Two storms brought March precipitation totals to near-average levels across much of the state (not PortaL). Despite slightly above-average temperatures for the month—due to the return of warmer weather in the latter half—snowpack levels, which had been at record lows at the beginning of March, temporarily rebounded to near-average levels in several basins by mid-month. Unfortunately, the warm and dry conditions that followed caused the snowpack to rapidly diminish, returning to record-low levels by the end of March.

As Arizona enters the climatologically dry season from April through June, the NOAA Climate Prediction Center is forecasting continued above-average temperatures and below-average precipitation. While there is some indication of an early and wetter-than-normal start to the summer monsoon, uncertainty remains high at this time.