National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Widespread gusty winds are expected across the region today with the strongest winds residing over western Imperial County and SW AZ desert where a Wind Advisory is in effect.
The secondary weather system that will be moving through the region on Friday will be cold enough to drop snow levels to around 4500 feet. With ample moisture and near or below freezing snowfall is expected. Elevations above 5000 feet are forecasted to get up to 4 inches of snow with locally higher amounts.
Temperatures will plunge around 10-15 degrees over the next couple days with highs only reaching the mid to upper 50s across the south-central AZ lower deserts and in the low-to-mid 60s across the SW AZ lower deserts and SE CA on Friday. A gradual warming trend is expected this weekend through early next week.
This February Phoenix tied with February 1991 for the hottest February on record, with an average temperature of 66°. February 2025 also finished in the top 5 hottest Februarys on record in El Centro. It tied, with 1954, for the 4th hottest with an average temperature of 64.4°.

 

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