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Storm Dumps Record Rain… But Not in North Phoenix

June 17, 2018June 21, 2018 Robert Roy Britt weather

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The first storms of the 2018 monsoon dumped 1.73 inches of rain in Cave Creek Sunday and set a record for the date in Flagstaff with 0.38 inches. But North Phoenix got skunked.

Only trace amounts were recorded in official gauges in Anthem, Tramonto, Sonoran Foothills and Norterra. At a gauge halfway between New River and Cave Creek, 0.63 inches fell, illustrating the geographic midpoint between one deluge that flooded local washes and ongoing drought.

Flash flooding is occurring here at N Spur Cross road in Cave Creek due to monsoon storms in the area dropping around 2 inches of rain. You can see drivers crossing the flooded road which officials advise against. #Fox10phoenix pic.twitter.com/cWDLYxOgty

— Robert Hernandez (@rhernandezfox10) June 16, 2018

rainfall totals — Rainfall totals for the past 3 days, recorded by the Maricopa County Flood Control District

Sky Harbor Airport also got just a trace of precipitation. Yet a cell moving through the metro area dumped 1.3 inches in a narrow region of Paradise Valley near Indian Bend Road and the Loop 101.

Nearly one-third of an inch fell at Sunset Point Rest Area on I-17.

The North Phoenix forecast calls for clear skies into next weekend, with highs in the mid-90s today and tomorrow, then climbing to 108 degrees by Friday.

All About the Fickle Monsoon

rainfall records — Source: National Weather Service

The forecast for North Phoenix (at Deer Valley Airport):

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Robert Roy Britt

NoPho resident Robert Roy Britt has written for In&Out publications since its inception in 2005. Britt began his journalism career in New Jersey newspapers in the early 1990s. He later became a science writer and was editor-in-chief of the online media sites Space.com and Live Science. He has written four novels. .