Climate and Weather

The National Weather Service is predicting another day of strong winds and dry conditions for parts of the state, especially in east-central Arizona.

U.S. government forecasters see a hot spring for much of the nation with drought in the West likely deepening.

What Are Climate Normals?Traditionally, scientists define climate normals as three-decade averages of climatological variables. Since 2010 the batch of…

Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed the planet. That's…

Following an extremely warm, dry monsoon, fall and early winter in which precipitation totals were the driest in recorded history for much of the region,…

Historically dry weather across Arizona has intensified the ongoing drought. The U.S. drought monitor put out by the USGS and NOAA has the majority of…

National Weather Service forecasters say they’re still looking at the data for 2020 but that it’s clear that there was record or near-record dryness in…

Flagstaff Police say a pair of unrelated deaths appear to have been caused by exposure to the cold.Police responded to two calls last week of unresponsive…

State officials say long stretches of two interstate highways in northern Arizona’s high country will likely be closed between late Thursday and early…

A major winter storm will enter Arizona early Thanksgiving Day morning. A prolonged period of heavy snowfall is expected Thursday into Friday, which will…