Wet one

While California is normally dry this time of year, Arizona usually gets rain. And we really have been having rain. Despite the first few days of July being dry, by the 12th we had more rain this month than we had all three months of the monsoon last year. It's been wet since, with the rain the last four days Thursday through Sunday totaling over 4 inches, a record for Tucson for even five days. It was sunny today and rain is unlikely till next Thursday.

It rained very hard Thursday evening and very early Friday. Then there was no rain for about 16 hours Friday, which probably saved the town from major flooding. The rest of the weekend there was light to moderate rain all day long.

The washes ran, which is what happens when it rains here. A nearby street to the west was closed about a mile south of here due to high water. When I went to the grocery store this morning, to the south a telltale track of dirt across the main road showed there was a lot of water across it recently, though I don't think the road was closed. Several streets in other parts of the city are still closed.