The weather broke “officially” last Tuesday. I could see it in the quality of the light, but we had lingering humidity from a Gulf hurricane. The last of that fell as rainfall on Monday afternoon, and by dusk it was obvious that the Arizona Monsoon was over.
It’s 97 degrees and nine percent humidity right now, and you have no way of appreciating how wonderful that is unless you live here. With the occasional break for light rainfail, we’re looking at ten solid months of truly heavenly weather.
The Monsoon is brutal, but it only lasts for two months. The trade-off is this: Crisp, clean, dry air, with light of a clarity and perfection you can’t achieve in a studio. In Phoenix, you can train your eyes to see the quality of the atmosphere by the color of the sunlight. On a perfect day — and they are legion — the shadows are sharp enough to cut your eyes.
The rest of the world dreams of heaven. In Phoenix, we live it…
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Shailesh Ghimire says:
Having lived in Arizona for three years and in the Asian monsoon for 20 years – I have to steal a line from a by gone era – “I’ve lived in the monsoon, I know the four month monsoon with 90F + temps, and this sir is no monsoon.”
I’m not trying to knock anyone but I always chuckle when folks around here talk of the monsoon!
September 19, 2007 — 8:17 pm
Greg Swann says:
Sorry, you lose. I always thought the name was stupid, too, but terms of art are what they are.
September 19, 2007 — 8:22 pm
Mike Taylor says:
Monsoon??? Are you serious? Quote all the Wikipedia you want but my parents live in Arizona and I know that is no “monsoon” season you are talking about. I used to live in Florida…now that may qualify, but Arizona? NO.
I like to call that heavenly weather you refer to as “no weather, weather”…it is not hot, it is not cold, there is “no weather”.
September 20, 2007 — 4:11 pm
Eddie D says:
I lived in Las Vegas and Phoenix for many years and also chuckled when people talked about the “wet season”. You want wet? Spend some time in Florida.
September 20, 2007 — 5:30 pm
Greg Swann says:
Okayfine, but here’s the deal: If Arizona did not have what we call the Monsoon, England would never see the sun. For two months, we take their bad weather so they can have a vacation.
September 21, 2007 — 6:53 am