Photos: Monsoon 2025 in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥
Images from this year's monsoon action around ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ by the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ photography staff.Â
Kids take a ride on playground equipment at Joaquin Murrieta Park in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz. under clouds that moved in early in the evening on June 30, 2025.
Petra Thompson uses a garbage bag to protect her hair from a monsoon storm that rolled over the westside in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz. on July 2, 2025. Thompson said she her just done her hair and wanted to keep it dry as she crossed Grande Ave at St. Mary’s Road.
Pedestrians and cyclists make their way along a rain soaked Stone Avenue as the first significant monsoon storm of the year rolls over ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
A City of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ bus rider tries to keep dry as heavy rain and hail hit the city, Oracle and Fort Lowell stop, July 3, 2025.
A truck drives through flooded streets as heavy rain showers hit the city of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, West Fort Lowell Road, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz., July 3, 2025.
A pedestrian, equipped for the rain, makes his way along Congress Street in the first monsoon storm of the season over ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
A pedestrian picks his way over the pool gathered in the gutters of Stone Avenue and Pennington Street as rain from the first monsoon storm of the season drops on ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
A man waits for the bus as heavy showers begin to pour in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, North Oracle Road, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz., July 3, 2025.
The "Balancing Act†sculpture poses underneath the dark cloudy skies as rain showers pass through Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, 4502 North First Avenue, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
Traffic moves along St. Mary’s Road as the first monsoon hits the westside of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz. on July 2, 2025.
A pedestrian braves the rain, walking along Church Avenue at Pennington Street in the first monsoon storm of the season over ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
A cyclists maneuvers through the puddles flooding the bike lane along Stone Avenue as the year’s first monsoon storm drops rain on ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
Afternoon traffic continues down North Oracle Road, as heavy rain showers hit the city, July 3, 2025.
Dark storm clouds roll through Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, North Oracle Road, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
A man crosses Scott Avenue at Pennington Street with the rain falling on ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Ariz., July 2, 2025, in the year’s first monsoon storm.
Mamta Popat
Photojournalist
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
The high temperature in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ for the Fourth of July is expected to stay just under 100 degrees, forecaster say.
Monsoon season is ramping up across the southwestern United States and forecasters say the outlook favors above-normal precipitation in July. It could provide short-term relief for areas that have been struggling with persistent drought.