In 1971, a group of scientists witnessed an Arizona dust storm so huge that they proposed calling it a haboob, the term used for the infamous dust storms in Sudan. Those people were not outsiders ...

What you should know about Arizona’s dust storms. Arizona has had dust storms for ages, but we've only recently started calling them haboobs. By TJ L'Heureux. September 2, 2024.

When do haboobs occur? During the monsoon season from June to September, large dust storms often overwhelm Arizona. The storms grow more severe when the preceding spring and winter seasons are dry ...

Phoenix sizzled in above-average temperatures the first full week of summer, but it wasn't enough to bring on the monsoon.

The dust storms can travel for miles and span several miles wide and high. On July 5, 2011, a dust storm grew to 100 miles wide and more than 1 mile high, and dumped 40,000 tons of dust on Phoenix ...

KINGMAN, AZ (AZFamily) — High rollers may live in Vegas, but they might be covered in dust on Friday night, courtesy of a massive dust storm that originated here in Arizona. Thunderstorms ...

In 2024, Arizona faced unprecedented heat, tying for the 7th driest monsoon and marking the hottest summer on record. With minimal rainfall and rising heat-related deaths, it was a challenging ...

WASHINGTON – Deep cuts at the nation’s weather agency could put Arizonans at risk by hampering forecasts for haboobs, monsoons, flash flooding and wildfires. One in 10 employees at the ...

Arizona State is in a weird spot. ... Arizona State has a strange dynamic that, unlike Thursday’s haboob, isn’t going away anytime soon. By Doug Haller. Sept. 1, 2023. TEMPE, Ariz.