Southeast Pinal County storm history

Hot temperatures about 4 to 7 degrees above normal were experienced in southeast Pinal County on June 26, causing the Moderate Heat Risk category to be reached. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary factor in the death of one individual located in t…

Very cold temperatures in the teens affected eastern Pinal County for several consecutive nights. A death due to exposure occurred the morning of January 16th east of Dudleyville, in the southwest corner of the San Carlos Apache Reservation. The deceased was not a member of the t…

A fatal three car collision occurred on Interstate 10 in Pinal County near mile marker 214 and Picacho State Park. At approximately 12:45 PM MST, a semi-truck slowed down on the interstate due to limited visibility in blowing dust. A car following the semi-truck failed to slow do…

Local areas of blowing dust along Interstate 10 resulted in several vehicle collisions near the Casa Grande and Eloy areas during the morning hours. A fatal collision occurred at approximately 10:30 AM near mile marker 213, between a mini-van and tractor/trailer. Locally dense bl…

The Pinal County Sheriff's office found two bodies, one of an illegal border crosser and another body that may or may not have been an illegal entrant. The bodies were found on Saturday, May 12th near Sunland Gin Road and West Harmon Road near Eloy, Arizona.

The Cody Wildfire began on May 21st around 3:30 PM MST near Oracle, AZ. The fire was controlled on June 16th, burning a total of 1223 acres. The fire was fueled by high winds and dry fuels. The wildfire destroyed 5 homes, damaged 1 home, and burned 8 other structures. The wildfir…

The human caused Margo Fire started on April 8th in the San Pedro River bed near Dudleyville. The fire was spread by gusty winds which led to the evacuation of over 200 of the town's residents. The wildfire destroyed seventeen residences and around two dozen outbuildings and caus…

For the month of October, Pinal county ranked the 24th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to range between the 30th through 70th percentile for the month of October.

For the month of September, Pinal county ranked the 12th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to range between the 10th through 30th percentile for the month of September.

For the month of August, Pinal county ranked the 20th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings decreased to range between the 5th through 10th percentile for the month of August.

Extreme Drought (D3) continued in Southeast Pinal County in the month of July. For the month of July, Pinal county ranked the 14th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to range between the 30th through 70th percentile for the month of July. The Extrem…

Extreme Drought (D3) continued in Southeast Pinal County in the month of June. For the month of June, Pinal county ranked the 18th wettest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings continued to range in the 1st through 5th percentile for the month of June.

The extreme (D3) drought category continued in southeastern Pinal County during May. The drought area remained the same. For the month of May, Pinal county ranked the 50th wettest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings continued to range in the 1st through 5th percentil…

Hot temperatures about 7 to 11 degrees above normal were experienced in southeast Pinal County, causing the Major Heat Risk category to be reached.

Hot temperatures 7 to 10 degrees above normal were experienced in Southeast Pinal County July 8 through July 11 causing the Major Heat Risk category to be reached.

Hot temperatures about 6 to 10 degrees above normal were experienced in southeast Pinal County, causing the Major Heat Risk category to be reached.

Hot temperatures 8 to 12 degrees above normal were experienced in southeast Pinal County, causing the Major Heat Risk category to be reached. Mammoth topped out at as high as 110 degrees on June 12.

Hot temperatures 7 to 10 degrees above normal were experienced in southeast Pinal County on June 6 and June 7, causing the Major Heat Risk category to be reached. Temperatures reached as high as 109 in the Mammoth area.

The Simmons Fire near Kelvin was active from May 28 through June 4 and burned 4 homes. The fire was of an undetermined cause as of this publication and burned around 350 acres.

The Simmons Fire near Kelvin was active from May 28 through June 4 and burned 4 homes. The fire was of an undetermined cause as of this publication and burned around 350 acres.

Several inches of snow occurred in the Oracle area with accumulation primarily on colder surfaces.

Very hot temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees above normal caused the Major Heat Risk category to be reached across western Pima and southeast Pinal counties September 9-10. Record highs at Ajo were 115 and 113 degrees, respectively. Record highs at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monumen…

Very hot temperatures up to 10 degrees above normal caused the Major Heat Risk category to be reached across western Pima County and southern Pinal County August 4-6. A record high of 107 degrees occurred at San Manuel on August 5. Other high temperatures included 112 at Ajo on A…

The lightning caused Bowl Creek Fire started July 23 west of Oracle Junction in Pinal County. Due to windy and dry conditions, the fire quickly spread to 1000 acres. It consumed a total of 1156 acres before full containment was achieved on July 26. Fire suppression costs tallied …

The lightning caused Eskiminzin Fire started on July 23 and burned 1,113 acres on the southwest side of the San Carlos Apache Reservation northeast of Dudleyville before becoming contained on July 26. Fire suppression costs tallied $350,000.

Very hot temperatures of 6 to 11 degrees above normal caused the Major Heat Risk category to be reached across south central and southeast Pinal County July 14-29. Record highs at Picacho Peak Ajo included 113 degrees July 19-21; and 112 on July 25. The hottest temperature was 11…

Very hot temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees above normal caused the Major Heat Risk category to be reached across southeast Pinal County July 2-8. High temperatures of 106 on July 6 and 105 on July 7 reached record levels at San Manuel.

Very hot temperatures 6 to 11 degrees above normal were experienced in the lower elevations of Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Santa Cruz and southeast Pinal counties June 26-27, causing the Major Heat Risk category to be reached. Some of the hottest temperatures during the period wer…

About 5 inches of snow fell in the Saddlebrooke area and 6 inches in Oracle resulting in difficult travel, especially on secondary roadways.

A peak wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at Horse Camp Canyon RAWS at 1002MST.

Very hot high temperatures occurred across Santa Cruz, eastern Pima, southeast Pinal and northwest Cochise counties and caused the High Heat Risk category to be reached. Tucson airport topped out at 111 degrees, Sasabe and Cascabel reached 109 while Nogales Airport and San Manuel…

Very hot high temperatures of 104 to 110 degrees occurred with low temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s, and caused the High Heat Risk category to be reached. Picacho set a record with 110 degrees on the 11th. San Manuel set records with 104 on the 10th and 105 on the 11th,…

Very hot high temperatures of 104 to 114 degrees, or 5 to 11 degrees above normal, occurred in the lower elevations of Pima, southeast Pinal, and northwest sections of Cochise and Graham counties August 25-27 and caused the High Heat Risk category to be reached. The highest tempe…

Very hot high temperatures of 101 to 107 degrees, or 8 to 12 degrees above normal, occurred in the lower elevations of Graham and eastern sections of Pinal and Pima counties on August 4, and caused the High Heat Risk category to be reached. High temperatures included 107 degrees …

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…

Very hot high temperatures of 106 to 119 degrees, or 8 to 13 degrees above normal, occurred in the lower elevations of southeast Arizona June 12-20, and caused the High Heat Risk category to be reached. New record daily high temperature records were established at numerous sites …

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…

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 …

Very hot temperatures 10 to 13 degrees above normal occurred in the lower elevations of southeast Arizona, causing the High Heat Risk category to be reached September 4 through September 7. Record high temperatures were tied or set at most locations on multiple days during the pe…

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 Basin Fire 12 miles northeast of Mammoth in eastern Pinal County on August 24th. The fire spread by strong winds, and a lack of monsoon rainfall, and consumed 2,710 acres before becoming contained August 30th. Fire suppression costs tallied $40,000.

Very hot temperatures 9 to 12 degrees above normal occurred in the lower elevations of southeast Arizona, causing the High Heat Risk category to be reached August 24 through August 27. Record high temperatures were tied or set at most locations on multiple days during the period.…