National Weather Service

August 2009 Overview
Updated: 9:00 AM September 1, 2009

	Phoenix, AZ		Yuma, AZ
	2009	Normal	2009	Normal
Average High Temperature	107.2 °F 2^nd Warmest	104.5 °F	107.7 °F Tied 12^th Warmest	105.8 °F
Average Temperature	95.2 °F Tied 3^rd Warmest	93.0 °F	94.4 °F 16^th Warmest	93.2 °F
Average Low Temperature	83.2 °F Tied 12^th Warmest	81.6 °F	81.0 °F Tied 27^th Warmest	80.5 °F
Precipitation	0.29" 25^th Driest	0.94"	0.01" Tied 26^th Driest	0.53"
Daily Records	113 °F on August 2 Tied Record High 114 °F on August 3 Tied Record High 113 °F on August 27 Tied Record High 113 °F on August 28 Tied Record High 113 °F on August 29 Tied Record High 89 °F on August 3 Tied Record High Low 90 °F on August 4 Set Record High Low 95 °F on August 5 Set Record High Low 91 °F on August 6 Set Record High Low		No Daily Records Set
Period of Record	1896-2009		1879-2009

Miscellaneous Phoenix Information...
- There were 11 days witha high temperature of 110 °F or greater, tying with 1995 as the most on record in August.
- There were only two days with a high temperature below 100 °F, the fewest since 1998.
- This was the driest August since 2002.

Miscellaneous Yuma Information...
- This was the first time since 1998 there had been a high temperature of 117 °F or greater in August.