Magic of the monsoon: A ‘socially and ecologically’ important phenomenon for the Southwest

The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a drier than average monsoon this year in the southwestern United States, where summer monsoon rainfall typically averages 5.69 inches. But there’s always a chance, even if slim, that the season’s forecast could lose out to wetter weather. University of Arizona climate scientists Michael Crimmins and Zack Guido meet before…Continue Reading Magic of the monsoon: A ‘socially and ecologically’ important phenomenon for the Southwest