This storm blew up to our southeast and passed east and north of us the other day. Turns out it produced 60 MPH gusts and 1″ hail. Looked like quite a storm, glad we didn’t get that here! There was also a tornado reported in southeast Arizona.

Same thing happened yesterday, although we didn’t get any rain, but other parts of the Valley sure did.

What a crazy fall season it has been weather-wise. Typically, the heat gods swip the flitch around the second week of October, whereby the temps drop below the 100s for a week or ten day, then the drop into the 80s and the onset of that blissful time of year known as “Arizona winter”. This year, there was no waiting for that – we had the remains of Hurricane Rosa come in as the calendar turned, dropping a couple-two-three inches of rain on us, and left is in the 80s where it has remained since then. Very nice, good for the ground water, even better for the electric bills!

But a crazy fall season it has been, fer shure!