The last week of July has produced the most significant rainfall of the monsoon this summer in Fountain Hills, but it also shows how sporadic rainfall can be during the storm season.
Data was …
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Monsoon storm brings 2.44 inches of rain
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Bob Burns, Reporter
The last week of July has produced the most significant rainfall of the monsoon this summer in Fountain Hills, but it also shows how sporadic rainfall can be during the storm season.
Data was gathered from the Maricopa County Flood Control District ALERT monitoring stations around the community. The Hesperus Wash rain gauge, located just outside the northwest corner of Fountain Hills in McDowell Mountain Park, received 2.44 inches of rain in the seven days that ended Sunday, July 31. Just downstream at Hesperus Dam, 1.26 inches were measured. However, the Golden Eagle site at the water tank just inside the Eagles Nest subdivision received just .28 inch of rain. That location is almost directly between the Hesperus Wash and dam sites.
Keeping to the McDowell Mountain side of Town the Cloudburst Wash station near the Adero Canyon Trailhead received .87-inch of rain and the North Heights Dam off Sierra Madre and Golden Eagle boulevards received 1.30 inches of rain.
The ALERT station at Fountain Hills Fire Station 1 on Palisades Boulevard at Avenue of the Fountains received .63 inch. The SunRidge Canyon Dam off Palisades near El Lago Boulevard received .55 inch, and the rain gauge at Stoneridge Dam between Stoneridge Drive and Fountain Hills Boulevard collected .43 inch.
There was no serious street flooding or wind damage reported in Fountain Hills over the week of storms. The official monsoon continues through Sept. 15.
