Since we are at a higher elevation than much of the valley
our temperatures are a few degrees cooler than what the weather folks on TV
report for Phoenix. The links below
show the actual temperatures, wind speed and rainfall for Madrid.
I will try to update this weekly. If we have a rain storm or other weather
event I will update it within a day.
Madrid Weather
The average temperature in Madrid in 2009 was 73.9, with an
average high of 87.4 and a low of 61.2. We had 338 days without any rain and
only 14 days with accumulations of 0.1 or higher. Sounds idyllic. But averages
can hide a lot, so let’s look at the details.
We broke 100 for the first time on 4/21 (100.5) and set a
high of 113.2 on 8/28. The low was 33.8 set at 5:30 on Christmas morning. We
had a total of 163 days with temperatures reaching 90 or above.
We received a total of 5.42 inches of rain, well above the
3.94 inches received at Falcon Field but well below Phoenix’s average of 8.3
inches. We had 27 days with measurable precipitation with the largest rainfall
of 0.72 of an inch on February 8th. May had the most days of rain
(4), which is very unusual. The first real monsoon rain occurred on July 18 but
the heaviest rains fell on July 21 (0.56”) and July 23 (.47”), making July our
wettest month at 1.1 inches of rain for the month.
Madrid always feels a little cooler because of the wind. We
average winds of 1.8 mph and the strongest wind was recorded, not during a
monsoon storm, but on December 7th when it hit 35 mph.
The annual summary and results by day can be found on the
Madrid website under the weather tab.Updates
are posted monthly but can be done more frequently if we have severe weather or
upon request. The Madrid weather station is located near our western border
just south of Norcroft Circle.
