Monday was Phoenix’s wettest day of the year so far, but even heavier monsoon storms are expected to hit the Valley in the coming days.
“Some areas did receive over an inch, but that’s really localized. I would say most areas saw anywhere from a tenth to a quarter of an inch and fairly widespread winds of 40 to 50 miles per hour,” meteorologist Chris Kuhlman of the National Weather Service in Phoenix told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Tuesday morning.
The heaviest rainfall was just north of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The airport itself, which the weather service uses for the city’s official records, received 0.37 inches Monday night after getting 0.01 inches in the early-morning hours…