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Typical July weather

Tucson

Arizona · July

Thunderheads build over the Catalinas and everybody stops to watch.

100° days
76° nights

about 5 rainy days · 14 hours of daylight

What to pack

What July feels like

The monsoon is the event of the Tucson year and people mean it — storms build over the Catalinas most afternoons and locals drive out to Gates Pass to watch them come in. Wash crossings flood fast and those signs are not decorative; turn around rather than test one. Afterward the whole city smells like creosote, which is what everyone here means when they say rain.

Expect about 5 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. Humidity stays comfortable; the air never feels heavy. Most afternoons push past 90°.

The numbers

Typical high100°
Typical low76°
Days with real rain5
Total rain2.2 in
Humiditycomfortable
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)5:28 am / 7:31 pm

How July compares

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