Winter Storm Sends Temperatures Plummeting In Arizona

[Purveyor]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A storm that drenched California over the weekend has turned an Arizona town into one of the coldest cities in the lower 48 while making for a rainy commute in Phoenix, where it was colder than New York City.

Here's a look at the winter weather across the West:

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ARIZONA

An icy storm in northern Arizona left Bellemont, a small community west of Flagstaff, with a temperature of zero at sunrise Sunday - one of the chilliest temperatures in the lower 48 states at the time, said David Vonderheide of the National Weather Service.

The morning commute in the region Monday was slow as an initial band of snow showers neared an end and a second wave arrived. The Arizona Department of Transportation urged people to stay off major highways if possible.

Weather forecasters said wind gusts up to 40 mph would send snow swirling and further complicate travel.

Meanwhile, rain fell in central and southern Arizona, dropping temperatures in Phoenix to the mid-40s - some 10 degrees colder than New York City.

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[panader0]

1. I live in So Az at 4700 ft. (about 15 miles from Mexico)

The temperature tomorrow is fore cast to be 23 degrees, the lowest in three years.
I'm going through the firewood today.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. I have some extra degrees I can send ya

we are setting records for high temps in Dec...yesterday was 77.
Bad news for the fur children, cause ticks and mosquitoes are still doing well outside.

[Warpy]

3. I live close to 6000 feet next door in NM

and our temperature dive is tomorrow. At least our several inches of snow have melted off pavement so it won't be a neck breaker to go get the mail.

[panader0]

4. I was in Las Cruces for the weekend and it snowed on Sat morning.

The Organ Mountains got white.

[1StrongBlackMan]

5. I've been in Cleveland, OH for the past 2 weeks ...

It's been warmer here, than me home in AZ.

I never would have thought I'd see people playing golf in Cleveland in December!

[Snobblevitch]

6. I remember being in Mesa several years ago

visiting my snowbird parents. They lived in a seniors trailer park. I made a big pot of chili and put it in the tool shed overnight. The only good thing about winter in Minnesota is using the garage as an extra refrigerator. (We used to use the garage as an extra freezer, but our current house has an insulated garage.)