Five years ago, the Flagstaff, Arizona newspaper announced the permanent drought.
08 Mar 2015, 4 – Arizona Daily Sun at Newspapers.com
Since then, precipitation in Flagstaff has been slightly above the long term mean.
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Over the past four months, Arizona has been close to record wet.
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Arizona is the greenest I have seen it in 40 years
Two years ago, experts announced the demise of snow in Flagstaff.
Climate change: Winter was Flagstaff’s identity. What happens now?
Last year they had their snowiest day on record, and best ski season.
State of Emergency in Flagstaff after snowiest day on record | 12news.com
I will shortly be headed up to the hills north of Phoenix to photograph the snow. This is what golfing looked like in Scottsdale, Arizona a year ago.
