Living Here
Everything filed under living here.
Living Here12 min readReading a Valley forecast: the products and the numbersWhat the Phoenix office issues, from HeatRisk levels to dust and flood warnings, why no single temperature triggers a heat warning, and how to read the numbers a local reads.Living Here11 min readThe low desert year, month by monthThe Phoenix year in twelve parts, with a five-month hot season, a 108-day monsoon window, two growing seasons and a cool winter, and the normal figures behind each of them.Living Here9 min readWhat Arizona water law means for a yardArizona's groundwater code, the Phoenix AMA and the 100-year assured supply rule explained plainly, plus the one fact that decides a yard, that your provider sets the rules.Living Here8 min readWhat the Phoenix climate asks of a new residentA checklist for arriving in the Valley: the five-month heat, a monsoon season with fixed dates, the cooling maintenance, the outdoor water and the one cold night that matters.