A severe thunderstorm lashed Tucson's airport with a wind gust of 73 mph Friday afternoon, the National Weather Service says.
The peak gust at 2:42 p.m. was the highest at Tucson International Airport, where the city's official weather statistics are recorded, in a June since 1960, according to the weather service.
Tucson recorded .35 inch of rain Friday at the airport, after just a trace on Thursday, the day that brought the metro area's first rain event of the 2024 monsoon season.
The weather service received a report of some damaged trees Friday in the Sixth Street area near the University of Arizona.
Tucson's high for the day was 108 degrees; its record high for June 21 is 115, set in 2017.
Thunderstorms are expected again Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23, in Tucson, breaking through heat forecast to top out at 102 degrees Saturday and 100 Sunday.
Phoenix, meanwhile, tied its high temperature record for Friday's date by reaching 117 degrees.
What will this year's monsoon season look like in Southern Arizona? Here's a preview from the National Weather Service's Tucson Forecast Office.
