Soggy milestone: Phoenix gets earliest rain in June in its history
Jun 5, 2015, 7:23 AM | Updated: 7:41 am
PHOENIX — Infrequent June visitors to the Valley dropped by Friday, as thunder, lighting and rain arrived and made a little history.
According to the National Weather Service, it had never before rained in the area on this date in 100 years of record-keeping.
The previous date and last time it rained this early in the month was June 6, 1993.
We've now got #RainOnThe5thOfJune. Officially measuring 0.01″ at Sky Harbor. Record broke. #azwx pic.twitter.com/zy5WtDmzeB
— NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) June 5, 2015
Lightning flashed in parts of the east and west, and measurable rain fell near New River down to the Chandler Airport and out to Goodyear and past Apache Junction in the other direction.
A nice round of showers bringing rain to large swath of the Valley #azwx See totals here:http://t.co/k2pFKrrCKT pic.twitter.com/wpCukoWbbI
— FCDMC Flood Info (@FCDFloodInfo) June 5, 2015
Another round of storms and #rain moving into Sun Lakes, Chandler, Tempe, Gilbert. Heads Up #azwx pic.twitter.com/tdg5ypi2ge
— FCDMC Flood Info (@FCDFloodInfo) June 5, 2015
Authorities attributed lightning strikes to starting at least a dozen tree fires early in the morning.
