January 8, 2022 - Snow in Arizona
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The southwestern state of Arizona, United States, closed 2021 with
snow, showers, and generally stormy weather. According to local media,
falling temperatures brought snow to the high country and the northern
part of the state on December 31, leaving large swaths of fresh snow to
greet the dawn of the New Year on the morning of January 1, 2022. The
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s
Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of the snowfall over
northern Arizona on January 2.
The precipitation was a welcome event, bringing additional snow to a
late-season start to the high-country ski season. The first heavy
snowfall at the Arizona Snowball, near Flagstaff, was reported on
December 10. The snowpack in the north and rain in the south also
helped reduce the long-term drought the state has been suffering.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Arizona started 2021 with 100
percent of the state in long-term drought, and 93.86 of the state in
“Extreme” (D3) drought conditions. A wet monsoon season (June
15-September 30) helped reduce the drought. Unfortunately, both Tucson
and Phoenix had their 2nd warmest November (average temperature) on
record, and the Tucson daily average temperature was consistently above
normal. Several December storms added more precipitation across the
state. Just a year later, on January 4, 2022, the U.S. Drought Monitor
reported that, although 100 percent of Arizona remains in long-term
drought, the part of the state experiencing Extreme (D3) drought
conditions dropped to 5.08 percent.
Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 1/2/2022
Resolutions: 1km (461.2 KB), 500m (1.3 MB), 250m (989 KB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-01-08
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