Near record temperatures Saturday, but big temperature changes and rain is headed our way
Photographer: Katrina Schaefer
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PHOENIX - We came close to tying a record on Saturday as the high at Sky Harbor hit 81 degrees. The record was 84 set back in 1951.
The jet stream is dipping south later tonight, so this will bring a chance for rain and much cooler weather by tomorrow.
A low pressure system is moving into Southern California right now, so here comes our first chance of rain.
Sunday will start the morning at 53 degrees and only warm to 69 for the high.
Valley rain chances stand at 20% Sunday afternoon and there will be some snow falling up in the high country. The last day that we saw measurable rain in the Valley was December 18, 2011.
The snow level by Monday morning will dip to 6,000 feet but only a trace of snow is expected to fall at 7,000 feet.
The jet stream will keep our storm track pretty active next week, bringing a series of low pressure systems our way. This will also start a significant cooling trend. The afternoon will only warm into the 60s Monday.
We will also continue to see chances for rain as those lows track through.
We have a 20% chance on Tuesday and Wednesday. Much cooler temperatures as well with the high only reaching 62 on Tuesday and 63 on Wednesday.
Thursday will warm to 66 degrees with another chance of rain.
The weekend will warm back to 71 and start a drying trend.
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Rainfall totals:
2012 Sky Harbor Rainfall: T" (-1.17" from average)
2012 Valley Average (Phoenix Rainfall Index): 0.00" (-1.06" from average)
Daily rainfall reports from all across the Valley can be found here.
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