Arizona Tempe Mission

In the desert, we don't get a lot of crazy weather. We do get dust storms called haboobs and sometimes you get monsoons, so there's like a risk of flooding. Just be safe driving, like if you're in a dust storm, find shelter and yeah, don't be in a flood while you're driving.

Between their monsoons, like their crazy rainstorms, they have haboobs, which are these dust storms that are massive. They have their weather, their heat is anywhere from like a hundred and five degrees to a hundred and seventeen, I think was the hottest day when I was on my mission. And so they have some exciting, exciting things happening in Arizona as far as their weather. It's it's fun though.

So Arizona doesn't really have crazy weather, it's just hot and sunny every day. They do have a monsoon season, so you can get flash floods and sometimes they get dust storms, so yeah. But other than that, sunny and hot every day.

The weather can be really cool during the summer times, the summer months. We have what's called Haboo, so there's giant dust storms, and so make sure you're not in those because that cannot be great for your health, but it is so cool to watch. And there are thunderstorms, and our lightning storms are like nothing you see here in Utah. They're just big lightning strikes, and big thunders, and big like raindrops. It's like one of my favorite things to see is the summer. Besides the 120 degrees, so be ready for really hot weather. When I was there in Arizona, I was in a biking area for 122 degrees, so that can be really hot. So make sure you bring a camelback when you have those months. And then during the winter, it can rain like crazy, so the roads can be really slippery, and like it's like acts like black ice. It's so crazy, so the weather is awesome there. I would be really excited to go to Arizona if I were you.

One thing the mission is known for is the crazy sandstorms, haboobs as the locals call them for whatever reason. But yeah, crazy sandstorms, monsoons, they'll roll in just this wall of dust. You know, you can't ride your bikes in it, can't drive in it. It's crazy. I remember in Casa Grande where I started is where it's really crazy because just total flatland. One day seemed like three were coming from different directions. Once I was with my companion, we were parked in our car. We were saying a prayer. We were about to head into a meeting. And we were in the middle of the sandstorm completely covered. And like lightning came down and it must have struck the car or somewhere nearby because I could see the lightning through my eyes. It was so bright.