Photos: Monsoon 2025 in Tucson
Images from this year's monsoon action around Tucson by the ÃÛÌÒÓ°ÏñAV photography staff.Â
Kids take a ride on playground equipment at Joaquin Murrieta Park in Tucson, Ariz. under clouds that moved in early in the evening on June 30, 2025.
Petra Thompson uses a garbage bag to protect her hair from a monsoon storm that rolled over the westside in Tucson, Ariz. on July 2, 2025. Thompson said she her just done her hair and wanted to keep it dry as she crossed Grande Ave at St. Mary’s Road.
Pedestrians and cyclists make their way along a rain soaked Stone Avenue as the first significant monsoon storm of the year rolls over Tucson, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
A City of Tucson bus rider tries to keep dry as heavy rain and hail hit the city, Oracle and Fort Lowell stop, July 3, 2025.
A truck drives through flooded streets as heavy rain showers hit the city of Tucson, West Fort Lowell Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 3, 2025.
A pedestrian, equipped for the rain, makes his way along Congress Street in the first monsoon storm of the season over Tucson, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
A pedestrian picks his way over the pool gathered in the gutters of Stone Avenue and Pennington Street as rain from the first monsoon storm of the season drops on Tucson, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
A man waits for the bus as heavy showers begin to pour in Tucson, North Oracle Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 3, 2025.
The "Balancing Act†sculpture poses underneath the dark cloudy skies as rain showers pass through Southern Arizona, 4502 North First Avenue, Tucson, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
Traffic moves along St. Mary’s Road as the first monsoon hits the westside of Tucson, Ariz. on July 2, 2025.
A pedestrian braves the rain, walking along Church Avenue at Pennington Street in the first monsoon storm of the season over Tucson, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
A cyclists maneuvers through the puddles flooding the bike lane along Stone Avenue as the year’s first monsoon storm drops rain on Tucson, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
Afternoon traffic continues down North Oracle Road, as heavy rain showers hit the city, July 3, 2025.
Dark storm clouds roll through Southern Arizona, North Oracle Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 2, 2025.
A man crosses Scott Avenue at Pennington Street with the rain falling on Tucson, Ariz., July 2, 2025, in the year’s first monsoon storm.
Mamta Popat
Photojournalist
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
The high temperature in Tucson for the Fourth of July is expected to stay just under 100 degrees, forecaster say.
Monsoon season is ramping up across the southwestern United States and forecasters say the outlook favors above-normal precipitation in July. It could provide short-term relief for areas that have been struggling with persistent drought.