Rainfall is officially measured at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Why? Here's what to know
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has long been the official rain gauge for metro Phoenix. Why, especially when Valley weather varies a lot?
Parts of metro Phoenix saw rain, but dry streak continues. See rainfall totals, forecast
Parts of metro Phoenix saw rain on Monday. However, the dry streak continues. Here's why that is, plus rainfall totals, forecast and weather radar.
Phoenix falls 1 day short of its record rainless streak
PHOENIX – After more than five dry months, Phoenix fell about 15 hours short of its record rainless streak. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service (NWS) uses for the city’s official readings, received measurable precipitation for the first time since Aug. 22, 2024, at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Metro Phoenix saw light rain showers. Is it measurable enough to break dry spell?
The rainy and cloudy conditions are expected to last into Wednesday night, with Wednesday morning seeing a 40% chance of rain.
Morning drizzle ends a 159-day dry streak in Phoenix, one day shy of the record
A dry streak five months in the making is finally over — though you might have missed the end. Phoenix's 159-day run without measurable rain skidded to a soggy halt Wednesday morning when the official gauge at Sky Harbor International Airport recorded just enough rain to measure.
Measurable rainfall in Phoenix stops us just shy of dry-streak record
We had nine days of trace rainfall during the streak, but none were measurable. Today was the last day we were expecting rainfall for the foreseeable future, so consider that 0.1"
Sky Harbor Airport just got $84M for a major upgrade. Here's what's coming
Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport's latest Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant will fund an improvement that will cut the time passengers spend waiting.
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Phoenix's dry streak ends 1 day shy of record, but the rain won't last long
Before Wednesday’s drizzle, Sky Harbor hadn’t had any measurable precipitation since Aug. 22 – that’s 159 straight days of ...
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Sky Harbor celebrating 90th anniversary with live music, exhibitions, activities, dog parades, more
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has served Valley residents. Here's what's in store for this year's Sky Harbor ...
How much rain did metro Phoenix get? See rainfall totals, weather radar and forecast
Metro Phoenix continued to see showers pass through the area on Tuesday morning. Here's how much rain fell and what weather to expect for the week.
Flight from Phoenix to Washington D.C. canceled after plane crashes into Potomac River
According to the Phoenix Sky Harbor website, the flight was an American Airlines flight to Ronald Reagan Washington National ...
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Water! From the sky! Phoenix’s 159-day rainless streak is over
The streak fell just a day short of tying the record of 160 days, which was set during the Nixon Administration.
All the new flights in Phoenix in 2025, from Southwest red-eyes to Aeromexico
From Paris to Mexico City to Hawaii and beyond, here are all the new flights coming to Phoenix Sky Harbor and Mesa Gateway ...
Why American Airlines Has Only 1 West Coast Hub
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Arizona flyers tried to sneak 247 guns past airport security in 2024
Only three airports had more guns caught at security checkpoints than Phoenix Sky Harbor did last year.