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Thursday Is the Day to Watch
The Southwest turns wetter this week, and Thursday, August 13, is emerging as the day to watch. The large-scale ICON, ECMWF, and GFS forecasts all show substantial precipitation across Arizona and the Southwest through early Friday. They disagree on the exact placement and totals, but the broader message is consistent: the pattern supports a meaningful…
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Was July 2026 wet or dry?
With El Niño being aggressively hyped, along with heavy rainfall predictions, it’s a good idea to look at what actually happened. And, possibly more importantly, what do we really know about our weather in Arizona. There it is. Wetter than normal in some places. Drier than normal in others. This data is based on weather…
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Record Rain Can Make a Month
Friday brought some heavy rain to Flagstaff’s airport. Below, you can see the record report from the National Weather Service. Before Friday, Flagstaff was well below normal for the month. A single storm can make or break a season for a single site. When you look below, the real challenge with precipitation in Arizona is…
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Red sky at morning
This morning’s sunrise over Anthem — the kind of sky that makes you understand why sailors turned it into a warning. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailor’s take warning. The saying is a lot older than most people assume — over two thousand years old, by most accounts. The earliest…
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Welcome to Sky Islands Climate
If you’ve ever watched the 7-day forecast for Flagstaff change three times in two days, you already understand why this site exists. Models like GFS, ECMWF, ICON, and the NBM are genuinely good tools — but run them over Arizona’s sky island terrain, where elevation swings thousands of feet over a few miles, and their…
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