|
Southwest
Travel
Airfares
Hotels
Vacation
Rentals
Car
Rentals
RV
Rentals
Regional
Map
Southwest
Outside
National Parks
Camping Gear
GPS
Systems
Maps
Survival
Weather
Special
Interest
Environment
History
Indians
Museums
Photo
Galleries
Southwest
Gifts
Books
Calendars
Music
Posters
Videos
|
Find: Current Southwest Weather Radar
& Satellite Image
This infrared satellite image is
updated approximately every 30 minutes.
In this image, warmer surfaces are gray/white with
colder objects recorded as yellow/blue/red. Higher, stronger storm
systems are usually colder.
To help you decide the best time to visit the
southwest -- or perhaps the best southwest climate if you want to
relocate -- we have compiled a variety of weather and climate statistics
for the entire region. Click the links below for the current local
forecast. You can also find weather data for such things as
average monthly temperature, record high and low temperatures, average
monthly precipitation, and average annual snowfall. We've included
6 states in our southwest weather statistics and weather extremes:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.
Flagstaff
Weather | Grand
Canyon Weather | Phoenix
Weather
Page - Lake Powell Weather
| Tucson
Weather | Yuma
Weather
Denver
Weather | Durango
Weather
Las
Vegas Weather | Reno
Weather
Albuquerque
Weather | Santa
Fe Weather | Taos (coming soon)
Moab
Weather | Salt
Lake City Weather | St.
George Weather
Southwest
Weather History, Weather Records &
Weather Extremes
Southwest Record High Temperature
Records:
Arizona - 128ºF (Lake Havasu City, June 29, 1994)
California - 134ºF (Death Valley, July 10, 1913)***
Colorado - 118ºF (Bennett, July 11, February 1, 1888)
Nevada - 125ºF (Laughlin, June 29, 1994)
New Mexico - 122ºF (Lakewood, June 27, 1994)
Utah - 117ºF (St. George, July 5, 1985)
Southwest Low Temperature Records:
Arizona - -40ºF (Hawley Lake, January 7, 1971)
California - -45ºF (Boca, January 20, 1937)
Colorado - -61ºF (Maybell, February 1, 1985)
Nevada - -50ºF (San Jacinto, January 8, 1937)
New Mexico - -50ºF (Gavilan, February 1, 1951)
Utah - -69ºF (Peter's Sink, February 1, 1985)
Southwest 24 Hour Precipitation Records:
Arizona - 11.40 inches (Workman Creek, September 4-5,
1970)
California - 26.12 inches (Hoegees Camp, January 22-23, 1943)
Colorado - 11.08 inches (Holly, June 17, 1965)
Nevada - 7.13 inches (Mt Rose Resort, January 31, 1963)
New Mexico - 11.28 inches (Lake Maloya, May 18-19, 1955)
Utah - 6 inches (Bug Point, September 5, 1970)
Southwest 24 Hour Snowfall Records:
Arizona - 38 inches (Heber Ranger Station, December 14,
1967)
California - 67 inches (Echo Summit, January 4, 1982))
Colorado - 75.98 inches (Silver Lake, April 14-15, 1921)***
Nevada - ?
New Mexico - 36 inches (Red River, March 12, 1978)
Utah - 38 inches (Alta, December 1-2, 1982)
Southwest Winter Snowfall Records:
Arizona - 400.9 inches (Sunrise Ski Mountain, 1972/73)
California - 884 inches (Tamarack, 1906/07)
Colorado - 807 inches (Wolf Creek Pass, 1978/79)
Nevada - 323 inches (Mt. Rose Resort, 1968/69)
New Mexico - 483 inches (Anchor Mine, 1911/12)
Utah - 846.8 inches (Alta, 1982/83)
More Southwest Extreme Weather:
Longest US drought (no rain) - 767 days (Bagdad,
CA, starting October 3, 1912)***
Worst US hail storm - $625 million total damage (Denver, CO, July 11,
1990)***
Single storm US snowfall record - 189 inches (Mt.
Shasta, CA, February 13-19, 1959)***
***Denotes A US National Record |
