A segment of a rainbow shines over the northwest from a monsoon thunderstorm dropping heavy rain the Oro Valley area, Saturday August 8, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

As for those records, 2015 was Tucson’s second-warmest year. and the wettest since 1998.

Southern Arizonans experienced several rounds of severe weather in 2015, including a deadly lightning strike in Benson, extreme winds, flooding rains and several instances of hail. Southeastern Arizona’s weather was also responsible for countless rainbows and stunning sunsets and sunrises across the Old Pueblo.


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