Monsoon season doesn't come to an official close until Sept. 30, but 2021 has already graced us with more summer rains than 2020 did.
*insert every possible happy emoji here*
As of Monday, July 12, 2021's monsoon rain total at the Tucson International Airport was 1.64 inches, according to the National Weather Service Tucson. Last year (which was Tucson's second-worst monsoon season and I think we can agree that we all hated it) the monsoon season ended with a sad total of 1.62 inches of rain.
But we're in 2021 now. A summer of more rain and ... even a haboob?!!
Here are some of our favorite rainy photos taken by the very talented photographers at the Arizona Daily Star.
Cloudy skies cover an area near Burke Drive and W. Cortaro Farms Road in Oro Valley, Ariz. on June 30, 2021.
A couple watch as a monsoon storm begins to drop rain in the eastern reaches of the Santa Catalinas from a lookout near Windy Point, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2021.
A woman gets cell phone footage of the light rain dropping in the valley below as a monsoon storm rolls through the Santa Catalinas over parts of Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2021.
The sun sets behind monsoon clouds and rain to the west of Tucson Mountain Park, Tucson, Ariz., July 1, 2021.
Lightning flashes over the Santa Rita Mountains from one of the scattered monsoon storms surrounding Tucson, Ariz., July 7, 2021.
A wall of dust dwarfs downtown as a haboob leads a large monsoon storm into the area, Tucson, Ariz., July 10, 2021. In addition to the haboob the storm dropped heavy rain, winds, lightning and dust over the valley.
Dust from a haboob obscures the skyline, the precursor to a large monsoon storm that swept through the area, Tucson, Ariz., July 10, 2021.
People take photos in front of a flowing Rillito River at North Campbell Avenue on July 12, 2021.
A large cloud covers the top of the Santa Catalina Mountains in Tucson, Ariz. on July 14th, 2021. Photo taken from E. River Rd.
The leading edge of a haboob, left, blackens the evening sky as it sweeps north over the area near Greaswood and Speedway, ushering in a large monsoon storm over Tucson, Ariz., July 10, 2021.
A pedestrian negotiates flooded Euclid Avenue near 2nd Street as heavy rains from a large monsoon storm inundate Tucson, Ariz., July 10, 2021.
A biker on the Rillito River Park paths pedals next to the muddy waters in the channel as he heads east under the Craycroft Road bridge after an overnight monsoon storm dropped heavy rains on the north and west parts of the valley, Tucson, Ariz., July 14, 2021.
Pedestrians negotiate the flooded intersection of Tyndall Avenue and University Boulevard during a heavy rain.
Rains rolls down the Tanque Verde Valley behind an agave bloom in the Santa Catalinas, part of a monsoon storm trickling into the valley, Tucson, Ariz., June 30, 2021.
A pair of bikers ride under the sunset sky under monsoon clouds along the Rillito River Park paths near Columbus Avenue, Tucson, Ariz., July 13, 2021.
Clouds fill the sky behind a large ocotillo following a rainstorm on E. River Rd. in Tucson, Ariz. on July 14th, 2021.
A dove fights the winds as the dust forms a haboob and darkens the skies as a large monsoon storm sweeps through the area, Tucson, Ariz., July 10, 2021.
The Rillito River flows near First Ave and Wetmore Road after a monsoon storm passed over the area in Tucson, Ariz. on July 2, 2021.
Monsoon clouds move in over the old control tower at Tucson International Airport as an isolated rain storm drops a little bit of precipitation on the south side of Tucson, Ariz., June 23, 2021.
A bird sits on a saguaro against a backdrop of cloudy skies along W. Cortaro Farms Road in Oro Valley, Ariz. on June 30, 2021.
