The Sonoran Desert missed its summer monsoon season.
Monsoons in the American Southwest are the “swamp equivalent” of our summer wet season.
Only unlike our 8-10 inch wet season months, the summer storms in the Sonoran muster only 2-3 inches per month in comparison.
That sounds more like a dry season month here in the swamp.
This year their monsoon season came up dry,
dropping the perennially-flowing (a rarity in the desert) San Pedro to a historic ebb.
But in stepped El Niño to save the day,
Filling up January to a “swamp-like” 10 inch total.
Now that does sound like the Floridian wet season!
