Phoenix breaks daily rainfall record, heavier evening rain anticipated in Valley

PHOENIX — Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service uses for the city’s official readings, received a daily record 0.03 inches of rainfall around 3:40 p.m. on Sunday.

The previous June 1 record of 0.02 inches was set back in 1914, NWS posted on X.

Phoenix near Sky Harbor reached 0.20 inches around 7 p.m. while the Interstate 17 near Grand Canyon University got 0.28 and central Mesa 0.16, according to the Flood Control District of Maricopa County…

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