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| Above, the drainage ditch was kept busy this monsoon season. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The monsoon season in the Southwest generally goes from June through September.
Right now, after two dry weeks, we are getting some rains as I am typing this. Every drop is welcome and hopefully we will have a plentiful winter snowfall season.
Agri News posted an article on this year's monsoon season. It was a very wet one here in Jamestown, New Mexico. It even washed away part of Barking Spider Road.
The article starts off with:
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — After two bone-dry years that sank the U.S. Southwest deeper into drought, this summer’s rainy season unleashed with fury.
Monsoon storms have brought spectacular lightning shows, bounties of wildflowers and mushrooms, and record rainfall to the region’s deserts. They’ve also brought destruction, flooding streets and homes, and leading to some swift water rescues and more than a dozen deaths.
It’s a remarkable reversal from 2019 and 2020, when the annual period known simply as “the monsoon” left the region parched. The seasonal weather pattern that runs from mid-June through September brings high hopes for rain, but the moisture isn’t guaranteed.
To read more, go here.
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