Pine Arizona Almanac 2009
The year started off unusually warm and dry but February will be remembered for the big snow storm of 2009. Parts of the rim country received 2 feet of snow in 3 days.
Precipitation for March was below average.
The monsoon months of July and August were below normal in rainfall and above normal in daytime high temperatures.
After a normal September, a low pressure trough dipped down over Arizona in the last week of October. Record low temperatures were recorded for the week and parts of Pine got 1/8th to 3/8th of an inch of snow.
The rim country recorded some of the highest wind gusts ever during a snow storm on December 7th.
Precipitation for March was below average.
The monsoon months of July and August were below normal in rainfall and above normal in daytime high temperatures.
After a normal September, a low pressure trough dipped down over Arizona in the last week of October. Record low temperatures were recorded for the week and parts of Pine got 1/8th to 3/8th of an inch of snow.
The rim country recorded some of the highest wind gusts ever during a snow storm on December 7th.
The low temperature for the year was 11.7 on December 5th and the high was 98.8 on July 17th.
Month
Low-Temp
Mean-Temp
High-Temp
Max-Wind
Mean-Hum
Precipitation
January
17.4
40.7
64.4
14.1
46.8
1.26
February
13.8
39.1
68.4
15.3
48.0
2.99
March
21.9
44.9
74.1
22.8
33.4
0.05
April
21.2
50.2
82.6
28.0
28.4
0.43
May
38.7
62.8
87.9
16.3
30.6
1.47
June
38.9
65.0
92.5
23.2
23.0
0.33
July
53.9
74.6
98.8
25.3
15.9
1.20
August
43.2
72.0
98.2
21.8
11.5
0.79
September
45.3
65.4
90.5
15.4
28.3
1.20
October
19.4
52.7
83.3
18.3
31.1
0.12
November
22.6
45.7
79.2
17.8
32.3
0.28
December
11.7
33.8
61.7
40.0
47.5
3.66
2008 Total Precipitation: 13.7 Inches
