by Friday night. It is a rare year both events happen in the same week.
There are challenges to living here in during the summer months, but the time of year we all live for is rapidly approaching. The winters here are nothing short of amazing. Like the swallows returning to Capistrano or the buzzards to Hinckley, Ohio; the snowbirds will be in Tucson shortly.
