Does Mesa still get monsoons? I heard that the amount of heat trapped by the buildings and roads for the last decade has cause the precipitation to dry out before it hits the ground.
I live near the mountains and it is a joy to see the clouds sweep over and drop their payload.
Mesa/Chandler/Gilbert have been hit pretty hard this summer like usual. The storms that hit us in Chandler come up from Casa Grand and Queen Creek. Downtown Phoenix doesn’t seem to get as much because of the heat island effect. The northern parts of Phoenix have been torn to pieces this summer with lots of downed trees and power outages.