A bleak snow season wraps up in Arizona’s high country as warm spring-like weather blankets the region. And with it, brings the year’s first and very early fire restrictions.
The meteorological winter, the coldest three months of the year, has come to an end and there was very little snow. The National weather Service in Flagstaff tallied just 8.5 inches. In a normal year, the area receives 58.7 inches. For those keeping tab, in 2023, Flagstaff received 163 inches of snow.
Warm temperatures reaching the low sixties are anticipated this weekend. In the meantime, parts of Coconino County within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests along the Mogollon Rim have entered Stage 1 fire restrictions preventing campfires and other human blazes. So have Apache and Navajo counties.
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