Months of short-term drought affect Arizona’s water levels. Here’s how
… Phoenix endured its second-longest dry spell on record, with 159 days without measurable rainfall from the end of a lackluster 2024 monsoon through January 2025. In Flagstaff, Arizona’s snowiest city, snow on the peaks during most of the season was created by Snowbowl snow machines. While a few early March storm systems brought snow and rain across much of the state, it won’t be enough to offset months of extreme drought. “It’s going to do very little to move the drought indices in both the short and long term,” said Michael Crimmins, a climatologist at the University of Arizona. “We have precipitation deficits that extend all the way back to the summer. It’s just too late in the season.”
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