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2025 monsoon season and water year wrap up

KNAU News and Talk - Arizona Public Radio | By Lee Born
Published September 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM MST
NWS Flagstaff
This image reflects monsoon percent of average rainfall in 2025: Swaths of brown (50% of normal), a respectable amount of white (near normal) and pockets of green (above normal).

The recent rain helped pad an underwhelming monsoon season.

Here's a look at the numbers:

NWS

Flagstaff-area rain gauges Sept. 25–28, 2025

Flagstaff-area monsoon rainfall, June 15, 2025–Sept. 30, 2025

NWS

The water year numbers, Oct. 1, 2024–Sept. 30, 2025:

Flagstaff: 14.56 inches, yearly average 20.52 inches. 71% of average
Prescott: 11.28 inches, yearly average 12.86 inches. 88% of average
Winslow: 7.18 inches, yearly average 6.51 inches. 110% of average
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