Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains storm history

A man hiking in the Pinaleno Mountains became lost on February 1. Several inches of snow fell on February 2 and coincided with wind chills around 10 degrees. Air temperatures dropped into the single digits overnight. Search teams were able to follow tracks in the snow but found t…

For the month of November, Graham county ranked the 17th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings continued to range between the 30th and 70th percentile for the month of November.

For the month of October, Graham county ranked the 12th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to range between the 30th and 70th percentile for the month of October.

For the month of September, Graham county ranked the 9th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings decreased to range between the 1st and 10th percentile for the month of September.

For the month of August, Graham county ranked the 4th driest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 17th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to between the 5th and 10th percentile for the month of August.

Extreme Drought (D3) continued in the Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains in the month of July. For the month of July, Graham county ranked the 22nd driest for the for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to between the 30th and 70th percentile for the month of July.

Extreme Drought (D3) continued in the Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains in the month of June. For the month of June, Graham county ranked the 41st wettest for the period of record for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to between the 5th and 10th percentile for t…

The extreme (D3) drought category continued in Graham county in May. The drought area remained the same. For the month of May, Graham county ranked the 57th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to between the 1st and 5th percentile for the month of Ma…

About 2 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation occurred at the Columbine RAWS at the top of Mount Graham. About 18 inches of snow occurred on Mount Graham along with gusty winds.

About 12 inches of snow occurred in Mount Graham. Wind gusts also exceeded 40 mph.

The lightning caused Homestead Fire started on July 13 and burned 1,835 acres on the southwest side of the Pinaleno Mountains in southern Graham County before becoming contained on July 16. Fire suppression costs tallied $765,000.

About 12 inches of snow occurred on Mount Graham with wind gusts in excess of 50 mph.

Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph were common across the Gailuro Mountains including Mount Graham along with a storm total of 6 to 12 inches of snow with blizzard-like conditions at times. Route 366 was closed.

Strong wind gusts of 30 to 50 mph combined with snowfall totals of 6 to 12 inches occurred over the White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties.

Mount Graham observatory reported 12 to 24 inches of snow on the summit of Mount Graham.

At the Mount Graham observatory, about 12 of snow occurred.

About a foot of snow occurred near the summit of Mt. Graham at elevations above 8000 feet.

Per estimates from webcam imagery, Mt. Graham received 12-18 inches of snow. This event spanned from 2021 into 2022.

Per estimates from webcam imagery, Mt. Graham received 12-18 inches of snow. This event spanned from 2021 into 2022.

A wet August caused the extreme (D3) drought category to cease in parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation and Graham, Greenlee, and much of Cochise counties--only remaining in far southeast Cochise County, where it eased from the exceptional (D4) drought category present in July. Augu…

A wet July caused the exceptional (D4) drought category and extreme (D3) drought category to cease across nearly all of southeast Arizona, with exceptional drought only remaining in far southeast Cochise County by the end of the month. The extreme (D3) drought category remained a…

The human caused Pinnacle Fire started June 10 on Pinnacle Ridge in the Santa Teresa Wilderness of western Graham County. The fire grew to over 15,000 acres within a week in hot, dry and windy conditions and to 34,417 acres by June 25. No fire growth was experienced after June 25…

The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during June, with the exception of western Pima County. Most areas only tallied 0.5 or less for the month, which is close to normal. A few locations received 1-1.5 of rain,…

The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during May, with the exception of western Pima County. Rain for the month totaled less than 0.10 inch in most areas with spotty amounts of 0.25 to 0.50 inch on May 20-21. S…

The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during April, with the exception of western Pima County. Precipitation totals for the month totaled less than 0.25 inch, or less than 25 percent of normal, in most areas, b…

The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during March, with the exception of western Pima County. Precipitation totals for the month totaled 0.5 to 1.5 inches in some areas or 75 to 125 percent of normal, but many…

The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during February, with the exception of western Pima County. Precipitation totals for the month totaled 0.5 to 2.0 inches near the Mogollon Rim or 50 to 100 percent of norma…

Heavy snow accumulations of 16 to 20 inches combined with winds gusting to 30 mph caused blowing and drifting snow on Mt. Graham.

The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during January, with the exception of western Pima County. Precipitation totals for the month totaled 0.5 to 1.5 inches, with higher amounts in the form of snow on the high…

The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during December, with the exception of western Pima County. Precipitation totals for the month, which occurred primarily on December 9-10, totaled 0.10 to 1 inch or about 0…

The exceptional drought (D4) category, which began in eastern portions of Pima and Pinal counties and western Graham County in October, expanded across all of Graham and Greenlee counties, northern Cochise and Santa Cruz counties and central Pima County during November. The extre…

The extreme drought (D3) category, which began in late August and expanded in September, expanded further in October to include all of the Tohono O'odham Nation and all of Santa Cruz and Cochise counties, except for the Huachuca Mountains. Extreme drought continued across all of …

The extreme drought (D3) category, which began in late August, continued throughout September across the same sections of southeast Arizona from Tucson north and east, and expanded southward to encompass all of Graham and Greenlee counties along with all but the southwest quarter…

The extreme drought (D3) category was reached in late August across most of Graham County, northern and central Greenlee County, northwest Cochise County and eastern portions of Pima and Pinal counties, including San Carlos Apache tribal lands, the White Mountains, the Pinaleno M…

Lightning started the Jackson Fire in the Santa Teresa Mountains southwest of Fort Thomas on July 11th. The fire was spread by strong winds and consumed 2946 acres before becoming fully contained July 22nd.

Snowfall began the morning of February 21st and continued into the 22nd. By the evening of February 21 estimated snowfall totals in the Pinaleno Mountains above 5000 feet were one foot or greater.

Accumulating snow began on the afternoon of December 31. By the morning of January 1 estimated snowfall totals in the Pinaleno Mountains above 7000 feet were one foot or greater.

Accumulating snow began on the afternoon of December 31. By the morning of January 1 estimated snowfall totals in the Pinaleno Mountains above 7000 feet were one foot or greater.

Bands of heavy snow impacted the higher elevations of the Pinaleno mountains with snowfall estimates on Mt. Graham of one foot or greater.

The lightning caused Frye Fire ignited on June 7th. About 6,000 of the total 48,443 acres were burned during July before the fire was fully contained on July 20th.

An extended period of excessive heat occurred across nearly all of southeast Arizona. Elevations between 5000 and 7000 feet recorded temperatures between 100 and 105 degrees including 103 degrees at Carr RAWS and 100 at Hopkins RAWS.

Lightning sparked the Frye Fire on June 7th. The fire began to spread rapidly on June 19th as the result of strong winds from a thunderstorm outflow boundary. On that day, the Webb Peak Lookout Tower was damaged and the water chlorination shed at Old Columbine was destroyed. The …

The higher elevations of the Pinaleno Mountains including Mt. Graham received in excess of 12 of snow.

The higher elevations of the Galiuro and Pianelo mountains received heavy snow and strong winds. Estimates on Mt. Graham are of snow amounts around 2 feet.

Wind gusts in excess of 40 MPH occurred on Mt. Graham in addition to 7 inches of snow. This event began on January 31.

Wind gusts in excess of 40 MPH occurred on Mt. Graham in addition to 7 inches of snow. This event continued into February 1.

Eighteen inches of snow occurred on Mt. Graham in the Pinaleno mountains of Graham County.

Extreme drought (D3) category persisted for much of April across parts of far northeast Pinal and west central Graham Counties, including the Santa Teresa Mountains, but were reduced to the severe (D2) drought category by month's end. Soil moistures remained around the 70th perce…

Extreme drought (D3) category persisted across parts of far northeast Pinal and west central Graham Counties, including the Santa Teresa Mountains, through March. Between a tenth and three quarters of an inch of precipitation fell in the extreme drought area, but this was only 10…

Extreme drought (D3) category persisted across parts of far northeast Pinal and west central Graham Counties, including the Santa Teresa Mountains, through February. Less than a quarter inch of precipitation fell in the extreme drought area. Soil moistures dropped slightly, to be…