Frost/Freeze — Greater Phoenix Area, Arizona
January 12, 2013 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A very cold airmass settled in across the desert southwest from Saturday January 12th through Wednesday January 16th. The cold and relatively dry conditions led to widespread freezing and sub-freezing temperatures across the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The low temperature at Phoenix Sky Harbor fell below freezing on 4 consecutive days, with the coldest morning low of 29 degrees recorded on January 15th. The colder outlying areas of the Phoenix area fell into the low to mid 20s each morning, and the extreme cold caused many pipes to burst, and led to citrus crop losses as well as the death of many frost sensitive plants and trees such as ficus and lantana. The freeze event led to the issuance of a continuous freeze warning for the Phoenix area beginning Friday night January 11th and
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.