Drought — Southeast Pinal County, Arizona

2021-06-01 to 2021-06-30 · Southeast Pinal County, Arizona

Event narrative

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, but that was not enough to make up for record rainfall deficits over the past 12 to 15 months. Soil moisture readings remained below the 5th percentile ranking across most of southeast Arizona except around the 10th percentile ranking in Greenlee and southeast Graham counties. Levels at San Carlos Reservoir remained near zero percent of capacity. Numerous human and lightning caused wild land fires occurred, five of which grew to more than 10,000 acres during the hot, dry and windy month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 969959. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.