All About the 'Old Pueblo'

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Sunny
High - 78
Low - 35

I decided to write a blog about some interesting things about Tucson.  I'm including photos of one of our favorite things, the sunsets.

 
















We also love the night skies here.  The city of Tucson was the first major city to regulate light pollution.  We can see an amazing number of stars at night.  We also love the annual average of 350 days of sunshine.  The record high is 115 and the record low is 6.  There are an average of 150 days of 90 or higher and 26 days of 32 or lower. 

 

There are five seasons, the usual four, plus the monsoon.  The monsoon is the season when most of the 11.8" of rain annually falls.  It typically starts early in July and goes through August.  Thunderstorms roll in in the early afternoon, with sudden downpours.  Because the city is mostly without storm drains, all the low places flood for a couple of hours, but it disappears quickly.  In 1995 Tucson passed what they call the 'Stupid Motorist Law.'  Anyone who goes around a barricade and into a flooded underpass can be fined up to $2000 for the cost of rescue. 

The city of Tucson has a population of 544,000, with the metro area totaling about 800,000.  It's one of the few U.S. cities with a symphony, opera, ballet, and numerous theaters.  It is also home to the University of Arizona and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. 

 

The elevation of Tucson is officially 2389 ft., but we are at 2604 here at Far Horizons.  Tucson is surrounded by five mountain ranges -- the Santa Catalina Mountains to the North, the Rincon Mountains to the East, the Santa Rita Mountains to the South, the Tucson Mountains to the West, and the Tortolita Mountains to the Northwest.  The highest point is Mt. Wrightson in the Santa Ritas at 9,453 ft.

And what we love second best is sunrises, which can also be spectacular.   This one looks like the Arizona flag.