June 24, 2006
Hot enough for ya?
If you've been around the San Francisco Peaks awhile, you know that June has the hottest temperatures here, on average, although by several measures, July has the most "warmth". Daily highs begin to fall slowly after about the 1st of July. Daily lows continue to get warmer until about 1 August. You can use the average daily precipitation to help with that start-of-the-monsoon pool at the office.
To see a larger (readable) version of this graph, click on "Continue Reading..." below.
To find these graphs requires that you do what is called "data drilling": Go to the NWS website (over on the right, under "Places to Find the Big Picture") Click on Flagstaff. On the Flagstaff page, on the left, click on Climate. On the Climate page, click on Local. On the Observed Weather Reports page that comes up, at the top, click the tab labelled Local Data/Records. On the Climate Data page that comes up, click on Climate Averages and Summaries for Arizona. You will then be automatically taken from the NWS site to a Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC) page with a big, green map of AZ. On the left, click on Flagstaff WSO. You'll get a table of temperatures. On the left, click on Daily Temp and Precip. Voila'!