TUCSON — While wildfires rage across a dry landscape to the east and west of the Gila Valley, the National Weather Service issued its monsoon outlook for Arizona, and things don’t look good.
The monsoon season starts June 15 and runs through September 30, and the National Weather Service is predicting a 60 percent chance that we will see above normal temperatures.
2020 was the driest monsoon season in Arizona on record, and similar lack of precipitation is being predicted for this year, with the eastern portion of the state expected to be drier still.
Between 30 and 60 percent of the area’s annual rainfall typically occurs during the monsoon season.
