Drought in Southeast Pinal County, Arizona

Drought May 1, 2025 – May 31, 2025 · Southeast Pinal County, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

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 percentile for the month of May.

The wider storm

The extreme (D3) drought category continued in northeastern sections, western sections and eastern sections of Southeastern Arizona. The total area from much of Pima County into Graham and Greenlee counties and portions of Santa Cruz and Cochise counties. The overall precipitation for Arizona ranking was 38th for the month of May, but was dryer in Southeast Arizona. Soil moisture readings was between below the 1st percentile to 5th percentile ranking for the area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1261953. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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