That’s only the fourth time that’s happened since we started keeping records for Phoenix in 1896.
The U.S. Drought Monitor releases an update on drought conditions every Thursday.
Here’s what this week’s update looks like.
Nearly 80 percent of the state is abnormally dry.
That’s a big jump from just 25 percent of the state just a week ago.
Last week, no part of the state was in the severe drought category.
This week, 2 percent of Arizona — down in the southernmost part of the state — is in the severe category.
But it’s been persistently dry and warm for the last several months, with a weaker-than-normal monsoon season that ended early for Arizona.
There’s also higher likelihood that we’ll have warmer-than-average temperatures in the desert Southwest during that time frame.
But at this point, our next chance of rain is a storm that is forecast to move in next Monday and Tuesday.