Recorded 8/29/2025, Aired 9/2/2025

We are over two-thirds of the way through this year’s monsoon and in this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins have a bit of a therapy session. They do a round up of July and August which they call the most uninteresting monsoon. There is a deep dive on what is driving this picture of night and day between Arizona and New Mexico.  They give a look towards September with all eyes on the eastern Pacific tropical activity as the wildcard.  They eventually learn to appreciate the subtleties and accept their relationship with the Southwest Monsoon. 

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Monsoon Season Station Climate Summaries

Paper: Dominant patterns of US warm season precipitation variability in a fine resolution observational record, with focus on the southwest

North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME)

University of Arizona's Weather Research and Forecasting Model (UA WRF)

SW US Monsoon Precipitation Mapping - Past Seasons

NOAA - NWS: Climate Prediction Center