Preparing for Monsoon 2019

TUCSON –The blazing heat. The sounds. The sights. Intense lighting. And of course, the wonderful smell of creosote.
All part of what makes the monsoon such a special time of year across the desert southwest. Annually, Tucson sees 85 percent daytime sunshine, ranking fifth in the entire nation.
The monsoon brings us half of our annual rain. In fact, Tucson sees more thunderstorm days in a typical year than in New York City.
So how does this happen in our sunny corner of the Sonoran Desert?