Above: Snow covers Wasson Peak in the Tucson Mountains west of Tucson.
Below: Charleigh Lewis, 12, of Payson, flies off a jump while enjoying the fresh snowfall at Green Valley Park in Payson.
Tucsonans woke up to the new year with colder temperatures and snow covering higher elevations around the city. Officials predicted a freeze for the Tucson area Wednesday morning and a hard freeze across Southeastern Arizona both Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
Charleigh Lewis, 12, Payson, flies off a jump while enjoying the fresh snowfall at Green Valley Park in Payson on New Year’s Day, 2019.
Snow on New Year’s Day in Sahuarita at 2800 feet.
A peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains northeast of Tucson peeks out of the low clouds shrouding the snowy slopes from below, Wednesday, January 1, 2019. Photo taken from near Houghton Road and Tanque Verde Road.
Snow covers the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson after a snow storm on New Year’s Eve.
The clouds part to reveal snow above Pima Canyon on the Western end of the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson on Jan. 1, 2019, as seen from Oracle and Magee roads. Immaculate Heart High School is lower left.
Clouds hover below the peaks on the eastern reaches of the Santa Catalina Mountains northeast of Tucson on Jan. 1, 2019, following a New Year’s Eve snow shower.
A hiker walks along the Agua Caliente Wash as the clouds linger around the snowy Santa Catalina Mountains northeast of Tucson on Jan. 1, 2019.