Most stunning Arizona monsoon photos during the past 60 years (2024)

A storm caused a roof to collapse in Casa Grande on Aug. 8, 1969.

A monsoon storm caused a tree to fall and crash into a truck on First Avenue in Phoenix on Aug. 8, 1969.

John Hazen is trapped in Indian Bend Wash in El Dorado Park while rescuers try to free him July 25, 1990.

A monsoon storm floods an underpass in Phoenix on Aug.10, 1984.

A car gets stuck in a flooded wash on 10th Street and Alice Avenue during a monsoon storm July 21, 1989.

Osborn Road is flooded during a monsoon storm. This picture is taken looking east across Indian Bend Wash on Aug. 1, 1990.

Storm clouds gather over Sun Devil Stadium with the Salt River in the foreground on Oct. 20, 1972.

Aftermath of a monsoon storm in an undated photo.

A storm did a lot of damage in Casa Grande on Aug. 9, 1969.

Rush hour traffic splashes through curb-deep water eastbound on Broadway Road at Rural Road in Tempe on Aug. 14, 1990.

James Baker is helped out of his car by Rural-Metro firefighters Bob Bagwell and Jim Mack during a flood in Indian Bend Wash on Aug. 15, 1990.

Two boys hold up a Phoenix Gazette banner as they wade in waist high water in Phoenix on Aug. 18, 1963.

Rain from a monsoon storm comes down over the Mazatzal Mountains as seen from the Mogollon Rim Visitor's Center off Highway 260 east of Christopher Creek in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest on June 25, 2016.

Lightning crackles in the sky as seen from a desert area near 67th Avenue and Happy Valley Road during monsoon storms on Aug. 7, 1998.

Storm damage at the Coronado Apartments on East Broadway Road in Tempe. The area was hit by a storm on Aug. 22, 2006.

Lightning lights the sky behind the Westward Ho in downtown Phoenix on July 18, 2005, during a monsoon storm.

A lightning bolt strikes as a monsoon storm rolls over the Rincon Mountains east of Tucson on Monday, August 10, 2015.

A monsoon storm moves over the Papago Buttes in Phoenix on Tuesday, August 11, 2015.

A dust storm, coming from the southeast Valley, moves through rural areas of Gilbert on Aug. 11, 2015.

A monsoon storm rolls into the Valley, Saturday, July 21, 2005.

An Arizona monsoon storm approaches Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Monday, July 18, 2011.

Phoenix firefighter Charles Cicconi walks past an abandoned car sitting in floodwater after a monsoon storm on Aug. 24, 2006, in Phoenix.

Rain falls over Surprise as the sun sets during a monsoon storm on Aug. 7, 2022.

Flooding in central Phoenix near Seventh Avenue and Camelback Road captured on July 30, 2022, after a monsoon storm hit the Valley.

Dust blows onto McKellips Road by the Crismon trailhead in Mesa on July 16, 2022.

A heavy bolt of lightning hits in the foothills of the southern Rincon Mountains as an intense monsoon cell rolls into Vail, Ariz., on July 30, 2021.

Rain falls over Scottsdale during a monsoon storm on July 24, 2020.

Lightning strikes from monsoon storm clouds illuminated by the setting sun as tail lights from cars on State Route 347 head toward Maricopa.

A dust storm blows across the desert from a monsoon thunderstorm near Arizona City on Sept. 16, 2019.

A car drives into blowing dust on N. Horne Ave. on the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Reservation during a monsoon dust storm Sept. 1, 2019.

A mid-summer monsoon delivers rain over Tucson on July 13, 2019.

A fallen tree lies near a puddle in a neighborhood the day after a monsoon storm hits the area, photographed on Aug. 19, 2022, in Peoria, Ariz.

Jordan Willaims, event attendant, watches as a haboob engulfs the field at halftime during a match between ASU and USC at Sun Devils Soccer Stadium on Thursday, September 30, 2021, in Tempe.

Gabriel Martinez, event attendant, runs as a haboob engulfs the field at halftime during a match between ASU and USC at Sun Devils Soccer Stadium on Thursday, September 30, 2021, in Tempe.

A dust storm passes through the Valley in Chandler on July 5, 2011.

Aug 17, 2022; Gilbert, Arizona, USA; A dust storm blows south of downtown Gilbert. Mandatory Credit: Michael Chow-Arizona Republic

Aug 31, 2023; Tempe, Arizona, USA; The Arizona State Sun Devils run to the locker room during a dust storm against the Southern Utah Thunderbirds at half time at Mountain America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-Arizona Republic

A haboob comes through Gilbert, Ariz. on July 14, 2018.

A haboob comes through Gilbert, Ariz. on July 14, 2018.

A dust storm known as a monsoon travels west through farm fields near Avondale Blvd. (cq) in Avondale (cq) on Friday, July 17, 2009.

People try to avert their faces from the dust as they cross 7th Street at Van Buren Saturday afternoon during the haboob that blew through town.

A dust storm moves across east Phoenix, covering Camelback Mtn. to the left. View is from downtown Phoenix.

Downtown Phoenix was covered by a dust storm on Monday, July 18, 2011.

Motorists turn on headlights and hit the brakes as a dust storm rolls up I-10 in Chandler and Ahwatukee on Monday, July 18, 2011.

Severe thunderstorms approached The Valley on Monday night, July 18, 2011. The Monsoon passed by Sky Harbor International Airport and made its way north to downtown.

Motorists turn on headlights and hit the brakes as a dust storm rolls up I-10 in Chandler and Ahwatukee on Monday, July 18, 2011.

Ivan Cavazos 7, and his mom, Stacey Cavazos, gets caught in the monsoon that slammed central Phoenix Thursday night. They were walking home along Thomas road in Central Phoenix.

A monsoon sweeps through the East Valley near US-60 in Mesa on Thursday, July 3, 2014.

A dust storm approaches Elliot Rd. in Ahwatukee on Monday, July 18, 2011.

A dust storm encroaches on Phoenix Saturday, July 21, 2012.

Rob Westerman of Glendale photographs a dust storm moving toward Tempe Town Lake Saturday, July 21, 2012.