Drought in Arizona, June 1 to 30, 2002

Name: Drought in Arizona, June 1 to 30, 2002
Start: 2002-06-01T00:00
End: 2002-06-30T23:00
Location: Arizona

June 1 to 30, 2002 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The drought continued through June with no precipitation falling in Flagstaff. 43 inches.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.

The drought continued through June with no precipitation falling in Flagstaff. The normal precipitation for June is 0.43 inches. Since January first, only 1.22 inches of precipitation fell (12% of normal) which is 8.66 inches below the average of 9.88 inches. Since September 1st, 4.71 inches of precipitation fell (27% of normal) which is 12.91 inches below the normal of 17.62 inches. This is the driest September to June in recorded history. Stage III water restrictions for Flagstaff were in place. This prohibited washing cars and watering lawns between 8AM and 4PM and only every other day. The only surface water supply for Flagstaff, Lake Mary, was so low that it was only to be used in an event of an emergency.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 9:00 PM MST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 9:00 PM MST, 3 hours before

NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
900 PM MST FRI MAY 31 2002

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN
ARIZONA THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS AND
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES INTO MONDAY. THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUDS ON
SATURDAY BUT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL RETURN BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST BY THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK WITH A WARMING TREND.

.DISCUSSION...CLOSED-LOW OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST CONTINUES TO FILL
AND ACCELERATE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. THE MAIN IMPACT OVERNIGHT WILL
BE MID- AND UPPER-LEVEL CLOUDINESS. ON SATURDAY...CALIFORNIA LOW
MOVES ACROSS ARIZONA WITH CLEARING SKIES DURING THE DAY. GENERAL
TROUGHING OVER THE WEST WILL INCREASE PRESSURE GRADIENTS AND WINDS.
ON SATURDAY...CLOUDS WILL INHIBIT WINDS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
COUNTY WARNING AREA (CWA) SO EXPECT IT TO REMAIN MAINLY BREEZY. OVER
THE WESTERN CWA SKIES WILL CLEAR DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH WINDY
CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. THE AIR MASS ALOFT WILL COOL WITH THE
APPROACHING TROUGH SO DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER
ON SATURDAY THAN ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN STEADY SUNDAY
AND MONDAY UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL REMAIN
STRONG ENOUGH FOR BREEZY DAYTIME CONDITIONS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

MCCOLLUM

.FGZ...NONE.

.CODED TEMPERATURES/POPS FOR SELECTED CITIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA

CITY             TEMPERATURES LO/HI           PROBABILITY OF PRECIP
                 TON SAT   SUN     MON        TON SAT   SUN     MON
FLAGSTAFF        052/082 048/078 044/074      000 000 000 000 000 000
WINSLOW          058/095 056/091 052/087      000 000 000 000 000 000
PRESCOTT         058/090 055/086 051/082      000 000 000 000 000 000
PAGE             072/098 070/094 066/090      000 000 000 000 000 000
WINDOW ROCK      044/087 043/083 039/079      000 000 000 000 000 000
CANYON DE CHELLY 052/093 051/089 047/085      000 000 000 000 000 000
COTTONWOOD       065/101 062/097 058/093      000 000 000 000 000 000
GRAND CANYON     054/086 050/082 046/078      000 000 000 000 000 000
GREER            051/082 047/078 043/074      000 000 000 000 000 000
HEBER            053/089 049/085 045/081      000 000 000 000 000 000
JACOB LAKE       055/079 051/075 047/071      000 000 000 000 000 000
NAVAJO N.M.      049/085 048/081 044/077      000 000 000 000 000 000
PAYSON           058/095 055/091 051/087      000 000 000 000 000 000
SEDONA           064/098 061/094 057/090      000 000 000 000 000 000
SELIGMAN         050/092 047/088 043/084      000 000 000 000 000 000
SHOW LOW         061/091 057/087 053/083      000 000 000 000 000 000
ST. JOHNS        055/092 053/088 049/084      000 000 000 000 000 000
WUPATKI N.M.     062/097 060/093 056/089      000 000 000 000 000 000

The radar

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Event by event

1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Western Mogollon Rim

When: June 1, 12:00 AM MST to June 30, 11:00 PM MST
Where: Western Mogollon Rim forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arizona in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, June 2002

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5300681.